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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

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Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Family of Assailant suing Israeli Army over summary execution of Son

Family of Assailant suing Israeli Army over summary execution of Son

Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — The family of Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif said they would file legal procedures against the Israeli army […]

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Authoritarianism
Panama Papers Expose Massive Global Corruption Scandal (TYT)

Panama Papers Expose Massive Global Corruption Scandal (TYT)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “We’ve got a new bunch of leaked papers on some of the most prominent […]

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Occupied by ISIL, Besieged by Iraq & US:  People of Fallujah lack Food, Firewood

Occupied by ISIL, Besieged by Iraq & US: People of Fallujah lack Food, Firewood

By Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | – – In Islamic State-run Fallujah, locals say they’re running out of everything, including food and medicine. They’re running […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Dear GOP:  Top Myths about Syrian Refugees, refuted by Actual Facts

Dear GOP: Top Myths about Syrian Refugees, refuted by Actual Facts

By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Following the March 2016 bombings in Brussels, Donald Trump stated: We have to be smart […]

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Authoritarianism
The Panama Papers and Middle East Leaders’ Secret Bank Accounts

The Panama Papers and Middle East Leaders’ Secret Bank Accounts

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An anonymous source has handed over to a German newspaper massive amounts of data from the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Autopsy confirms bullet fired by Israeli Soldier at point-blank range killed al-Sharif

Autopsy confirms bullet fired by Israeli Soldier at point-blank range killed al-Sharif

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM- (Ma’an) – The autopsy conducted on the body Abd al-Fatah al-Sharif on Sunday confirmed that the 21-year-old Palestinian […]

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National Security Agency
Is Trump Right on Torture?

Is Trump Right on Torture?

Written by Bridge Initiative Team | ( Bridge) | – – In the wake of the Belgium terrorist attacks, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has […]

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Haredim
Israel's "chained women" fight for right to divorce

Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce

By Michael Blum | ( Your Middle East | – – Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce. She is one of Israel’s “chained […]

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Arab World
After the Youth Revolts: Can the Arab Thug-ocracies ever be Reformed?

After the Youth Revolts: Can the Arab Thug-ocracies ever be Reformed?

By Yezid Sayigh | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – Experience across the Arab world demonstrates that when it comes to security-sector reform, […]

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