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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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Bashar al-Assad
On Memorial Day, let's get the 900 US Troops out of Syria and away from any War with Russia or Iran

On Memorial Day, let’s get the 900 US Troops out of Syria and away from any War with Russia or Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Memorial Day or Decoration Day (referring to the decoration of the graves of soldiers killed in combat) began after the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Oil Profiteering: High Gas Prices, Climate Change, and the War in Ukraine share a Common Cause

Oil Profiteering: High Gas Prices, Climate Change, and the War in Ukraine share a Common Cause

By Lindsay Owens and Hebah Kassem | – ( Afterwords.org) – Amid the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, rising gas prices, and the existential threat of […]

OtherWords

Feminism
Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives:  Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives: Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

( Human Rights Watch ) – According to the most recent official data, around four out of ten women in Turkey have suffered physical and/or […]

Human Rights Watch

Australia
3 ways Australia can become a Renewable Energy Superpower – without Leaving anyone Behind

3 ways Australia can become a Renewable Energy Superpower – without Leaving anyone Behind

By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University | – Australians will bear yet another blow to our cost of living in July when electricity prices […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
In Global Sea Change, 52% of Prospective Car Buyers Aim for New Energy Vehicles as Gasoline Spikes

In Global Sea Change, 52% of Prospective Car Buyers Aim for New Energy Vehicles as Gasoline Spikes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The accounting firm Ernst & Young reports on its recent global Mobility Consumer Index poll with 13,000 respondents across 18 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How Climate Solutions promoted by Western Governments avoid what needs to be Done

How Climate Solutions promoted by Western Governments avoid what needs to be Done

By Jenni Laiti and Florian Carl | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – “What local people?” This was the highly controversial question posed in 2014 by […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
Free Her Face': Male Afghan Journalists Don Masks, Express Solidarity With Female Colleagues

Free Her Face’: Male Afghan Journalists Don Masks, Express Solidarity With Female Colleagues

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi | – (RFL/RE ) – Male Afghan TV presenters have donned face masks on air in a show of solidarity with […]

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Islamophobia
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American Media – 2 Political Scientists reviewed over 250,000 Articles to find conclusive Evidence

Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American Media – 2 Political Scientists reviewed over 250,000 Articles to find conclusive Evidence

By Erik Bleich, Middlebury and A. Maurits van der Veen, William & Mary | – The warm welcome Americans and Europeans have given Ukrainians in […]

The Conversation

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The other Gun Problem: Israeli Squatter-Settlers in Palestinian West Bank have Killed, Injured Dozens of Palestinians with Assault Weapons

The other Gun Problem: Israeli Squatter-Settlers in Palestinian West Bank have Killed, Injured Dozens of Palestinians with Assault Weapons

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 37 Palestinians have been murdered by Israeli squatter-settlers […]

Juan Cole

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