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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

09/19/2025 By Tomdispatch

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China
Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by  China-Iran Deal?

Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by China-Iran Deal?

Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no secret that despite international sanctions, Iran is known for leaving Western powers […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House

When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House

By Monti Datta | – America’s national security officials are on alert and global markets shook – at least briefly – following the announcement that […]

The Conversation

Cults
Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19

Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last summer, the mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg, ordered all schools closed until September 7 as a mitigation measure […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
The Catastrophic Saudi War in Yemen heads for more Disasters, for Yemenis

The Catastrophic Saudi War in Yemen heads for more Disasters, for Yemenis

By Yaseen Tamimi | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The commander of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen, Aidarus Al-Zoubaidi, appeared last month in […]

Middle East Monitor

Canada
Free at Last! How my Electric Car let me Escape the clutches of Big Carbon and Mideast Oil Dictatorships

Free at Last! How my Electric Car let me Escape the clutches of Big Carbon and Mideast Oil Dictatorships

Montreal (Special to Informed Comment) – As someone who regularly teaches courses on both Middle Eastern and environmental subjects, I have long been keenly aware […]

Richard Foltz

Authoritarianism
Surviving the long Trump Pandemic+ or, 210,000 didn’t Have to Die

Surviving the long Trump Pandemic+ or, 210,000 didn’t Have to Die

(Tomdispatch.com ) – After all these months and 210,000 deaths, you’d think I’d be used to it all, but I’m not. It doesn’t seem even […]

Frida Berrigan

Climate Crisis
How ExxonMobil’s plan to Surge its CO2 output is Like Trump’s plan to Deal with the Coronavirus

How ExxonMobil’s plan to Surge its CO2 output is Like Trump’s plan to Deal with the Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump made a mad dash to escape his hospital room at Walter Reed, browbeating his military physicians into letting him […]

Juan Cole

Juan Cole
More Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  ‘With soul afire, words flowing like a sea’

More Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: ‘With soul afire, words flowing like a sea’

In 1882 Edward Henry Whinfield (d. 1922) brought out a bilingual Persian and English edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, based on eight medieval […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Saudi Arabia continues to conceal its human rights abuses

Saudi Arabia continues to conceal its human rights abuses

By Tasnim Nazeer ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two years since the brutal death of respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi, why has Saudi Arabia still […]

Middle East Monitor

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