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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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One of Europe's Last Migrant Rescue Ships Defies European Political Pressure to Save African Lives

One of Europe’s Last Migrant Rescue Ships Defies European Political Pressure to Save African Lives

By Susan H. Smith | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over nearly five years, the small German charity Sea-Watch has saved more than 37,000 […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Change
No, Nuclear Power can't Solve our Environmental Crisis

No, Nuclear Power can’t Solve our Environmental Crisis

By Heidi Hutner and Erica Cirino | – Aeon | – In November 2018, the Woolsey Fire scorched nearly 100,000 acres of Los Angeles and […]

Aeon

Haredim
The Fall of Netanyahu's Government is a Struggle over the Meaning of Jewishness, not just a Power Play

The Fall of Netanyahu’s Government is a Struggle over the Meaning of Jewishness, not just a Power Play

By Joyce Dalsheim | – Benjamin Netanyahu has hit a snag that could derail his chances of becoming the longest-serving prime minister in the history […]

The Conversation

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Why Israeli Gov't May Fall: Like US, Secularists and Fundamentalists are Polarized

Why Israeli Gov’t May Fall: Like US, Secularists and Fundamentalists are Polarized

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We’ll know later today whether prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will succeed in forming a government. If not, Israel will have […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Crisis: 'We've created a civilisation hell bent on destroying itself – I'm terrified', writes Earth scientist

Climate Crisis: ‘We’ve created a civilisation hell bent on destroying itself – I’m terrified’, writes Earth scientist

By James Dyke | – The coffee tasted bad. Acrid and with a sweet, sickly smell. The sort of coffee that results from overfilling the […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Army Accused Palestinians of self-arson, Then Video emerged of Israelis setting Fires

Israeli Army Accused Palestinians of self-arson, Then Video emerged of Israelis setting Fires

Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has released a video showing illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied West Bank, contradicting the Israeli […]

Middle East Monitor

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B-52s over Iran?  Our Nation's Past Trauma from "Carpet Bombing"

B-52s over Iran? Our Nation’s Past Trauma from “Carpet Bombing”

By James Carroll | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Earlier this month, the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group — the massive aircraft carrier itself with its […]

Tomdispatch

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If Trump really only wants 'No Iranian Nukes,' then he should just rejoin the Nuclear Deal

If Trump really only wants ‘No Iranian Nukes,’ then he should just rejoin the Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump said in Japan that he is not looking for regime change in Iran. Trump said at a news conference […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why Young Jews are Detouring from Israel to Palestine

Why Young Jews are Detouring from Israel to Palestine

By Lornet Turnbull | – (Yes! Magazine ) – Some are using Birthright trips to draw attention to the Israeli occupation, its policy of oppression, […]

Yes! Magazine

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