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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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Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates

Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli snipers murdered prominent American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the veteran Al Jazeera […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians

Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians

By Abier Almasri | Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Friends abroad often ask how […]

Human Rights Watch

Bashar al-Assad
Was the Visit to Iran of Syria's al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?

Was the Visit to Iran of Syria’s al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?

By Gilbert Achkar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The President of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad, paid a surprise visit to Tehran […]

Gilbert Achcar

Climate Crisis
The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing

The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing

By Margot Hurlbert, University of Regina | – Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%

Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States generates 6.5% of its electricity from dams, producing hydroelectricity, mainly in the West. Up until about a […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Women to the Rescue:  Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes

Women to the Rescue: Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes

A Review of “Hope, But Demand Justice” By Pat Hynes (Haley’s, 2022) — by Nick Mottern (Special to Informed Comment) – The basic conclusion that […]

Nick Mottern

Israel/ Palestine
World Bank observations on Palestine's economy gloss over Israel's Colonialism and Apartheid

World Bank observations on Palestine’s economy gloss over Israel’s Colonialism and Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor ) – Humanitarian aid, which has played a major role in stagnating Palestine and Palestinians, is one of the factors mentioned […]

Ramona Wadi

Civil Rights
The Empire’s New Clothes: The Veneer of Accountability Is Wearing Thin in Twenty-First-Century America

The Empire’s New Clothes: The Veneer of Accountability Is Wearing Thin in Twenty-First-Century America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – If you watched TV in the 1960s and 1970s as I did, you would undoubtedly have come away with the idea […]

Karen J. Greenberg

American Jews
Majority of Americans of all Religions or None want Legal Abortion, except for Evangelicals and 47% of Catholics

Majority of Americans of all Religions or None want Legal Abortion, except for Evangelicals and 47% of Catholics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pew Research Center has a poll out on views about abortion of American religious groups. It shows that in […]

Juan Cole

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