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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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Oil Sheikhs have us Behind the 8-Ball: The UAE’s mixed Signals on Oil underline need for US to move Rapidly to Green Transportation

Oil Sheikhs have us Behind the 8-Ball: The UAE’s mixed Signals on Oil underline need for US to move Rapidly to Green Transportation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – America is paying the price for lagging behind in its adoption of electric vehicles and in putting in more electric […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Ukraine, Libya, and the Enduring Global Disorder

Ukraine, Libya, and the Enduring Global Disorder

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – According to some analyses, the ongoing war in Ukraine appears to have finally put to rest the illusion […]

Sabina Henneberg

Russia
Russia in Ukraine: Is Turkey’s neutrality Option Viable?

Russia in Ukraine: Is Turkey’s neutrality Option Viable?

By Omar Kosh | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Turkish politicians waited for several days before describing the events in Ukraine as a […]

Middle East Monitor

Russia
Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug

Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug

By Douglas Schuler and Laura Marie Edinger-Schons | – Many companies in the U.S. and elsewhere have been quick to sever ties to Russia – […]

The Conversation

Arab Spring
Ukraine: What the Libya War tells us about Why we Really don't want a NATO No-Fly Zone

Ukraine: What the Libya War tells us about Why we Really don’t want a NATO No-Fly Zone

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tracy Wilkinson at the Los Angeles Times writes about the no-fly zone proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
US Media (Rightly) focuses on Ukrainian Rights, but it Racializes Muslims deprived of those Same Rights

US Media (Rightly) focuses on Ukrainian Rights, but it Racializes Muslims deprived of those Same Rights

(Special to Informed Comment) – Speaking about the significance of knowledge and its role in democracy, President John F. Kennedy once stated that only an […]

Assal Rad

Human Rights
Ukraine: Russian Assault Kills Fleeing Civilians, suggesting Laws of War Violations (HRW)

Ukraine: Russian Assault Kills Fleeing Civilians, suggesting Laws of War Violations (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch ) – For several hours on March 6, 2022, Russian forces bombarded an intersection on a road that hundreds of civilians […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Our Ukraine Wake-Up Call:  The Global Age is Upon Us

Our Ukraine Wake-Up Call: The Global Age is Upon Us

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In recent days, experts have begun laying out the potential hardships the Russian invasion of Ukraine might inflict here in the […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Western Sympathy for White Ukrainian Refugees, while ignoring, demonizing Palestinian Refugees from Israeli Aggression

Western Sympathy for White Ukrainian Refugees, while ignoring, demonizing Palestinian Refugees from Israeli Aggression

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Raed Qadura writing at Al Jazeera points to the “Hypocrisy Crisis” in the international coverage of Russia in Ukraine versus […]

Juan Cole

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