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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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Al Qaeda Has Launched Campaign Against

Al Qaeda Has Launched Campaign Against

Al-Qaeda has launched a campaign against Usama Rushdi, a former publicist in Holland for the Islamic Grouping (al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah), he says. The Islamic Grouping was […]

Juan Cole

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Trial Of Suspected Al Qaeda Member

Trial Of Suspected Al Qaeda Member

The trial of suspected al-Qaeda member Mounir El Motassadeq for having been part of the Hamburg cell that planned and carried out September 11, now […]

Juan Cole

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Summit Has Been Set Up Between Pakistan

Summit Has Been Set Up Between Pakistan

A summit has been set up between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan for the initialling of a deal to build a $3.2 bn. pipeline from Turkmenistan […]

Juan Cole

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More Kuwaiti Government Thinks About It

More Kuwaiti Government Thinks About It

     The more the Kuwaiti government thinks about it the less it likes the speech Saddam Hussein gave the day before yesterday. All though it appeared […]

Juan Cole

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Shoulder Launched Missiles Are Being

Shoulder Launched Missiles Are Being

     Stinger shoulder-launched missiles are being sold in the bazaars of Kabul for $200,000 according to foreign observers in that city. The geniuses in the Reagan […]

Juan Cole

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Saad Eddin Ibrahim Has Been Freed From

Saad Eddin Ibrahim Has Been Freed From

Saad Eddin Ibrahim has been freed from prison by an Egyptian appeals court, which nullified his earlier sentence of seven years of hard labor. But, […]

Juan Cole

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Saad Eddin Ibrahims Case Will Be

Saad Eddin Ibrahims Case Will Be

Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s case will be decided today by the appeals court, which can set aside or confirm his sentence of seven years of hard […]

Juan Cole

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Its Not Back To School For Palestinian

Its Not Back To School For Palestinian

It’s “Not Back to School” for Palestinian Children Children continue to be among the chief victims of the continuing conflict between the Israelis and the […]

Juan Cole

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At Request Of Number Of Friends Im

At Request Of Number Of Friends Im

At the request of a number of friends, I’m reprinting this piece here. —– Chronicle of Higher Education Tuesday, July 16, 2002 OPINION Why We […]

Juan Cole

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