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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Israeli plan for minorities slammed as bid to ‘divide and conquer’

Israeli plan for minorities slammed as bid to ‘divide and conquer’

By: Chloe Benoist | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A plan approved by Israel’s cabinet last week to provide half a […]

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Triumph of Diplomacy:  Iran, on cusp of Sanctions relief, releases 5 Iranian-American Detainees

Triumph of Diplomacy: Iran, on cusp of Sanctions relief, releases 5 Iranian-American Detainees

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iranian news agencies announced Saturday that the government had released four dual nationals (Iranian-Americans with both […]

Juan Cole

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Palestinian Kids Dodge Settler Attacks Daily

Palestinian Kids Dodge Settler Attacks Daily

AJ+ | – – “These Palestinian kids need an army escort to get to school.” AJ+: “Palestinian Kids Dodge Settler Attacks”

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Arab Spring
Five years on, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution continues from the ground up

Five years on, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution continues from the ground up

By Adnan Saif | (The Conversation) | – – Tunisians are marking five years since the culmination of their “Jasmine Revolution”. Since its longtime authoritarian […]

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Barack Obama
Americans more likely to get hit by Lightning than Terrorism, but 51% Fear It

Americans more likely to get hit by Lightning than Terrorism, but 51% Fear It

By Peter Certo | (Foreign Policy In Focus) | – – One in 3.5 million: That’s your annual risk of dying from a terrorist attack […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Swedish FM: Israel Extrajudicial killings;  Netanyahu: OK to Kill Assailants

Swedish FM: Israel Extrajudicial killings; Netanyahu: OK to Kill Assailants

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday waded into a growing row over a call by […]

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Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism

Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Matthew Weaver of the Guardian reports retired MIT linguist Noam Chomsky’s reply to a personal attack […]

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War Talk, Jingoism and White Supremacy at GOP Debate

War Talk, Jingoism and White Supremacy at GOP Debate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The GOP presidential debate last night veered even further right on international issues, given the absence […]

Juan Cole

Assyrians
For Iraqi Minorities, 'Immigration No Longer A Choice, It's Inevitable'

For Iraqi Minorities, ‘Immigration No Longer A Choice, It’s Inevitable’

By Saad Salloum | Baghdad| (Niqash.org) | – – In an interview, Raad Jabar al-Khamis, a representative of the Christian Sabean-Mandaean minority, talks about why […]

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