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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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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own words: The age of freedom will come

Palestinian prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own words: The age of freedom will come

By Khalida Jarrar | Ramzy Baroud | – Khalida Jarrar is a Palestinian feminist, a lawyer, educator and an elected parliamentarian. Over the years, she […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Trump on Steroids and Torture's Legacy of Impunity

Trump on Steroids and Torture’s Legacy of Impunity

( Tomdispatch.com) – On February 5th, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald J. Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. In other […]

Rebecca Gordon

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Will the new, Left-led Ireland Recognize Palestine and Boycott Israeli Squatters?

Will the new, Left-led Ireland Recognize Palestine and Boycott Israeli Squatters?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – That the Left has swept to power in Ireland may position that country to play an important role in the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
UN Condemns 'Shocking' and 'Terrible' US-Backed Saudi Coalition Bombing That Killed 31 Yemeni Civilians

UN Condemns ‘Shocking’ and ‘Terrible’ US-Backed Saudi Coalition Bombing That Killed 31 Yemeni Civilians

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “Those who continue to sell arms to the warring parties must realize that by supplying weapons […]

Common Dreams

Israel/ Palestine
Germany of All Countries Shouldn't be Running Interference for Netanyahu's War Crimes, Undermining the Int'l Criminal Court

Germany of All Countries Shouldn’t be Running Interference for Netanyahu’s War Crimes, Undermining the Int’l Criminal Court

By Iqbal Jassat | @ijassat | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Shortly after her visit to South Africa earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela […]

Middle East Monitor

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‘Othered’: Coronavirus fears spur bias against Asian Americans

‘Othered’: Coronavirus fears spur bias against Asian Americans

By Hannah Foote | – LOS ANGELES (Cronkite News) – Dozens of airlines have canceled flights to China in the wake of the novel coronavirus […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump Supports Turkey against Putin-backed Russo-Syrian Campaign to Finish off Rebels in Idlib

Trump Supports Turkey against Putin-backed Russo-Syrian Campaign to Finish off Rebels in Idlib

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump called Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday and appeared to back Turkey against Russia and Syria with regard to […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen's looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Yemen’s looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Risk of a catastrophic oil spill, alarming water shortages and pollution, climate change, and other environmental disasters are adding to Yemen’s suffering

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Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here's how

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

By Richard Calland | – History may in due course record 2019 as the year in which the penny finally dropped about the climate emergency […]

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