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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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Apartheid 2.0:  Amnesty International Joins Chorus condemning Israeli rule over stateless Palestinians

Apartheid 2.0: Amnesty International Joins Chorus condemning Israeli rule over stateless Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state has won the trifecta of condemnation by major human rights organizations, as, on Tuesday, Amnesty International joined […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How Green Buildings can boost Productivity, well-being and Health of Workers

How Green Buildings can boost Productivity, well-being and Health of Workers

By Md Sazan Rahman | – Most people now recognize the energy savings benefits of green buildings. These buildings use less water, energy and other […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Women have had the Right to Choose in America for a Large Part of its History

Women have had the Right to Choose in America for a Large Part of its History

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Did you know? …Abortion has been legal for a large part of US history and was significant in […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Donald Trump
America’s Two Pandemics:  And How They Mixed and Matched

America’s Two Pandemics: And How They Mixed and Matched

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine that you were experiencing all of this (and by this, I mean our lives right now) as if it were […]

Tom Engelhardt

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How the Ukraine Crisis is Changing Biden's Mideast Policy:  The Rise and Rise of Qatar

How the Ukraine Crisis is Changing Biden’s Mideast Policy: The Rise and Rise of Qatar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Russia’s massing of over 100,000 troops around Ukraine has provoked a diplomatic and military crisis, but also a potential energy […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem Christians: ‘We shrunk from 20% to 2% of population due to Israeli violence’

Jerusalem Christians: ‘We shrunk from 20% to 2% of population due to Israeli violence’

By by Raseef22 | – ( Globalvoices.org) – As tensions escalate in Jerusalem in the wake of Israel’s latest wave of evicting Palestinians from the […]

Global Voices

Afghanistan
“Even If You Go to the Skies, We’ll Find You”:  LGBT People in Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover

“Even If You Go to the Skies, We’ll Find You”: LGBT People in Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover

(Human Rights Watch ) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Afghanistan, and others who do not conform to rigid gender norms, have […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark

New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark

By Oliver Wing, Carolyn Kousky, Jeremy Porter, and Paul Bates | – Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster […]

The Conversation

Arab Americans
Islamophobia and the Capitol Insurrection: How the FBI Ignored White Radicals While Spying 24/7 on Muslim Americans

Islamophobia and the Capitol Insurrection: How the FBI Ignored White Radicals While Spying 24/7 on Muslim Americans

This is my new column at Tomdispatch.com . After you give it a read, do visit the link for the original to see Tom Engelhardt’s […]

Juan Cole

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