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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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Trump Touts "Ending the Pandemic" as 1 American Dies every 107 Seconds and Stock Market Nosedives

Trump Touts “Ending the Pandemic” as 1 American Dies every 107 Seconds and Stock Market Nosedives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bruce Y. Lee of Forbes reports that a couple of days ago, the Trump White House put out a press […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Are Evangelical Christians finally disappointed in Trump?

Are Evangelical Christians finally disappointed in Trump?

By Stewart Clem | – It has long been taken for granted that the majority of evangelical Christians in the United States will vote for […]

The Conversation

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Ending Regime Change - in Bolivia and the World

Ending Regime Change – in Bolivia and the World

( Code Pink) – Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

al-Qaeda
What Do Radical Islam and Militant Christianity Have in Common?

What Do Radical Islam and Militant Christianity Have in Common?

Radical Minorities ( Christian Courier Canada) – In both Islam and Christianity, the mainstream has understood the core teachings of their founding prophets as proclamations […]

Bert de Vries

Acidification of Oceans
The Black Hole of Depressions:  Doing nothing about Climate Emergency could cost more than all the Wealth in the World

The Black Hole of Depressions: Doing nothing about Climate Emergency could cost more than all the Wealth in the World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A study in Nature Communications has found that if you add in variability to calculations of the impact of climate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Can Palestinians win over Israelis disillusioned with Right Wing Zionism?

Can Palestinians win over Israelis disillusioned with Right Wing Zionism?

By Hamada Fara’na ( Middle East Monitor) – Amira Hass is a courageous Israeli journalist who defends the Palestinian people relentlessly and without hesitation. She […]

Middle East Monitor

Christianity
No, Donald Trump didn't save Christianity:  He is about White Evangelical Nationalism

No, Donald Trump didn’t save Christianity: He is about White Evangelical Nationalism

By Tony Keddie | – It’s yet unknown how U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to position himself as the Christian candidate of choice will influence […]

The Conversation

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A Well-Armed and Unpatriotic Far Right

A Well-Armed and Unpatriotic Far Right

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was July 2017, a few weeks before the “Unite the Right” Charlottesville riots, when white […]

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The Republican Party's 2-Decade-Long March toward Hungarian and Turkish-Style Illiberalism

The Republican Party’s 2-Decade-Long March toward Hungarian and Turkish-Style Illiberalism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A study by Swedish political scientists at the University of Gothenburg’s V-Dem Institute has found that the US Republican Party […]

Juan Cole

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