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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 […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

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Making America White Again: The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters

Making America White Again: The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During the 2024 election campaign, candidate Donald Trump’s most controversial rally occurred at New York’s Madison Square Garden. A comedian on […]

Clarence Lusane

Displaced and Refugees
Syria after Assad: Why many Syrian Refugees aren’t returning Home

Syria after Assad: Why many Syrian Refugees aren’t returning Home

By Charlotte Al-Khalili, University of Sussex and Melissa Gatter, University of Sussex (The Conversation) – When news of Bashar al-Assad’s downfall broke on December 8 […]

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Doublethink and the Struggle for Survival in the Gaza Genocide

Doublethink and the Struggle for Survival in the Gaza Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – In a genocidal war that has spiralled into a struggle for political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition […]

Ramzy Baroud

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Juan Cole

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Top Seven Things People Get Wrong About the Ukraine-Russia War

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Russo-Ukraine war drags into its third year, peace talks are finally underway in Jeddah, Saudi […]

Arnold Oliver

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Signalgate shows Trump bombing of Yemen just for Show, Ignores Dead Yemeni Children

Signalgate shows Trump bombing of Yemen just for Show, Ignores Dead Yemeni Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The high-level Trump administration Signal message thread on bombing Yemen on which someone on the staff of National Security Adviser […]

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
Middle East Studies Assn, AAUP, and Knight Inst. file Lawsuit over Trump Arrests and Deportation for lawful Speech

Middle East Studies Assn, AAUP, and Knight Inst. file Lawsuit over Trump Arrests and Deportation for lawful Speech

Middle East Studies Association | – Policy has created “climate of fear and repression” on campuses around the country, groups say FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March […]

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Authoritarianism
The “War on Terror” Comes Home in the Trump Era

The “War on Terror” Comes Home in the Trump Era

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Four years ago, I published Subtle Tools, a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Dissent
Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest Sparks Türkiye’s Largest Protests in over a Decade

Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest Sparks Türkiye’s Largest Protests in over a Decade

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment) – Major protests over the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political […]

Volkan Isbasaran

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