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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
A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence

A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence

By Rafi Ellenson |- ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When diaspora Jews and those living in Israel join with Palestinians, they forge a more powerful […]

Waging Nonviolence

Donald Trump
No Fair!  Iran Puts their Country Right next to US Military Bases in Gulf

No Fair! Iran Puts their Country Right next to US Military Bases in Gulf

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration made a grand and empty show Friday of announcing the dispatch to the Middle East of 1,500 […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Alarmed Iranians Fret over Devastating new War after 4 Decades of Conflict

Alarmed Iranians Fret over Devastating new War after 4 Decades of Conflict

(RFE/RL) – As verbal sparring, economic pressure, and military jockeying intensify between Tehran and Washington, Iranians are closely following the standoff and appear increasingly alarmed […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Pollution
Suffocating Ourselves: Dumping Plastic into Ocean Poisons the Bacteria that Produce 10% of our Oxygen, underpin Marine Life

Suffocating Ourselves: Dumping Plastic into Ocean Poisons the Bacteria that Produce 10% of our Oxygen, underpin Marine Life

By Petra Cameron and Philippa Kearney | – We’ve all seen the impact of our plastic addiction. It’s hard to miss the devastating images of […]

The Conversation

Green Transportation
The Green Future is Here:  Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years

The Green Future is Here: Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – (Clean Energy Wire) – German carmaker Audi has announced the goal of selling one million electric cars per year by […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Jared Kushner is surprised he can't get Palestinian Businessmen on Board with Promises of Prosperity

Jared Kushner is surprised he can’t get Palestinian Businessmen on Board with Promises of Prosperity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinian business groups accounting for 80% of Palestine’s gross domestic product say they are declining to attend a conference in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
US is Already Attacking Iran--Severe Sanctions are Hurting the Wrong People

US is Already Attacking Iran–Severe Sanctions are Hurting the Wrong People

By David Cortright | – Many are worried about the risk of war with Iran after the Trump administration leaked discussions of a troop deployment […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?

Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?

By Hamada Fara’na | – The Israeli government and its agencies are launching a concerted programme, with great urgency, to achieve the complete annexation of […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: 'Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain'

Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: ‘Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain’

(Tomdispatch.com) – Earlier this month, I spent a day visiting Marseilles to videotape a documentary about recent American military history, specifically the ongoing wars that […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

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