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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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With 83% of its Buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than Money to rebuild

With 83% of its Buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than Money to rebuild

By John Tookey, Auckland University of Technology (The Conversation) – The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and […]

The Conversation

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Stateless: Memory, Identity, and the Palestinian Experience

Stateless: Memory, Identity, and the Palestinian Experience

Statelessness is the political weapon of a colonial project that fragments and displaces a nation Written byGuest Contributor ( Globalvoices.org ) – Ask a Palestinian […]

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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

For 25 years, Israel’s Gaza policies have been motivated not just by security concerns, but by efforts to exploit the Palestinians’ energy reserves. With the […]

Dan Steinbock

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“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

“You Cannot fight the World:” The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

( Middle East Monitor ) – A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on 9 October may illuminate […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a ‘Strangle Contract’, with Israel holding all the Cards

By Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne (The Conversation) – There are jubilant scenes in both Gaza and Israel after both sides in the war […]

The Conversation

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Terror from the Skies in the Middle East: Israel and the Ghost of Bomber Harris

Terror from the Skies in the Middle East: Israel and the Ghost of Bomber Harris

Here is my essay for this week’s Tomdispatch.com . Check out the great Tom Engelhardt’s introduction at that site, where he reminds us of the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

By Frud Bezhan and Daud Khattak ( RFE/ RL ) – A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners […]

The Conversation

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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as the first hostages were […]

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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