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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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Iran's Leader, Khamenei, Blasts Pres. Rouhani for Negotiating Nuclear deal with US

Iran’s Leader, Khamenei, Blasts Pres. Rouhani for Negotiating Nuclear deal with US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The private Tasnim news agency reports from Iran that in a speech to thousands of university students, Iran’s clerical leader […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
US Military Aid implicated in Israel's Sniping, Gaza Amputation Crisis

US Military Aid implicated in Israel’s Sniping, Gaza Amputation Crisis

By Phyllis Bennis | – My friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg. He […]

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Why it is important that NZ Mosque Killer was Charged with Terrorism

Why it is important that NZ Mosque Killer was Charged with Terrorism

By Keiran Hardy | – On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Anti-Palestinian Hate Speech goes unpunished in Israeli Social Media

Anti-Palestinian Hate Speech goes unpunished in Israeli Social Media

By Nadim Nashif | – (Al-Shabakah) – Israel is a world leader in cybersecurity technologies and surveillance and, on platforms like Facebook and Twitter, uses […]

Al-Shabaka

Corruption
Chickens Came home to Roost: US meddled in Foreign Elections for Decades

Chickens Came home to Roost: US meddled in Foreign Elections for Decades

(Tomdispatch.com) – In this country, reactions to the Mueller report have been all-American beyond belief. Let’s face it, when it comes to election meddling, it’s […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”

Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”

A veteran US politician who has announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination for 2020 has described Israel as a “racist state” which […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Bye Bye Miami: New Estimates Double Expected Sea Level rise to 6′

Bye Bye Miami: New Estimates Double Expected Sea Level rise to 6′

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sea level rise over the next 80 years may have been underestimated by the conservative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Juan Cole

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Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light

Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light

By Magda Konieczna | – After nearly 150 years in business – as a business – The Salt Lake Tribune wants to become a nonprofit. […]

The Conversation

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Mission Accomplished?  Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?

Mission Accomplished? Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?

The US did to Iraq in reality what Daenarys Targaryen did to King’s Landing in the fictional Game of Thrones

Juan Cole

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