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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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Riots Between Kurds And Turkmen And

Riots Between Kurds And Turkmen And

Riots between Kurds and Turkmen and Arabs in Kirkuk The 5 Kurdish members of the Interim Governing Council have called for Mosul and Diyala province […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Killed One Wounded Judge

3 Us Troops Killed One Wounded Judge

3 US Troops Killed, One Wounded; Judge, Police Killed in North Reuters reports Guerrillas near Samarra detonated a powerful roadside bomb at a passing US […]

Juan Cole

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Bomb Found In Home Of Al Hakim On

Bomb Found In Home Of Al Hakim On

Bomb Found in Home of al-Hakim On Monday, a bomb was found in the home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite cleric who is December’s […]

Juan Cole

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Nelson We Cannot Afford To Lose Peace

Nelson We Cannot Afford To Lose Peace

Nelson: We cannot Afford to Lose the Peace; Northern Ireland Analogy Fraser Nelson has written a long post mortem in The Scotsman on all the […]

Juan Cole

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2 Us Troops Killed In Baghdad 2 Wounded

2 Us Troops Killed In Baghdad 2 Wounded

2 US Troops Killed in Baghdad, 2 Wounded A roadside bomb killed two US troops in Baghdad, along with a civilian translator, and wounded two […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani On Elections In Interview With

Sistani On Elections In Interview With

Sistani on Elections In an interview with the Baghdad daily az-Zaman, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said that he expects his negotiations with […]

Juan Cole

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Rpg Attack In Mosul Injures 1 Sabotage

Rpg Attack In Mosul Injures 1 Sabotage

RPG attack in Mosul injures 1; Sabotage of Petroleum Facilities Michelle Faul reports that on Sunday, guerrillas in Mosul launched a rocket-propelled grenade at a […]

Juan Cole

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Wrangling Over Future Of Kurdistan

Wrangling Over Future Of Kurdistan

Wrangling over the Future of Kurdistan Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, a member of the Interim Governing Council, announced Sunday that the Kurds would not be […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim In Damascus Abdul Aziz Al

Al Hakim In Damascus Abdul Aziz Al

Al-Hakim in Damascus Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, president for December of the Interim Governing Council, visited Damascus and announced that he was seeking a security agreement […]

Juan Cole

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