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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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The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government

The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party was once an honorable organization. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, its platform included protection […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving

Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving

By Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler | – In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Arctic Ocean started getting warmer Decades earlier than we Thought

Arctic Ocean started getting warmer Decades earlier than we Thought

By Sarah Collins | – The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest […]

University of Cambridge Research

Climate Crisis
As last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?

As last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party, pushed the button last week that brought down the country’s […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Half of global Coal Companies continue to develop new Assets

Half of global Coal Companies continue to develop new Assets

By Nora Sausmikat and Katrin Ganswindt | – ( China Dialogue —- Bonus Video added by Informed Comment: Al Jazeera English: “Bosnia’s most polluting power […]

China Dialogue

Climate Crisis
Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement

Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement

By Nina Hall, Charles Lawrie and Sahar Priano | – To understand the agreement states reached at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow last month, […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Pentagon lost the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, so why are we upping its Funding to $778 billion?

The Pentagon lost the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, so why are we upping its Funding to $778 billion?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Where are you going to get the money? That question haunts congressional proposals to help the poor, the unhoused, and those […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
Why Biden is Likely right that the Climate Emergency is partly to blame for massive Tornadoes

Why Biden is Likely right that the Climate Emergency is partly to blame for massive Tornadoes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The string of horrific tornadoes generated by unrelenting thunderstorms over hundreds of miles in the southeast and midwest of the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan

The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan

By Louise Grogan | – ( The Conversation) – The lack of food security in Afghanistan may soon become a threat to the stability of […]

The Conversation

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