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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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4 Things more Dangerous to Israel than Iran's civilian Nuclear Enrichment

4 Things more Dangerous to Israel than Iran’s civilian Nuclear Enrichment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s strident and continual harping on the alleged dangers of Iran to Israel’s security […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Palestine to take Israel to Int'l Criminal Court for War Crimes

Palestine to take Israel to Int’l Criminal Court for War Crimes

RT | – A Palestinian man stands at his makeshift shelter near the ruins of his house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling […]

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Apartheid
Gaza's sole power plant to close as funding runs out

Gaza’s sole power plant to close as funding runs out

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s only power plant is due to shut down by the end of this week as donor funding for fuel in […]

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Iraq
The problem with Iraq's offensive against the Islamic State

The problem with Iraq’s offensive against the Islamic State

BAGHDAD (IRIN) – As the Iraqi army and affiliated militias sweep into northern Iraq to try to re-take the city of Tikrit from so-called Islamic […]

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Barack Obama
“Kiss Me!” Bibi Tells Boehner:  Bibi and Boehner as Mario and the Magician

“Kiss Me!” Bibi Tells Boehner: Bibi and Boehner as Mario and the Magician

By Raouf J. Halaby | (LeMonde Diplomatique) – Published in 1929, German author Thomas Mann’s novella Mario and the Magician is not only Mann’s evocatively […]

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What does Iran think of Netanyahu's Interference in Talks?

What does Iran think of Netanyahu’s Interference in Talks?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes a bid to thwart President Barack Obama’s foreign policy toward Iran, […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Gaza’s Food Insecurity made even worse by Environmental Damage of Israel’s War, Blockade

Gaza’s Food Insecurity made even worse by Environmental Damage of Israel’s War, Blockade

By Mel Frykberg BEIT LAHIYA, Northern Gaza Strip (IPS) – Extensive damage to Gaza’s environment as a result of the Israeli blockade and its devastating […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
British University SOAS Votes to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

British University SOAS Votes to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

By Alternative Information Center | – A historic victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was achieved Friday in the referendum on the […]

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Climate Change
It’s Climate Change: Under-30s have never seen a Month cooler than 20th Century Average

It’s Climate Change: Under-30s have never seen a Month cooler than 20th Century Average

Richard B Rood, University of Michigan | (The Conversation) – If you’re younger than 30, you’ve never experienced a month in which the average surface […]

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