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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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Red States Turning Green: Louisiana Republicans Plan 5 Gigs of Offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico, with Interior Dept. Blessing

Red States Turning Green: Louisiana Republicans Plan 5 Gigs of Offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico, with Interior Dept. Blessing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration’s attempt to get 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 initially focused on the Atlantic coast, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany: Löwenbräu, other Beer Brands to be Made with Wind and Solar as Russian Gas Turns Unreliable

Germany: Löwenbräu, other Beer Brands to be Made with Wind and Solar as Russian Gas Turns Unreliable

By Hannah Naylor | – inFranken.de / Süddeutsche Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Bavarian breweries concerned about possible gas shortages are developing contingency […]

Clean Energy Wire

Iran
In their Hope for a 'Middle Eastern NATO' against Iran, Israel and the US may end up Heartbroken

In their Hope for a ‘Middle Eastern NATO’ against Iran, Israel and the US may end up Heartbroken

By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Arab states the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco began establishing […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Top 3 Reasons Climate Change is creating Record-Breaking Deluges and Flash Floods

Top 3 Reasons Climate Change is creating Record-Breaking Deluges and Flash Floods

By Frances Davenport, Colorado State University | – A powerful storm system triggered flooding in the Appalachians in late July, inundating and sweeping away homes […]

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
Justice Alito Laments Disrespect for Religion as Americans Abandon Faith - Will his Dobbs Push them Further Away?

Justice Alito Laments Disrespect for Religion as Americans Abandon Faith – Will his Dobbs Push them Further Away?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN’s Ariane de Vogue, reports that Justice Samuel Alito, a right wing Catholic, gave a speech in Rome for Notre […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Faced with Killing of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, US Priority has been to Preserve Israel's Impunity

Faced with Killing of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, US Priority has been to Preserve Israel’s Impunity

( Middle East Monitor) – The developments in the “investigation” into the targeted killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh point rather too […]

Ramona Wadi

Conspiracy Theories
Afraid of *Everything* - The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy

Afraid of *Everything* – The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and […]

William J. Astore

Health
On Their 57th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Remain Under Threat

On Their 57th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Remain Under Threat

By Max Richter | – ( Commondreams.org ) – You may wonder why former President Harry Truman is sitting close by while President Lyndon B. […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030

Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a huge surprise on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Senate Energy and […]

Juan Cole

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