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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

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Extremist Lieberman: Unified Palestinian-Israeli Party a threat to Israel as 'Jewish State'

Extremist Lieberman: Unified Palestinian-Israeli Party a threat to Israel as ‘Jewish State’

By IMEMC & Agencies Arab parties in Israel announced they would be running in the upcoming Israeli Knesset election, scheduled for March 17, in a […]

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Greece move left would Give Europe Chance to Rediscover Social Responsibility

Greece move left would Give Europe Chance to Rediscover Social Responsibility

By Marianna Fotaki (IPS) – The European Union should not be afraid of the leftist opposition party Syriza winning the Greek election, but see it […]

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Saudi's Barbaric Flogging for Blogging, explained by a Blogger

Saudi’s Barbaric Flogging for Blogging, explained by a Blogger

BBC News | — “Blogger Raif Badawi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for criticising Saudi Arabian clerics on his […]

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Yemen:  Freeze on US Drone Strikes as Gov't Collapses

Yemen: Freeze on US Drone Strikes as Gov’t Collapses

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Thousands demonstrated in Sanaa on Saturday morning against the Houthi take-over of the Yemeni government. Down south in Aden, […]

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The Latest Blow to Israeli-Palestinian Peace

The Latest Blow to Israeli-Palestinian Peace

By Stephen Zunes | (Foreign Policy in Focus) — The United States blocked the latest UN resolution to achieve peace between Israel and Palestine for […]

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Now the DEA is Collecting our Phone Records:  RIP 4th Amendment

Now the DEA is Collecting our Phone Records: RIP 4th Amendment

By Hanni Fakhoury | (EFF) Think mass surveillance is just the wheelhouse of agencies like the NSA? Think again. One of the biggest concerns to […]

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Obama, blindsided by Boehner, Snubs Netanyahu

Obama, blindsided by Boehner, Snubs Netanyahu

By Alexandra Halaby | (IMEMC & Agencies) — White House: Netanyahu Visit ‘Departure From Protocol’ Hours after the State of the Union address by U.S. […]

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Poll: Americans support Obama on Negotiating with Iran

Poll: Americans support Obama on Negotiating with Iran

By Nancy Gallagher | (The Conversation) In his State of the Union address, the President’s core message was that the US has emerged strong from […]

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How Stable is Saudi Arabia?

How Stable is Saudi Arabia?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) This article appeared at The Nation earlier this month. I’m reprinting an excerpt on the occasion of King Abdallah’s […]

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