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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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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Thinking of buying an electric car? With the signing by President Biden yesterday of the Inflation Reduction Act, it is […]

Juan Cole

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The volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girls

The volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girls

By Deepa Parent | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – In 2002, when Matiullah Wesa was a teenager, armed gunmen burned his school. It was this, he […]

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Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico

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By Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin and Hugh Daigle, University of Texas at Austin | – With passage of the Inflation Reduction […]

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Is Moral Clarity even Possible anymore in Donald Trump's America?

Is Moral Clarity even Possible anymore in Donald Trump’s America?

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Recent episodes of purposeful and accidental truth-telling brought to my mind the latest verbal lapse by George W. […]

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As Last Coal Plant closes, Cheap Solar Power Rescues Hawaii, which has reached ~40% Renewables

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Veteran green energy journalist Julian Spector at Canary Media tells the story of how the last-minute opening this July of […]

Juan Cole

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Biden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist 'Disappeared' a Decade Ago

Biden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist ‘Disappeared’ a Decade Ago

( Human Rights Watch ) – Last week, US President Joe Biden declared that the US knows “with certainty” that Tice has been held by […]

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Digital Authoritarianism in Turkey

Digital Authoritarianism in Turkey

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva< | - Authoritarian regimes have long had a complicated relationship with media and communications technologies. The Unfreedom Monitor is a Global […]

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How displaced Syrians effectively navigated ‘border frictions’ in Lebanon and Turkey

How displaced Syrians effectively navigated ‘border frictions’ in Lebanon and Turkey

By Suzan Ilcan, University of Waterloo and Secil Dagtas, University of Waterloo | – The Syrian conflict began in early March 2011 on the heels […]

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Why Fightin' Joe Biden may be the most Consequential President in Forty Years

Why Fightin’ Joe Biden may be the most Consequential President in Forty Years

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden has been easy for the pundit class to write off. He isn’t, unlike Bill Clinton or Barack Obama, […]

Juan Cole

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