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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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Why the Storming of the Iraqi Parliament is no Moment of Liberation

Why the Storming of the Iraqi Parliament is no Moment of Liberation

By Haifa Zangana | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Why does the occupation of the Iraqi Parliament building in the Green Zone in […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Afghanistan a year after the Taliban Accupation: An ongoing War on Human Rights

Afghanistan a year after the Taliban Accupation: An ongoing War on Human Rights

By Ferdouse Asefi, University of Toronto | – The word “anniversary” usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since […]

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
A '22 Pink Wave for the Dems?  What does Surprise Kansas Rejection of anti-Abortion Amendment Mean for the Country?

A ’22 Pink Wave for the Dems? What does Surprise Kansas Rejection of anti-Abortion Amendment Mean for the Country?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a startling development, Kansas voters rejected a ballot initiative on August 2 that would have specified in the state […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State

Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has refused to grant a visa permit to one of Gaza’s highly acclaimed […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Angry White Guys in Big-Ass Pickups: Climate Change and Fragile Masculinity

Angry White Guys in Big-Ass Pickups: Climate Change and Fragile Masculinity

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – In the United States during 16 months in 2020 and 2021, vehicles rammed into groups of protesters […]

Tomdispatch

Far Right
Fueled by virtually unrestricted Social Media Access, White Nationalism is on the Rise and attracting violent young White Men

Fueled by virtually unrestricted Social Media Access, White Nationalism is on the Rise and attracting violent young White Men

By Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University | – White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, […]

The Conversation

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
The End of the "Global War on Terror":  Biden takes out Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022)

The End of the “Global War on Terror”: Biden takes out Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden announced on Monday evening that a CIA-operated drone had killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second leader of al-Qaeda […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On Friday, archives of the Israeli forces released court documents related to the […]

Middle East Monitor

Books
‘Summer with the Enemy’ by Syrian novelist Shahla Ujayli is a searing summer read

‘Summer with the Enemy’ by Syrian novelist Shahla Ujayli is a searing summer read

By Michelle Hartman, McGill University | – Wherever you spend your summer, allow yourself to be transported to Syria and immerse yourself in the world […]

The Conversation

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