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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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Islam
Juan Cole's "Muhammad" is one of Best Five Books on the Prophet Muhammad (Muqtedar Khan Youtube)

Juan Cole’s “Muhammad” is one of Best Five Books on the Prophet Muhammad (Muqtedar Khan Youtube)

Muqtedar Khan is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. His doctoral dissertation at Georgetown University was on Islamic political […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
In Turkey, 30 people face investigation over social media posts that ‘insulted the president’

In Turkey, 30 people face investigation over social media posts that ‘insulted the president’

By Arzu Geybullayeva ” – ( Globalvoices.org) – Turkish social media users have taken their concerns about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s health to Twitter. But […]

Global Voices

Environment
Lead, Uranium, Fertilizer: Laws Letting Corporations Pollute our Water are written by Lobbyists

Lead, Uranium, Fertilizer: Laws Letting Corporations Pollute our Water are written by Lobbyists

( Tomdispatch.com) – Think of it this way: what we don’t know will hurt us. And water — yes, water — is an example of […]

Rajan Menon

China
After 30 Secret Meetings, US and China announce Joint initiative to Combat Global Heating in Diplomatic Thaw

After 30 Secret Meetings, US and China announce Joint initiative to Combat Global Heating in Diplomatic Thaw

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Owen Churchill at the South China Morning Post reports that the United States and China at the UN Climate Conference […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
November 11 Armistice Day: Honor Peace Day

November 11 Armistice Day: Honor Peace Day

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – The first Armistice Day was a celebration of the moment – the 11th hour of the 11th day […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
"The Israeli settlements are a presumptive war crime under the Rome Statute:" Will the UN listen to its own Rapporteurs?

“The Israeli settlements are a presumptive war crime under the Rome Statute:” Will the UN listen to its own Rapporteurs?

( Middle East Monitor) – “The Israeli settlements are a presumptive war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and should be […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

By Jill Hopke | – When oil and gas companies took to Twitter during the first half of the U.N.’s Glasgow climate conference, they often […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Paul Gosar's Fantasy of War Rape against AOC is Frustration that the Impotent Capitol Insurrection Failed

Paul Gosar’s Fantasy of War Rape against AOC is Frustration that the Impotent Capitol Insurrection Failed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Arizona Congressman, dentist, and inveterate nutcase Paul Gosar posted to Twitter a photoshopped Anime video showing himself as a cartoon […]

Juan Cole

Death Penalty
Letter to President Biden on Failures of Administration's Human Rights Policy Toward the Middle East

Letter to President Biden on Failures of Administration’s Human Rights Policy Toward the Middle East

By Kenneth Roth | Executive Director | – President Joseph R. Biden 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 RE: US Policy Toward the Middle […]

Human Rights Watch

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