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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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Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

By Neta C. Crawford | – The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Did President Biden privately demand far Right Israeli PM Bennett stop expulsion of E Jerusalem Palestinians?

Did President Biden privately demand far Right Israeli PM Bennett stop expulsion of E Jerusalem Palestinians?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – According to Israel’s Channel 12 TV channel, in the middle of last month Prime […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Biden: Afghanistan Withdrawal is "about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries"

Biden: Afghanistan Withdrawal is “about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the end of the war in Afghanistan. I saw the Neoconservative Bill Kristol on […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy

Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy

By Andrew Mumford | – As the last US forces leave Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s decision to press ahead with the American withdrawal has prompted […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like

What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like

By Eli S. McCarthy | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As we reflect on what has transpired in Afghanistan with the Taliban returning to […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won't miss about our Longest Military Engagement

So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won’t miss about our Longest Military Engagement

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom Bowman and Audie Cornish at NPR report that all U.S. troops are out of Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Republican Party's flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage

The Republican Party’s flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Republicans love to hijack democratic and progressive concepts, such as “free speech,” and apply them in a hyperbolic […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

( Code Pink) – Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Afghanistan
The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

By Margaret Hu | In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that […]

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