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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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Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions

Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions

Some Iraqi Leaders suggest Replacing the US with Russia or China

Juan Cole

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Iran is not Going Away, and Trump's only hope of Success is not War but a Deal

Iran is not Going Away, and Trump’s only hope of Success is not War but a Deal

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) – Much has been speculated and written about the possibility, trajectory, and the likely consequences of a war […]

Ali Abootalebi

Afghanistan
Trump threatens Armageddon on yet Another Country: Crimes against Humanity in Afghanistan

Trump threatens Armageddon on yet Another Country: Crimes against Humanity in Afghanistan

(Tomdispatch.com) – On February 4, 2002, a Predator drone circled over Afghanistan’s Paktia province, near the city of Khost. Below was al-Qaeda’s founder Osama bin […]

Nick Turse

Brazil
Soleimani’s Killing is a Global Event: Brazil’s Politicians, Oil Markets Shaken by Mideast Instability

Soleimani’s Killing is a Global Event: Brazil’s Politicians, Oil Markets Shaken by Mideast Instability

Sao Paulo (Special to Informed Comment) – Recently, after the American military action that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Bagdad, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro […]

Tori Avila

Iran
Paper Tiger? Iran is Talking Big after US Assassination of Soleimani, but Has Few Options

Paper Tiger? Iran is Talking Big after US Assassination of Soleimani, but Has Few Options

By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The most plausible reason why President Trump ordered the assassination of the […]

Thembisa Fakude

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Many thanks to all our Supporters from Informed Comment

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Juan Cole

Islam
As U.S. enters another Conflict with a Muslim Nation, Read about Islam’s Beginnings

As U.S. enters another Conflict with a Muslim Nation, Read about Islam’s Beginnings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) As the US once again enters into a heightened conflict with a Muslim-majority nation, it would be advisable for all informed […]

Juan Cole

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Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant "Death to America" at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad

Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant “Death to America” at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad

Prime Minister Adil Abdulmahdi Attended the Funeral

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump's Soleimani Assassination:  It's All about the Oil

Trump’s Soleimani Assassination: It’s All about the Oil

(48Hills.org) – Reese Erlich, who has reported from the region for 20 years, sorts out the impact of Trump’s drone attack that killed a popular […]

Reese Erlich

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