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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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Climate Crisis
From War on Terror to War on Climate Change:  US Army to seek Green Electricity by 2030

From War on Terror to War on Climate Change: US Army to seek Green Electricity by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US military has been worried deeply for over a decade about the impact of the climate emergency on its […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Terrifying World of 2025:  The Coming MAGA Cultural Revolution?

The Terrifying World of 2025: The Coming MAGA Cultural Revolution?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve just wrapped up my shift at BurgerBoy and I don’t have much time before the weekly self-criticism session at town […]

John Feffer

Apartheid
US Gov't depends on Amnesty Int'l for Human Rights Reports, but Rejects Finding of Israeli Apartheid

US Gov’t depends on Amnesty Int’l for Human Rights Reports, but Rejects Finding of Israeli Apartheid

( Otherwords.org ) – One day last spring, Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Bank declared a general strike to protest years of repression […]

Phyllis Bennis

Climate Crisis
The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest

The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest

By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | – Spend time in a developing country during a heat wave and it quickly becomes […]

The Conversation

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Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq

Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Stephanie Nebehay at Reuters reports that Iraq has finally paid off the $52.4 billion in war reparations imposed on it […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why isn't US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?

Why isn’t US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?

( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re the sort of person who follows the news, you’ve probably heard a good bit lately about podcaster Joe Rogan, […]

Peter Certo

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza

Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has […]

Middle East Monitor

Judaism
Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time

Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time

By Robyn Autry | – Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan. 31, 2022 that the […]

The Conversation

Batteries
Biden's Moonshot: Announces Green Race with China for Electric Vehicle Dominance as MSM Misses Story

Biden’s Moonshot: Announces Green Race with China for Electric Vehicle Dominance as MSM Misses Story

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden admitted on Tuesday that, regarding electric vehicles, “China has been the — leading that race up to now. […]

Juan Cole

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