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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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Pakistan
Another City Submerged as Floods advance in Sindh; <br> Where are the Rock Stars?

Another City Submerged as Floods advance in Sindh;
Where are the Rock Stars?

Remember how I said a little after midnight on Sunday that the city of Sujawal, population 250,000, was threatened by advancing flood waters from broken […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
One Million Displaced as Rising Waters Threaten Major Cities

One Million Displaced as Rising Waters Threaten Major Cities

AFP reports that Pakistani troops are on a ‘war footing’ in their desperate efforts to save the southern Sindhi city of Thatta from advancing flood […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Olbermann: Wave of Religious Intolerance Sweeps US

Olbermann: Wave of Religious Intolerance Sweeps US

Keith Olbermann and CAIR on the wave of religious intolerance sweeping the US.

Juan Cole

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Glenn Beck’s ‘I have a Dream Speech’

Glenn Beck’s ‘I have a Dream Speech’

This is the ‘I have a Dream Speech’ that Glenn Beck would give at the Lincoln Memorial if he were being completely honest. I am […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban Attack 2 US Bases

Taliban Attack 2 US Bases

Taliban attacked two US forward operating bases on Saturday a day after home-made bombs killed 3 US soldiers. The Afghan Persian press reports that NATO […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Another 500,000 Flee Indus Breaches<br/> Taliban threaten Aid Workers; <br/> Global Warming Implicated

Another 500,000 Flee Indus Breaches
Taliban threaten Aid Workers;
Global Warming Implicated

The raging, swollen Indus River abruptly breached an embankment in the Thatta district in Sindh, Pakistan, on Wednesday evening, unexpectedly sending flood waters toward the […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Kurashige:  The Islamic Center and the “Pearl Harbor” Analogy

Kurashige: The Islamic Center and the “Pearl Harbor” Analogy

Scott Kurashige writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: In May 2007, George W. Bush welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House, hosting […]

Juan Cole

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Islamophobe Slasher taunted Cabbie with Rightwing Talking Points before Stabbing Him

Islamophobe Slasher taunted Cabbie with Rightwing Talking Points before Stabbing Him

Amy Goodman interviews a close friend of stabbing victim Ahmad Sharif on Michael Enright’s attack on him. Enright asked a lot of questions, including whether […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Maddow on Manhattan Mosque

Maddow on Manhattan Mosque

Rachel Maddow talks to Sohail Khan of the Conservative Inclusion Coalition about the most embarrassing non-Justin Bieber related obsession of today, the rightwing campaign against […]

Juan Cole

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