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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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Humanitarian Catastrophe as Syrian Army Advances on Idlib, 750K Displaced since Fall

Humanitarian Catastrophe as Syrian Army Advances on Idlib, 750K Displaced since Fall

By Elif Selin Calik | @CalikSelin | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Last December, Robert Malley, president and CEO of the International Crisis […]

Middle East Monitor

War
Yemen: the nightmare continues, with no end in sight

Yemen: the nightmare continues, with no end in sight

(Al-Bab.com) – The war in Yemen is complicated and it can be difficult to keep track of what’s happening on the ground, not to mention […]

Brian Whitaker

Climate Crisis
Top Four Ways to abolish the Gasoline Car and Go Electric in 15 Years

Top Four Ways to abolish the Gasoline Car and Go Electric in 15 Years

By Ashley Fly | – The UK government recently pledged to bring forward a ban on new diesel and petrol car sales from 2040, to […]

The Conversation

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Has Trump lost Iraq to Russia over his Drone Strike on Baghdad Airport?

Has Trump lost Iraq to Russia over his Drone Strike on Baghdad Airport?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iraqi establishment is interested in strengthening its military cooperation with Russia, as Baghdad seeks an alternative to the United […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian-Israelis, 20% of Israel, are next Victims of Kushner Apartheid

Palestinian-Israelis, 20% of Israel, are next Victims of Kushner Apartheid

By Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – (Middle East Monitor)- Israelis of all political persuasions welcomed the Trump “peace plan”, but the Palestinian citizens […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
“We’ve Been Attacked!” Women and Trauma in the Trump-Putin Era

“We’ve Been Attacked!” Women and Trauma in the Trump-Putin Era

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdisptach.com) – Last month, as hundreds of thousands of people showed up for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., […]

Tomdispatch

Africa
The 13 Countries on Trump's (mostly) Muslim Ban are little Security Challenge to US, but White Nationalism Is

The 13 Countries on Trump’s (mostly) Muslim Ban are little Security Challenge to US, but White Nationalism Is

By Charles Kurzman | – Over the past two decades, how many people have been killed in the U.S. by extremists from the six countries […]

The Conversation

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Nothing could have been a better gift to Iran in the region than the Kushner Apartheid for Palestinians

Nothing could have been a better gift to Iran in the region than the Kushner Apartheid for Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the “august leader” of the country, lambasted the Kushner Plan for the Palestinians, and took the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli security forces arrest 1 Palestinian journalist, and injure another covering protests

Israeli security forces arrest 1 Palestinian journalist, and injure another covering protests

(Beirut) — Israeli authorities should reveal the reason for journalist Mohammad Malhem’s arrest or release him immediately, and should investigate the injuries sustained by journalist […]

Committee to Protect Journalists

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