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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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The World’s Happiest People Already have a Green New Deal, and they Love It

All the Nordics have found that their focus on climate coinciding with growth in the common good

George Lakey

Climate Change
Scottish Gov't Announces 'Climate Emergency' in response to Extinction Rebellion Call

Scottish Gov’t Announces ‘Climate Emergency’ in response to Extinction Rebellion Call

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the social-democratic Scottish National Party has called a “climate emergency,” doing so in response […]

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Trump appointee Bolton inventing a new "Axis of Evil," including Iran, to put US on War Footing

Trump appointee Bolton inventing a new “Axis of Evil,” including Iran, to put US on War Footing

(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Bolton’s broadsides against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela hint at ambitions for much more dangerous geopolitical conflict — and nothing […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine, International Law, and a Radically Just Future

Palestine, International Law, and a Radically Just Future

We can learn from other cases of law and settler colonialism. These cases exhibit the same type of juridical erasure

Noura Erekat

Pentagon
Will Technology Make America's Forever Wars Permanent?

Will Technology Make America’s Forever Wars Permanent?

The U.S. and its coalition will continue its airstrikes and coordinated attacks on Syria until the “enduring defeat of ISIS.”

Tomdispatch

Antisemitism
Hatred of One is Hatred of All: San Diego Synagogue Shooter had Attempted to Burn down Mosque

Hatred of One is Hatred of All: San Diego Synagogue Shooter had Attempted to Burn down Mosque

Earnest is an object lesson in the intersection of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism

Juan Cole

Feminism
The Most Dangerous Time for Women's Rights in Decades

The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades

State legislatures are escalating their assault on abortion rights

Martha Burk

Green Energy
Emirates aiming for 30% Renewables by 2030; Good for an Oil State, but not Nearly Enough for Paris

Emirates aiming for 30% Renewables by 2030; Good for an Oil State, but not Nearly Enough for Paris

Dubai will build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project on a single site in the world

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Islamophobia
“Islam” and “the West” are no longer useful Terms: No 'Clash of Civilizations' in a Globalized World

“Islam” and “the West” are no longer useful Terms: No ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in a Globalized World

For the Christian West, regardless of the Islamic precept and practice of religious tolerance, Islam has remained often threatening

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