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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

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The Alarming Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe

The Alarming Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe

By Eva Cossé, Researcher, Western Europe | – (Human Rights Watch) – European Governments and Public Should Stand Up Against Hate On May 24, a […]

Human Rights Watch

War
The US Cult of Bombing & Endless War: Ten Tenets of Air Power That I Didn’t Learn in the Air Force

The US Cult of Bombing & Endless War: Ten Tenets of Air Power That I Didn’t Learn in the Air Force

( Tomdispatch.com ) – From Syria to Yemen in the Middle East, Libya to Somalia in Africa, Afghanistan to Pakistan in South Asia, an American […]

William J. Astore

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza War Crimes:  How long can Israeli Gov't Evade the Int'l Criminal Court?

Gaza War Crimes: How long can Israeli Gov’t Evade the Int’l Criminal Court?

The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army, Sharon Afek, and the US Department of Defense General Counsel, Paul Ney, shared a platform at […]

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Qur'an
The Prophet’s Tribe: The First Mention of Quraysh in an Inscription from the Dawn of Islam

The Prophet’s Tribe: The First Mention of Quraysh in an Inscription from the Dawn of Islam

The Qur’an, the Muslim scripture, speaks of the Quraysh as a tribe that engaged in travel and worshiped at a shrine. Qur’an 106, “Quraysh,” says, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
On Anniversary of D-Day:  Would Trump have bothered, or Been on Other Side?

On Anniversary of D-Day: Would Trump have bothered, or Been on Other Side?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I grew up in the shadow of World War II. It ended only seven years before I was born. I […]

Juan Cole

China
Bolton may want War with Iran, but the Pentagon is Eyeing China

Bolton may want War with Iran, but the Pentagon is Eyeing China

(Tomdispatch.com) – The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf […]

Michael T. Klare

Iran
How Two-Faced Trump has targeted Iran for Sanctions & War while Tweeting "Negotiations"

How Two-Faced Trump has targeted Iran for Sanctions & War while Tweeting “Negotiations”

(Informed Comment) – On May 24, 2018, the Department of Defense organised a Briefing on Iran with the participation of Katie Wheelbarger, Principal Deputy Assistant […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Afghanistan
How US "good guys" wiped out an Afghan family

How US “good guys” wiped out an Afghan family

By Jessica Purkiss and Mateen Arian This story was published in partnership with: The New York Times. ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) – It […]

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

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Pompeo:  Jared Kushner’s Palestine plan “unexecutable;’ Kushner: Palestinians unready for Self-Rule

Pompeo: Jared Kushner’s Palestine plan “unexecutable;’ Kushner: Palestinians unready for Self-Rule

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I can barely believe it. Mike Pompeo, who can believe 10 impossible things before breakfast every day, including the impending […]

Juan Cole

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