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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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Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

By Martha Burk | (Otherwords.org) | – – Can we really take another year of nasty rhetoric and nonsense proposals? We’re officially just under a […]

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National Security State
No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won't Fix the ISIL Problem

No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won’t Fix the ISIL Problem

by DAVID SCHANZER for ISLAMiCommentary David Schanzer Last night’s attacks will increase calls for more vigorous military action than the coalition has mustered to date. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Paris: ending immigration to France won't stop terrorism – resisting hatred of foreigners might

Paris: ending immigration to France won’t stop terrorism – resisting hatred of foreigners might

By Durukan Kuzu | (The Conversation) | – – When Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that have killed at least 129 […]

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France
From Beirut, this is Paris: in a world that doesn’t care about Arab lives

From Beirut, this is Paris: in a world that doesn’t care about Arab lives

Elie Fares | (Open Democracy) | – – There is a stark contrast in the reaction of the world to the horrific terrorist attacks in […]

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Arab Americans
Dem Candidates reject War Talk, Islamophobia in wake of Paris Attacks

Dem Candidates reject War Talk, Islamophobia in wake of Paris Attacks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the CBS Democratic Party debate on Saturday night, the Paris attacks dominated as a concern. […]

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Buddhism
Terrorism and the Other Religions

Terrorism and the Other Religions

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reprint edn. slightly revised. Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are […]

Juan Cole

France
Paris terrorist attacks:  Can France avoid trap of fear and exclusion?

Paris terrorist attacks: Can France avoid trap of fear and exclusion?

By Aurelien Mondon | (The Conversation) | – – The attacks that took place at a series of venues in Paris on November 13 are […]

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Foreign Policy
Fair Weather Friends:  GOP says 'We're all French' Now; but remember Freedom Fries?

Fair Weather Friends: GOP says ‘We’re all French’ Now; but remember Freedom Fries?

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – France has been hit twice by radical Islamist terrorism in the last year to punish […]

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France
Palestinian leadership in solidarity with France after deadly attacks

Palestinian leadership in solidarity with France after deadly attacks

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Friday expressed his solidarity and sympathy with France in a statement […]

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