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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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Ida: The Climate Emergency and Fossil Fuels, not Afghan terrorists, just Knocked out Power to America's 4th-Largest Port

Ida: The Climate Emergency and Fossil Fuels, not Afghan terrorists, just Knocked out Power to America’s 4th-Largest Port

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The two big stories on Sunday, of the continued evacuation effort at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The same MAGA mob Who supported Insurrection are Smearing pro-American Afghan Refugees as Dangerous

The same MAGA mob Who supported Insurrection are Smearing pro-American Afghan Refugees as Dangerous

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Stoking fear of Afghan refugees, Stephen Miller — architect of Trump’s ethno-nationalist agenda — used the Afghanistan withdrawal and […]

Dan Dinello

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Who’s Who in the Taliban’s ‘inclusive’ new Administration

Afghanistan: Who’s Who in the Taliban’s ‘inclusive’ new Administration

By Amalendu Misra | – ( The Conversation) – As western powers frantically scramble to evacuate their citizens and the Afghan nationals who worked for […]

The Conversation

Arms Sales
Let’s Take the Profit Out of War

Let’s Take the Profit Out of War

By Sam Pizzigati | – ( Otherwords.org) – After all, we grew up living it or hearing about it. The 20th century rates as the […]

Sam Pizzigati

Afghanistan
Biden got 117,000 Afghans Out: Contrast that Time Trump Abruptly Withdrew Troops from Syria and refused to Help Kurdish Allies

Biden got 117,000 Afghans Out: Contrast that Time Trump Abruptly Withdrew Troops from Syria and refused to Help Kurdish Allies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Richard N. Ojeda, an Army vet and former West Virginia state representative tweeted out an observation that I would like […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Are Coal Plants even Legal, given dire Climate Impact?  German Court rules Planners Must Consider Alternatives

Are Coal Plants even Legal, given dire Climate Impact? German Court rules Planners Must Consider Alternatives

German court rules against coal-fired Datteln 4 plant

Clean Energy Wire

Afghanistan
Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have always faced male violence

Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have always faced male violence

By Jenevieve Mannell | – The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has undoubtedly put women’s lives in danger and threatened their human rights in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Naftali Bennett once led Effort to insert Israeli Propaganda into Wikipedia, now He’s Trying to Influence US Foreign Policy

Naftali Bennett once led Effort to insert Israeli Propaganda into Wikipedia, now He’s Trying to Influence US Foreign Policy

( Middle East Monitor) – Online Palestinian outlet Quds News Network resurfaced a video clip this week from over a decade ago featuring current Israeli […]

Asa Winstanley

Bush
Top 4 Times US Troops were Bombed under Republican Presidents and No one Resigned or was Impeached

Top 4 Times US Troops were Bombed under Republican Presidents and No one Resigned or was Impeached

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The silly season has descended permanently on Washington, D.C., so that minor congressmen are calling for the resignation or even […]

Juan Cole

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