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

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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Another US Quagmire?  Lebanon Government Falls

Another US Quagmire? Lebanon Government Falls

Ironically, while Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri was meeting with President Obama on Wednesday, his government fell. As one Arab commentator observed, he went into […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palin Borrows ‘Blood Libel’ from Israeli Far Right

Palin Borrows ‘Blood Libel’ from Israeli Far Right

Sarah Palin in her response to the controversy over her violent political imagery and that of the US right wing in general in the wake […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Random Shooting in Egypt or Sectarian Hatred?

Random Shooting in Egypt or Sectarian Hatred?

Was it sectarian hatred or a policeman’s random meltdown? The answer is not clear, though many press accounts are rushing to judgment. One thing that […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Biden: US Could be in Afghanistan Past 2014;  Bombing Shakes Capital

Biden: US Could be in Afghanistan Past 2014; Bombing Shakes Capital

Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday in Kabul that the US might keep troops in Afghanistan after 2014 if asked to do so by the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Death Penalty for Blasphemy Rare in  Muslim World

Death Penalty for Blasphemy Rare in Muslim World

Pakistani campaigners against the country’s blasphemy laws are pointing out that out of 54 Muslim-majority countries in the world, at most 5 permit capital punishment […]

Juan Cole

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Rightwingers feeling Unfairly Blamed

Rightwingers feeling Unfairly Blamed

(courtesy Stacey (twitter.com/flipflops).

Juan Cole

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24 Dead in Tunisia Clashes; US Ambassador Called In

24 Dead in Tunisia Clashes; US Ambassador Called In

Some 24 persons have been killed in clashes between protesters and government security forces in Tunisia. The government has closed schools and universities “indefinitely” as […]

Juan Cole

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Naw, There's been no Right Wing Extreme Rhetoric

Naw, There’s been no Right Wing Extreme Rhetoric

Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and other far right-wing demagogues have been quick to defend themselves from the charge of fostering a climate of poisonous political […]

Juan Cole

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Sarah Never Does Anything Wrong

Sarah Never Does Anything Wrong

Sarah Palin’s aides are claiming that the crosshairs marking the targeted Democratic candidates (including Gabrielle Giffords) on her infamous poster (scroll down) were not crosshairs […]

Juan Cole

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