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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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Joe Biden: a report card on the US president’s first year in office

Joe Biden: a report card on the US president’s first year in office

By Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan | – When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US president in January 2021, 51.3% of American […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How Trump appeased Putin and Endangered Peace in Ukraine

How Trump appeased Putin and Endangered Peace in Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I don’t approve of all the loud saber-rattling in Washington on Russia. For reasons I’ll explain below, I nevertheless don’t […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Have Sinema and Manchin Tolled the death Knell of Free and Fair Elections for a Decade?

Have Sinema and Manchin Tolled the death Knell of Free and Fair Elections for a Decade?

Oakland, CA (Special to Informed Comment) – In this Brave New World of evolving lexicons, “gerrymandering,” a dirty word to begin with; has become a […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Agriculture
With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

By Evan Fricke, Alejandro Ordonez, Haldre Rogers, and Jens-Christian Svenning | – Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does […]

The Conversation

Counter-Terrorism
The Pentagon We Don’t Think About: A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

The Pentagon We Don’t Think About: A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – A relative of mine, who works for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) compiling data on […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency Parable: Mammoth Iceberg that broke free from Antarctica Dumps 168 billion tons of Water in South Atlantic

Climate Emergency Parable: Mammoth Iceberg that broke free from Antarctica Dumps 168 billion tons of Water in South Atlantic

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anne Braakmann-Folgmann et al. in an article for Remote Sensing of the Environment observed by satellite the now-disintegrated Iceberg A68A […]

Juan Cole

Banking
Uproar In Turkey over Gov't Prioritizing a Name change for the Country over Sinking Economy  #helloTürkiye

Uproar In Turkey over Gov’t Prioritizing a Name change for the Country over Sinking Economy #helloTürkiye

( Globalvoices.org ) – Turkey’s Communications Directorate launched a new campaign #helloTürkiye on January 14, in an attempt to “raise global awareness about using the […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Afghanistan
Afghan Women’s Rights Activists Forcibly Disappeared (HRW)

Afghan Women’s Rights Activists Forcibly Disappeared (HRW)

By Patricia Gossman | Associate Asia Director | ( Human Rights Watch ) – The Taliban’s response to the apparent enforced disappearance of Tamana Paryani, […]

Human Rights Watch

Elections
Why Elections will not solve Libya’s deep-rooted Problems

Why Elections will not solve Libya’s deep-rooted Problems

By Natasha Lindstaedt | – Libya is poised to hold presidential and parliamentary elections this year but there are still many unresolved issues. Ongoing political […]

The Conversation

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