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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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For first time, China now gets a Trillion Watts of Electricity from Wind-Water-Hydro

For first time, China now gets a Trillion Watts of Electricity from Wind-Water-Hydro

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China reached a milestone this fall, of producing a terawatt of electricity from renewables — wind, water, hydro and a […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
The End of Democracy’s Fourth Wave?  The New Authoritarians in the Mideast and Eastern Europe

The End of Democracy’s Fourth Wave? The New Authoritarians in the Mideast and Eastern Europe

By Amr Hamzawy | – (Middle East Monitor ) – Governments are described as authoritarian when they do not grant people the right to choose […]

Middle East Monitor

Congress
We're not at War: Why is Congress giving $778 Billion of our Money to the Pentagon?

We’re not at War: Why is Congress giving $778 Billion of our Money to the Pentagon?

( Code Pink) – Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
Top 6 Ways to Rescue Our Planet

Top 6 Ways to Rescue Our Planet

By Phoebe Barnard and William Moomaw | – For some time, the Earth’s natural resources have been depleted faster than they can be replaced. The […]

The Conversation

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Nuclear Talks:  Iran thumbs nose at US, betting on China as new Superpower

Nuclear Talks: Iran thumbs nose at US, betting on China as new Superpower

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The recent round of talks in Vienna between Iran and Germany plus the 4 members of the UN Security Council […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Donald Also Rises?   The Far Right Continues to Build Its International

The Donald Also Rises? The Far Right Continues to Build Its International

( Tomdispatch.com) – What alt-right guru Steve Bannon failed to create, German taxpayers have just stepped in to revive: a Nationalist International. Thanks to the […]

John Feffer

Islam
The Qur'an and Plato's Republic:  Hellenism and Early Islam  (Juan Cole Video Interview)

The Qur’an and Plato’s Republic: Hellenism and Early Islam (Juan Cole Video Interview)

Interview by Ziryab Jamal of Juan Cole | – “THE QUR’ĀN’S CHAPTER “The Cow” contains a verse (2:138) having to do with believers being dyed […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
How dual loyalties created an ethics problem for Chris Cuomo and CNN

How dual loyalties created an ethics problem for Chris Cuomo and CNN

By Jane E Kirtley | – CNN anchor Chris Cuomo conceded in March, 2021 that he could not, ethically, cover the sexual harassment allegations against […]

The Conversation

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We do it to Ourselves: 30 Gun Homicides in England in 2020 (167 US Equiv.), vs. 13,620 in US

We do it to Ourselves: 30 Gun Homicides in England in 2020 (167 US Equiv.), vs. 13,620 in US

Revised The murders by a high school student in Oxford, Michigan, who was given a gun by his parents even though he was making death […]

Juan Cole

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