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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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What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

By John Feffer | – In November 2018, the Green New Deal became a rallying cry for climate activists when members of the Sunrise Movement […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

By Tim Newbold, UCL and Charlie Outhwaite, UCL | – Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species […]

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Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new "Freedom Solar" by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new “Freedom Solar” by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – John Ainger at Bloomsberg reports that a coalition within the European Union is pressing Brussels to set a goal of […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

( Otherwords.org ) – The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So […]

Olivia Alperstein

History
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

By Ken Armstrong ( ProPublica ) – When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a draft opinion obtained and published this week by Politico, […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Phasing out Oil can offer a better Life for Many

Phasing out Oil can offer a better Life for Many

By Jack Marley | – The EU could ban crude oil imports from Russia within six months if a new round of sanctions is approved. […]

The Conversation

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Occupied Bodies:  How SCOTUS' repeal of Roe and the Israeli Supreme Court's Expulsion of Palestinians are Similar

Occupied Bodies: How SCOTUS’ repeal of Roe and the Israeli Supreme Court’s Expulsion of Palestinians are Similar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week a leaked opinion by far right wing Justice Samuel Alito revealed that the Trump-Bush majority on the Supreme […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Who enjoys freedom of worship in Israel?

Who enjoys freedom of worship in Israel?

Mohammad Makram Balawi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Images of at least one Israeli drone dropping tear gas on Muslim worshippers at […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions

How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions

By Rachel Thrasher, Boston University; Blake Alexander Simmons, Colorado State University; and Kyla Tienhaara, Queen’s University, Ontario | – Fossil fuel companies have access to […]

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