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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 […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

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Why we must not allow Climate change to create a dangerous state of “collective helplessness” in Liberal Society

( Clean Energy Wire ) – The “increasingly tangible” threat of climate change and other risks at a global scale, such as the coronavirus pandemic […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Donald Trump
A Republican Genocide of Quackery: COVID-19 has Killed as many Americans  as all our Wars combined

A Republican Genocide of Quackery: COVID-19 has Killed as many Americans as all our Wars combined

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The CDC now estimates that there have been 1,045,389 excess deaths since January 1, 2020, because of COVID-19. PBS estimates […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
How Glib charges of "Anti-Semitism" at every Human Rights Report on Israel undermines Jewish Civil Rights

How Glib charges of “Anti-Semitism” at every Human Rights Report on Israel undermines Jewish Civil Rights

Madison, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) – The unqualified branding of people, organizations, reports, and movements as “anti-Semitic” for their criticism of Israel is having […]

Jennifer Loewenstein

Iran
Foes of a new Nuclear Agreement Demonize Tehran, but what is Iranian Society really Like Today?

Foes of a new Nuclear Agreement Demonize Tehran, but what is Iranian Society really Like Today?

Eau Claire, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) – The nature and the parameters of power relations in the state-society relations in Iran since the 1978-79 […]

Ali Abootalebi

Israel
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Lose-Lose for Israel

How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Lose-Lose for Israel

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is almost 3,000 kilometres from Tel Aviv to Kyiv, and yet the […]

Middle East Monitor

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Conflict with Russia is Raising your Gasoline Bill; an Electric Car is the Answer

Conflict with Russia is Raising your Gasoline Bill; an Electric Car is the Answer

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reporters pressed White House spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday about the likelihood that any Russian military engagement in Ukraine will […]

Juan Cole

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U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War

U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War

By Mark Weisbrot | – (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Originally published in Inside Sources. Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Texas’ Abortion Restrictions most Harm Low-Income Patients, Advocates Say

Texas’ Abortion Restrictions most Harm Low-Income Patients, Advocates Say

By Natasha Yee | – ( Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – Esmarie stared down at two solid pink lines on the test strip in […]

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Iran
Iran nuclear deal: to reset relations with Tehran, Biden must overcome a long legacy of mistrust at home

Iran nuclear deal: to reset relations with Tehran, Biden must overcome a long legacy of mistrust at home

By Andrew Payne and Louise Fawcett | – As officials from Washington and Tehran return to Vienna for talks that aim to revive the 2015 […]

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