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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

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Dems Reluctant to Allow Taxes on Rich to Rise

Dems Reluctant to Allow Taxes on Rich to Rise

AP says more Democrats are reluctant to allow taxes to rise on the rich. It is a matter of despair to me that the constituents […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Jolie Appeals for Pakistan Aid as Flood Refugees Return

Jolie Appeals for Pakistan Aid as Flood Refugees Return

Angelina Jolie makes a plea for aid for flood-stricken Pakistan: Reuters reports on what returnees to flooded areas are finding when they arrive:

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Shiite Procession Bombed in Lahore: 35 Dead, 250 Wounded

Shiite Procession Bombed in Lahore: 35 Dead, 250 Wounded

Three explosions hit Shiite processions in the old city of Lahore around 7 pm Wednesday, killing at least 35 persons and wounding about 250. The […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Obama hands Iraq to Iraqis, Sort of; <br/> al-Maliki Declares Independence

Obama hands Iraq to Iraqis, Sort of;
al-Maliki Declares Independence

Some wag observed of the camel that it is “an animal designed by a committee.” Likewise, the speech that President Obama gave on the end […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Speech President Obama Should Give about the Iraq War (But Won’t)

The Speech President Obama Should Give about the Iraq War (But Won’t)

Here is the speech that I wish President Obama would give about the Iraq War, but which neither he nor any other president ever will. […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Paris Hilton’s Purse

Afghanistan and Paris Hilton’s Purse

US mass media is owned by only five corporations, and all of them have decided that advertising dollars flow to celebrity gossip more than to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu Reneges on Freeze

Netanyahu Reneges on Freeze

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced his bad faith as he began the first direct talks between Israel and the Palestine Authority in 2 years, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Salt Water, Slow Aid threaten Sindhis Displaced in Pakistan

Salt Water, Slow Aid threaten Sindhis Displaced in Pakistan

A new danger to Sindh: the flood waters are meeting and mixing with the salt waters of the Arabian Sea, threatening large tracts of fertile […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Wertheim: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification

Wertheim: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification

Anne-Ruth Wertheim writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification Propagators of modern-day racism, which is […]

Juan Cole

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