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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

09/18/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

( RFE/ RL ) – Protests have erupted in the northern Iranian city of Rasht following an attempt by government officials to arrest three women […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Displaced and Refugees
Anti-refugee Rhetoric and the new Far-Right on Turkish Social Media

Anti-refugee Rhetoric and the new Far-Right on Turkish Social Media

Written bysencerodabasi     There is a wave of anti-refugee rhetoric running amok on Turkish social media. From openly racist statements made by far-right political […]

Global Voices

Far Right
Israel Moves toward "Dictatorship" and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust

Israel Moves toward “Dictatorship” and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s controversial visit to the United States, which several members of Congress say […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Big Money behind the Fight to Ban Environmentally and Socially Conscious Investing

The Big Money behind the Fight to Ban Environmentally and Socially Conscious Investing

by Jessica Church ( Inequality.org ) – In a recent Gallup poll, the vast majority of Americans surveyed said they were not even “somewhat familiar” […]

Inequality.org

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Northern Europe faces biggest relative Increase in Uncomfortable Heat and Air Conditioning will only make things Worse

Climate Crisis: Northern Europe faces biggest relative Increase in Uncomfortable Heat and Air Conditioning will only make things Worse

By Jesus Lizana, University of Oxford; Nicole Miranda, University of Oxford; and Radhika Khosla, University of Oxford | – Limiting the global temperature rise to […]

The Conversation

Mental Health
Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed is the U.S. Military?

Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed is the U.S. Military?

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com) – In April, when Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman with a top-secret clearance, was arrested for posting […]

Tomdispatch

Democratic Party
Progressive Dem Caucus Chair Condemns Israel as a Racist State, says Palestinian Statehood increasingly "not Possible"

Progressive Dem Caucus Chair Condemns Israel as a Racist State, says Palestinian Statehood increasingly “not Possible”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Update: See Rep. Jayapal’s clarification below. Remarks Saturday by Rep. Pramila Jayapal may signal the end of the “liberal except […]

Juan Cole

Education
For Racial Justice, End Legacy Admissions in Universities, a form of Affirmative Action for the Rich

For Racial Justice, End Legacy Admissions in Universities, a form of Affirmative Action for the Rich

By Sonali Kolhatkar | ( Otherwords ) – Who will benefit from the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down race as a factor in college […]

OtherWords

Africa
'Life for black people in Tunisia 5 months after the President's racist Speech has been incredibly Challenging'

‘Life for black people in Tunisia 5 months after the President’s racist Speech has been incredibly Challenging’

Amelia Smith amyinthedesert     ( Middle East Monitor ) – When Tarek Tookebry began raising funds to collect essential items for a humanitarian convoy […]

Middle East Monitor

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