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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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Indelible Legacy: Or How This Became a Gitmo World

Indelible Legacy: Or How This Became a Gitmo World

Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua Dratel | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In January 2002, the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility in Cuba opened its gates […]

Tomdispatch

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Wind Power Surging Globally and In U.S. despite Trump's Opposition, Replacing Coal

Wind Power Surging Globally and In U.S. despite Trump’s Opposition, Replacing Coal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel, and humanity needs to ban it yesterday if we are to keep the earth […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The U.S. and Iran are Having a Huge Food Fight in Iraq after Trump assassinated Soleimani

The U.S. and Iran are Having a Huge Food Fight in Iraq after Trump assassinated Soleimani

By Bamo Nouri | – When thousands of anti-government protesters returned to Iraq’s streets on January 10, they were expressing anger at the explosion of […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel:  Free Palestinian rights Activist Jonathan Pollak

Israel: Free Palestinian rights Activist Jonathan Pollak

( Middle East Monitor) – Back in my mid-twenties, I went off to Palestine to become a solidarity activist. I volunteered with the International Solidarity […]

Asa Winstanley

Climate Crisis
We have a Decade to Slash Carbon Emissions:  After That it Gets Harder and much Hotter

We have a Decade to Slash Carbon Emissions: After That it Gets Harder and much Hotter

By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the climate talks to come, we need more youth, indigenous, and civil society groups […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Iraq
Chris Hedges: From Jerusalem to Gaza and Iraq, the Sacred Bonds of Kindness that Make us Human (Video)

Chris Hedges: From Jerusalem to Gaza and Iraq, the Sacred Bonds of Kindness that Make us Human (Video)

Emir-Stein Center | Chris Hedges | – “Evil, even in the darkest moments, is impotent before the miracle of human kindness. This miracle defies prejudices […]

Emir-Stein Center

Donald Trump
Khamenei: Trump Killed Soleimani to help ISIL Terrorists, but is Impotent; Trump: "Be careful with your Words"

Khamenei: Trump Killed Soleimani to help ISIL Terrorists, but is Impotent; Trump: “Be careful with your Words”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump on Friday warned Iran’s clerical Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be “careful with his words” after the ayatollah gave […]

Juan Cole

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Palestine isn't only Under Israeli Military Occupation-- Its History and Culture are Colonized, Too

Palestine isn’t only Under Israeli Military Occupation– Its History and Culture are Colonized, Too

By Asaad Abdel Rahman | – (Middle East Monitor ) – Although the Palestinian-Israeli conflict takes place within a relatively small geographic region, it receives […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
What has Driven US - Iranian Enmity for over 40 Years?

What has Driven US – Iranian Enmity for over 40 Years?

By Jeffrey Fields | – Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow […]

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