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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

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Sunnis Seek Negotiations With Shiite

Sunnis Seek Negotiations with Shiite Parties Saddam says Americans Lied Saddam Hussein took advantage of being before the cameras again on Thursday to engage in […]

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Iraq Update Bulgaria And Ukraine Began

Iraq Update Bulgaria And Ukraine Began

Iraq Update Bulgaria and the Ukraine began their pull-out of troops from Iraq. For real news, go to the San Francisco Chronicle. Robert Scheer points […]

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Republic If You Can Keep It Congress

A Republic, If you Can Keep It Congress has banned harsh treatment of terrorism suspects in US custody and demanded a quarterly report on such […]

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Shiite Religious Parties Dominate 10

Shiite Religious Parties Dominate 10

Shiite Religious Parties dominate 10 of 18 Provinces Talabani calls for Government of National Unity The Los Angeles Times reports that the secular Iraqiya list […]

Juan Cole

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Fundamentalist Shiites Will Dominate

Fundamentalist Shiites Will Dominate

Fundamentalist Shiites Will Dominate New Parliament Secularists Lose Badly Bush Poll Numbers on Iraq Fall The American public is not in a mood to be […]

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Arato Guest Editorial On Election

Arato Guest Editorial On Election

Arato Guest Editorial on the Election Election, Government Formation and the Question of Historic Compromise in Iraq Andrew Arato “In the midst of the great […]

Juan Cole

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Demonstrations Over Fuel Price

Demonstrations Over Fuel Price

Demonstrations over Fuel Price Increases in Iraq Al-Zaman: Now that the elections are safely over, the government of Ibrahim Jaafari has tripled the price of […]

Juan Cole

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Bushist Police State And Interlibrary

Bushist Police State And Interlibrary

The Bushist Police State and Interlibrary Loan “Alice: While you talk, he’s gone!More: And go he should, if he was the Devil himself, until he […]

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Parties Jockey For Power In Wake Of

Parties Jockey For Power In Wake Of

Parties Jockey for Power in Wake of Elections; Dulaimi willing to Ally with Shiites Since Bush is going to say Sunday that the Sunni Arab […]

Juan Cole

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