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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

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

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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Iraq:  Shiite Militias issue threats against US Troops going to Iraq to fight Salafi ISIL

Iraq: Shiite Militias issue threats against US Troops going to Iraq to fight Salafi ISIL

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Recently US troops started fighting the [so-called] Islamic State in Iraq [ISIL], with ‘boots on […]

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Foreign Policy
Is Trump, wrong on everything else, Right on US Foreign Policy?

Is Trump, wrong on everything else, Right on US Foreign Policy?

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It might take someone of Trump’s vapid visibility to drive home the point […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine:  It's not the Economy, Stupid

Palestine: It’s not the Economy, Stupid

By Yossi Alpher | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – By all means, give the Palestinians development aid. But let us not delude ourselves that this […]

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Islam-hatred
The Ted Cruz solution won't stop terrorism in the U.S.

The Ted Cruz solution won’t stop terrorism in the U.S.

By Robert Pape and Walker Gunning | ( Chicago Tribune) | – – Most Americans felt the Brussels bombings in the pits of their stomachs. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Americans Must Challenge Congress on its Knee-Jerk Support for Israeli Expansionism

Americans Must Challenge Congress on its Knee-Jerk Support for Israeli Expansionism

By Thomas Buonomo | (Informed Comment) | – – With recent reports of a potential last-year attempt by the Obama administration to set the parameters […]

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Syria Endgame:  Are Russia and US Planning overthrow of ISIL in al-Raqqa?

Syria Endgame: Are Russia and US Planning overthrow of ISIL in al-Raqqa?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Russian press had been complaining that the West was ignoring its defeat of terrorism in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
On Palestinian Land Day, Israel has usurped 90% of Jordan Valley in W. Bank

On Palestinian Land Day, Israel has usurped 90% of Jordan Valley in W. Bank

By Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics IMEMC | – – The following is a press release by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistic (PCBS), marking […]

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Reproductive Choice
Republican front-runner Donald Trump: Women's "punishment" for abortions

Republican front-runner Donald Trump: Women’s “punishment” for abortions

TeleSur | – – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that women may need to be “punished” for having abortions in the United States. […]

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Belgium
Are Belgian Nuclear Plants vulnerable to Terrorism?

Are Belgian Nuclear Plants vulnerable to Terrorism?

By Robert J Downes and Daniel Salisbury | (The Conversation) | – – Belgium’s counter-terrorism efforts are once again being called into question following the […]

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