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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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Authoritarianism
Turkey’s presidential Election – how Erdoğan defied the Polls to head into Runoff as Favorite

Turkey’s presidential Election – how Erdoğan defied the Polls to head into Runoff as Favorite

By Salih Yasun, Indiana University | – Turkey is heading toward a presidential runoff election on May 28, 2023, after no candidate won more than […]

The Conversation

Children
After the Worst April-May Heatwave in History, Indians and Pakistanis must Demand these Urgent Climate Actions

After the Worst April-May Heatwave in History, Indians and Pakistanis must Demand these Urgent Climate Actions

Aditi Mukherji ( The Third Pole ) – When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this […]

The Third Pole

Food Insecurity
Poor Iranians Sell Their Organs Amid Deepening Economic Crisis

Poor Iranians Sell Their Organs Amid Deepening Economic Crisis

One-third of Iran’s population reportedly lives in extreme poverty. Some people are so poor that they have resorted to selling their organs on the black […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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United Nations for First Time Recognizes 1948 Israeli Ethnic Cleansing (Nakbah) of Palestinians

United Nations for First Time Recognizes 1948 Israeli Ethnic Cleansing (Nakbah) of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today, May 15, for the first time a commemoration will be held at the United Nations HQ in New York […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Time for some Climate Optimism:  These 4 Charts on the Unstoppable Growth of Solar will Blow your Mind

Time for some Climate Optimism: These 4 Charts on the Unstoppable Growth of Solar will Blow your Mind

By Andrew Blakers, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Military Apologizes for Killing US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Year after the Shooting

Israeli Military Apologizes for Killing US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Year after the Shooting

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s military has apologised for its killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after a year of denial […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Divest, Decarbonize and Dissociate – Inside the Bold new Push to Get Fossil Fuels off Campus

Divest, Decarbonize and Dissociate – Inside the Bold new Push to Get Fossil Fuels off Campus

By Nick Engelfried  ( Waging Nonviolence) – From late November through early March of this year, visitors to the University of Washington Career Center in […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Not just Cards and Flowers: The 1st 'Mother's Day for Peace' was Held in New York in 1872

Not just Cards and Flowers: The 1st ‘Mother’s Day for Peace’ was Held in New York in 1872

Greenville, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment – Feature) – The 19th century origins of Mother’s Day differ vastly in spirit and purpose from celebrations of […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
The Nakba: 75 years after losing their Home, the Palestinians are still Experiencing the “Catastrophe”

The Nakba: 75 years after losing their Home, the Palestinians are still Experiencing the “Catastrophe”

By Dina Matar, SOAS, University of London | – When Palestinians commemorate the Nakba (the catastrophe) on May 15, they are not only remembering a […]

The Conversation

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