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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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How to End America’s Forever Wars for Once and for All

How to End America’s Forever Wars for Once and for All

( Tomdispatch.com) – As August ended, American troops completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan almost 20 years after they first arrived. On the formal date of […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Climate Crisis
"Given me a Lever and I will Move the Earth:" Biden orders greening of Federal Gov't, buying of EVs and Solar Panels

“Given me a Lever and I will Move the Earth:” Biden orders greening of Federal Gov’t, buying of EVs and Solar Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse (d. 212 BC), speaking of the power of the lever, said, “Give me […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Immigrant Rights:  US Senate Should Reinstate Pathway to Citizenship in Build Back Better Act

Immigrant Rights: US Senate Should Reinstate Pathway to Citizenship in Build Back Better Act

By Hina Naveed | Aryeh Neier Fellow | – ( Human Rights Watch) – All people, including immigrants like me, have a basic need for […]

Human Rights Watch

Iran
It was Israel, not Iran, that Derailed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, and Bennett is still working against it

It was Israel, not Iran, that Derailed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, and Bennett is still working against it

By Nasim Ahmed | – World leaders have been trying desperately to salvage the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal between Iran […]

Middle East Monitor

Natural Gas
A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

By Bill Kovarik | – On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new […]

The Conversation

censorship
Justice: French arrest Man they believe to be Top Saudi Assassin of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Justice: French arrest Man they believe to be Top Saudi Assassin of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Update: French authorities have released the individual they apprehended on Tuesday. Read on for the significance of this attempted arrest of al-Otaibi. Ann Arbor (Informed […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
Yes, America overthrew the Democratically Elected gov't of Iran in 1953 and Ray Takeyh is wrong on the History

Yes, America overthrew the Democratically Elected gov’t of Iran in 1953 and Ray Takeyh is wrong on the History

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment) – It is likely that, if the elected government of Iran’s Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh had stayed in power, the […]

Fariba Amini

Inequality
These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years: The Secret IRS Files on the .01%

These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years: The Secret IRS Files on the .01%

By Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger | – ( Propublica) – Here’s a tale of two Stephen Rosses. Real life Stephen Ross, who […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada

California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada

By Roger Bales | – California is preparing for a third straight year of drought, and officials are tightening limits on water use to levels […]

The Conversation

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