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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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Graham to Blacks, Immigrants: 'You can go anywhere in this state, you just have to be a Conservative'

Graham to Blacks, Immigrants: ‘You can go anywhere in this state, you just have to be a Conservative’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lindsey Graham couldn’t have another debate with his rival for one of South Carolina’s senate seats, Jamie Harrison, because he […]

Juan Cole

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Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

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Ramzy Baroud

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Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

(Foreign Correspondent) – The four countries with the most confirmed COVID-19 infections in the world are all led by rightwing populists: the US, India, Brazil, […]

Reese Erlich

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America's New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

America’s New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The highly respected British medical journal, “The Lancet”, recently summarized the health insurance situation in the USA: “Although […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Authoritarianism
Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Kim Jong Un insists on having a huge parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the ruling […]

Juan Cole

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Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

By Amy Cooter | – Details are still emerging about the men arrested on federal and state charges related to an alleged plot to kidnap […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Item 7, General Debate – UN Human Rights Council 45 Israeli authorities have continued to systematically repress and discriminate against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Human Rights Watch

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Where does Iran stand on Armenia's conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

Where does Iran stand on Armenia’s conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – While most attention is focused on the positions of Russia and Turkey in the ongoing […]

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With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the dying Trump administration, literally on a sickbed, contemplates losing power, its hawks are lashing out at Iran in […]

Juan Cole

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