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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

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Why does he Hate our Freedoms? White Nationalist Extremist Tucker Carlson touts Orban's Hungarian Fascism as better than America

Why does he Hate our Freedoms? White Nationalist Extremist Tucker Carlson touts Orban’s Hungarian Fascism as better than America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme white nationalist Tucker Carlson took his Fox Cable “News” show on the road to extreme white nationalist Hungary this […]

Juan Cole

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Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As Palestinian high school students celebrate their success in the Tawjihi exams and plan for […]

Middle East Monitor

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A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them

A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them

By David Karoly | – On Monday, an extremely important report on the physical science of climate change will be released to the world. Produced […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany's solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

Germany’s solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The construction of new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany has grown by 22 percent […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Scientists: Slashing Methane Emissions key to avoiding Horrifying Frankenclimate Tipping Point

Scientists: Slashing Methane Emissions key to avoiding Horrifying Frankenclimate Tipping Point

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Fiona Harvey at The Guardian reports that the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report due out Monday will […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israeli Olympic Gold Medalist Isn’t “Jewish Enough” to Marry in Israel

Israeli Olympic Gold Medalist Isn’t “Jewish Enough” to Marry in Israel

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – How convenient that the dynamic of sports and politics now collides with the question of “Who is a […]

H. Scott Prosterman

China
On China, Biden is continuing Trump's Zero-Sum Vision of the World when our Crises demand a Win-Win Approach

On China, Biden is continuing Trump’s Zero-Sum Vision of the World when our Crises demand a Win-Win Approach

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Regarding China, Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Team has embraced the zero-sum rhetoric of the Trump administration. That approach […]

Martin Powers

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: the complex issues behind the presidential power-grab

Tunisia: the complex issues behind the presidential power-grab

By Mariam Salehi | – Ten years on from the Arab uprisings, Tunisia has often been presented as a rare success story. Elsewhere Egypt sank […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Biden's Moonshot:  America's Cars are going Electric, "Fast!" with Union Labor

Biden’s Moonshot: America’s Cars are going Electric, “Fast!” with Union Labor

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden is good at multi-tasking. His announcement on Thursday that he wants 50% of all cars sold in the […]

Juan Cole

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