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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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Children
The Return of GOP-backed Child Labor is another Good Reason to Tax the Rich

The Return of GOP-backed Child Labor is another Good Reason to Tax the Rich

By Sam Pizzigati | ( Otherwords) – Ever since the middle of the 20th century, our history textbooks have applauded the reform movement that put […]

Sam Pizzigati

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On Memorial Day, We’re Finally not in a Shooting War, but if We’re not Careful We could Fall into One

On Memorial Day, We’re Finally not in a Shooting War, but if We’re not Careful We could Fall into One

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Memorial Day, the United States is not in a significant shooting war. It seems to me that the best […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto Power in Turkey, and what this means for the Country’s Future

Free but unfair election: how Erdogan held onto Power in Turkey, and what this means for the Country’s Future

By Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University | – Recep Tayyib Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
How Protests that double as Trainings are growing this Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign

How Protests that double as Trainings are growing this Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign

Ray Bailey  ( Waging Nonviolence ) – On a cool, clear April morning just past 8 a.m., the sprawling corporate campus of the world’s second […]

Waging Nonviolence

Feminism
Mahsa Amini’s Family Accuses Iran’s Security Forces Of Vandalizing Her Grave

Mahsa Amini’s Family Accuses Iran’s Security Forces Of Vandalizing Her Grave

( RFE/RL) – The family of Mahsa Amini have blamed Iran’s security forces for vandalizing the grave of the young woman whose death while in […]

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Afghanistan
The Water Wars Begin:  Did Climate Change contribute to Saturday’s Deadly Iran-Afghan Border Clash over Helmand River?

The Water Wars Begin: Did Climate Change contribute to Saturday’s Deadly Iran-Afghan Border Clash over Helmand River?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reports that on Saturday deadly clashes broke out between Iranian border guards in the Zabul district […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Anti-Government Protesters are Reclaiming the Israeli Flag from the Far-Right ‘Flag Day’ Zealots

Anti-Government Protesters are Reclaiming the Israeli Flag from the Far-Right ‘Flag Day’ Zealots

By Tom Einhorn, University of British Columbia | – Thousands of people recently took to the streets of the Old City in Jerusalem for the […]

The Conversation

Corporations
Biden, McCarthy say they have brokered a Debt Limit Deal to avert U.S. Default, but it Imposes Work Requirements on Benefits

Biden, McCarthy say they have brokered a Debt Limit Deal to avert U.S. Default, but it Imposes Work Requirements on Benefits

By: Jennifer Shutt and Ariana Figueroa –   WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a deal in principle Saturday night that would stave off […]

Florida Phoenix

Israel/ Palestine
New Bill of Israel's Extremist Gov't Expels, bars from Universities Palestinian-Israeli Students who Raise Palestine Flag

New Bill of Israel’s Extremist Gov’t Expels, bars from Universities Palestinian-Israeli Students who Raise Palestine Flag

( Middle East Monitor ) – The extremist Israeli government is preparing a law to dismiss Israeli Arab students who raise the Palestine flag or […]

Middle East Monitor

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