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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 […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

09/19/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Afghanistan
Recommended Reading at Tomdispatch.com

Recommended Reading at Tomdispatch.com

Tomdispatch.com has been on a tear in the past two weeks. From Bacevich on the US military as quagmire specialists to Pepe Escobar on central […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Clinton Cabinet Member Sought Iraq Provocation <br> But W. Himself Proposed Ruse

Clinton Cabinet Member Sought Iraq Provocation
But W. Himself Proposed Ruse

Retired Gen. Hugh Shelton reveals in his new book that in the late 1990s a Clinton cabinet member asked him if was possible to fly […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Thousands Demonstrate in Tel Aviv against Racist Loyalty Oath <br> Could the Netanyahu Government Fall over New Settlements?

Thousands Demonstrate in Tel Aviv against Racist Loyalty Oath
Could the Netanyahu Government Fall over New Settlements?

Several thousand Jews and Arabs marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the loyalty oath recently approved by the Israeli cabinet, which would force […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Promises to Protect Qana in South Lebanon

Ahmadinejad Promises to Protect Qana in South Lebanon

The USG Open Source Center translates from Persian the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Qana in South Lebanon on Friday (See below). Qana […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar Walk out on O'Reilly's Muslim-Baiting

Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar Walk out on O’Reilly’s Muslim-Baiting

The View stars Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walked out on Bill O’Reilly Thursday when the right wing pundit insisted on blaming all Muslims for […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Top Ten Questions about Chile Mine Collapse:  Was it Nixon-Kissinger’s Fault?

Top Ten Questions about Chile Mine Collapse: Was it Nixon-Kissinger’s Fault?

The corporate mass media (especially television) did not treat the Chilean mine collapse as a labor story but rather as a feel-good human interest story. […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Pledges to Protect Lebanon

Ahmadinejad Pledges to Protect Lebanon

On Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed large and adoring crowds in the southern Shiite suburbs of Beirut, which had been intensively bombed by Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Palin Fear-Mongers on Iran, Sharia

Palin Fear-Mongers on Iran, Sharia

Republican gadfly Sarah Palin said in an interview with Newsmax Tuesday that Russia should be warned against helping Iran because if Iran got a nuclear […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Greeted by Cheering Throngs in Beirut

Ahmadinejad Greeted by Cheering Throngs in Beirut

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Beirut on Wednesday, being greeted enthusiastically by large crowds (probably mostly Shiites) who lined the streets as his retinue […]

Juan Cole

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