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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 […]

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

The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it

The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it

09/18/2025 By The Conversation

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National Security State
The World the “American Century” Made: Quagmires, Wars and Serial Demonization

The World the “American Century” Made: Quagmires, Wars and Serial Demonization

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the U.S. found itself in a […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's 3,000 New Squatters on Palestinian Land draw only Pro Forma Condemnation from US, Europe

Israel’s 3,000 New Squatters on Palestinian Land draw only Pro Forma Condemnation from US, Europe

( Middle East Monitor) – The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied […]

Ramzy Baroud

Afghanistan
How photos of Afghan suffering shown over and over perpetuate inequality and harm

How photos of Afghan suffering shown over and over perpetuate inequality and harm

By Azeta Hatef | – Devastating photos and videos emerged from Afghanistan as the Taliban regained control of the country and U.S. troops prepared to […]

The Conversation

Climate Change
COP26: Biden first President to Back Sweeping Measures on Climate, as for-profit Press lets Denialist Republicans off the Hook

COP26: Biden first President to Back Sweeping Measures on Climate, as for-profit Press lets Denialist Republicans off the Hook

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) | – On Monday, President Joe Biden addressed the UN COP26 climate conference, declaring the 2020s the “critical decade.” It was […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian dispossession by Israel and the Sham of the 30-year "Peace Process"

Palestinian dispossession by Israel and the Sham of the 30-year “Peace Process”

By Inès Abdel Razek | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The so-called Middle East Peace Process has ensured Palestinians’ oppression by a military regime bent on […]

Al-Shabaka

Arab World
How Lebanon became the latest Battlefield in the Cold War between Saudi Arabia and Iran

How Lebanon became the latest Battlefield in the Cold War between Saudi Arabia and Iran

By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Lebanon is plagued by crises, with a new one added almost daily. The […]

Middle East Monitor

Brazil
From the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples offer new compass to navigate climate change

From the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples offer new compass to navigate climate change

By Dallas Hunt, Cash Ahenakew, Sharon Stein, Vanessa Andreotti, and Will Valley | – Universities in western Canada began another school year under the cloud […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
COP26: Climate Disaster Stalks Morocco even as it Strives for Wind, Solar

COP26: Climate Disaster Stalks Morocco even as it Strives for Wind, Solar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the UN Conference of Parties (COP) 26 is meeting in Glasgow this week, we will be looking at climate […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Our Problem isn't "Supply Chains" - it is that Workers and Truckers are being Stiffed

Our Problem isn’t “Supply Chains” – it is that Workers and Truckers are being Stiffed

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Weak links have been the story for much of the last year. That should force us […]

John Buell

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