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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
Kushner thinks Israelis have Rights but Palestinians have only Needs (if they Behave)

Kushner thinks Israelis have Rights but Palestinians have only Needs (if they Behave)

By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – It was a revealing and quite intersecting interview that Jared Kushner had with Jonathan Swan on Axios on HBO […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
You have an Earth, Madame, if you Can Keep It:  Politics of Planetary Destruction

You have an Earth, Madame, if you Can Keep It: Politics of Planetary Destruction

By David Bromwich | – (Tomdispatch.com) – More and more, we look into our screens and gizmos. And this helps us — almost as if […]

Tomdispatch

Corruption
Is Jared Kushner Literally in Bed with the Saudis?

Is Jared Kushner Literally in Bed with the Saudis?

The Guardian’s Jon Swain broke the story on Monday that Cadre, a real estate investment firm in which Jared Kushner has as much as a […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Fake Newsman: Anti-Iran Forbes "Writer" is a People's Jihadi Front (TYT Video)

Fake Newsman: Anti-Iran Forbes “Writer” is a People’s Jihadi Front (TYT Video)

“Heshmat Alavi” who has published anti-Iran screeds in Forbes, the Daily Caller and other substandard rightwing venues, does not, according to The Intercept, actually exist. […]

The Young Turks

Donald Trump
Trump's incessant Talk of Mexico Tariffs is about White Nationalism, not Trade

Trump’s incessant Talk of Mexico Tariffs is about White Nationalism, not Trade

By Laura Carlsen | – (FPIF) – There’s nothing “uncontrollable” about people applying for asylum. All the U.S. has to do is meet its obligations […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Islam
Very Early Muslim Piety toward the Prophet Muhammad: Blessings and Intercession

Very Early Muslim Piety toward the Prophet Muhammad: Blessings and Intercession

The great scholar Annemarie Schimmel quoted Arthur Jeffrey, the Australian scholar of Islam, to this effect: “Many years ago . . . the late Shaikh […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
In War-Torn Yemen a Mother and 6 Newborns Die every Two Hours during Labor

In War-Torn Yemen a Mother and 6 Newborns Die every Two Hours during Labor

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that “every two hours, a mother and six newborns die in Yemen due to complications in pregnancy or […]

Middle East Monitor

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Bipartisan move in Congress to Cancel Trump's Stealth $8 bn Arms sale to Saudis

Bipartisan move in Congress to Cancel Trump’s Stealth $8 bn Arms sale to Saudis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dan De Luce at NBC News reports on a bipartisan attempt in Congress to block Trump’s sidelining of the legislature […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
After Immigration, Europe's Next Big Left-Right Divide is Climate Action

After Immigration, Europe’s Next Big Left-Right Divide is Climate Action

By Rachel Waldholz | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The European elections delivered major gains for Green parties in several countries, as voters signalled […]

Clean Energy Wire

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