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Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar
Climate Crisis

Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Juan Cole

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

02/08/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

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Bee Study Sponsor Went Unmentioned in NYT Article

Bee Study Sponsor Went Unmentioned in NYT Article

You know that New York Times story that implicated a ‘tag team’ of virus and fungus in the collapse of American bee colonies? And how […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Declares for Ethnic Nationalism

Israel Declares for Ethnic Nationalism

The Israeli cabinet has approved a measure that would require persons applying for Israeli citizenship to affirm the “Jewish and democratic” character of Israel. The […]

Juan Cole

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O’Donnell SNL Spoof

O’Donnell SNL Spoof

Saturday Night Live spoofs Christine O’Donnell’s campaign spot in which she denies she is a witch.

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Pakistan Opens Khyber Crossing to NATO Supply Trucks but issues Threats over Hot Pursuit

Pakistan Opens Khyber Crossing to NATO Supply Trucks but issues Threats over Hot Pursuit

The Pakistani government has decided to reopen the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the route whereby 70 percent of US/ NATO supplies and […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Have Terrorism, Floods, Poverty Left 1/3 of Pakistanis Mentally Ill?

Have Terrorism, Floods, Poverty Left 1/3 of Pakistanis Mentally Ill?

This The News article about a mental health conference in Peshawar, northern Pakistan, alleges that 1 in 3 Pakistanis suffers from mental health problems as […]

Juan Cole

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Maddow v. GOP Candidate Art Robinson

Maddow v. GOP Candidate Art Robinson

Rachel Maddow debates Oregon GOP candidate Art Robinson on his secret campaign backers, his proposal to disperse radioactive waste in the oceans or ‘even over […]

Juan Cole

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Republican Iott a Reenactor of SS Panzer Div. Wiking

Republican Iott a Reenactor of SS Panzer Div. Wiking

Ohio 9th District, GOP candidate Rick Iott is a re-enactor of the Nazi 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. Iott told the Atlantic about his admiration […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Qunduz Governor, 19 Others, Killed in Mosque Bombing

Qunduz Governor, 19 Others, Killed in Mosque Bombing

Insurgents in Afghanistan bombed a mosque in Taloqan, Takhar Province, on Friday, killing 20 persons and wounded 33. Among the dead was Mohammad Omar, governor […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Settler Runs over Protesting Palestinian Children

Israeli Settler Runs over Protesting Palestinian Children

Aljazeera is reporting on an Israeli settler hit-and-run attack by automobile on two young Palestinian boys in Silwan protesting the expansion of Israeli settlements and […]

Juan Cole

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