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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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Donald Trump
Top 5 Ways Trump Failed you too Epically ever to be Reelected

Top 5 Ways Trump Failed you too Epically ever to be Reelected

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. Environment. This is the biggest single issue. Trump is a real-life world-destroying Thanos from the Avengers, and is trying […]

Juan Cole

Congress
What if the outcome of the Presidential Election is Disputed?  A Constitutional Scholar explains the Murk

What if the outcome of the Presidential Election is Disputed? A Constitutional Scholar explains the Murk

By Richard Pildes | – As I’ve Zoom-traveled the country speaking about legal issues involving the election, I have found myself, as well as audiences, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Has American History Bent toward Racism and the Southern Strategy, from Nixon to Trump?

Has American History Bent toward Racism and the Southern Strategy, from Nixon to Trump?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was summer almost half a century ago when I got into that Volkswagen van and began my trip across country […]

Tom Engelhardt

Banking
Whoever wins the Election will face Severe Eviction Crisis, as 30 million brace for Homelessness

Whoever wins the Election will face Severe Eviction Crisis, as 30 million brace for Homelessness

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Whoever wins Tuesday’s election is virtually certain to be confronted by a severe foreclosure and eviction crisis […]

John Buell

Jewish History
On Jewish Revolutionary Internationalism

On Jewish Revolutionary Internationalism

I. The Prisoner in the Dock ( Against the Current) – THE JEWISH REVOLUTIONARY Internationalist commitment to the indivisibility of justice was on full display […]

Alan M. Wald

Democratic Party
The Real Cancel Culture: Trump Rallies Sicken 30,000, Kill 700, and Trump Train Prevents Biden Gathering in Texas

The Real Cancel Culture: Trump Rallies Sicken 30,000, Kill 700, and Trump Train Prevents Biden Gathering in Texas

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A talking point for the cult of Trump is the deleterious effects of “cancel culture.” What they mean by that […]

Juan Cole

France
Why should every individual terrorist Attack bring Questions about all French Muslims' loyalty to the Republic?

Why should every individual terrorist Attack bring Questions about all French Muslims’ loyalty to the Republic?

By Greg Barton and Fethi Mansouri | – After three people died in a knife attack in Nice this week that French President Emmanuel Macron […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Hunger strikes highlight Israel’s unjust detention of political prisoners

Hunger strikes highlight Israel’s unjust detention of political prisoners

( Middle East Monitor ) – Calling for the freedom of one Palestinian political prisoner is what Israel expects from the international community. The latest […]

Ramona Wadi

Christianity
Are the Days when White Evangelicals can Swing the Election Passing?

Are the Days when White Evangelicals can Swing the Election Passing?

Charleston, W.V. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the classic movie “Citizen Kane,” a ruthless newspaper tycoon runs for high political office. In advance, his […]

James A. Haught

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