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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex is Important to the Current Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex is Important to the Current Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

By Ken Chitwood, University of Southern California | – As a scholar of global Islam, I teach an introduction to Islam course and include a […]

The Conversation

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Getting Mad and Getting Even:  Is California’s Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger?

Getting Mad and Getting Even: Is California’s Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger?

Reprinted from Tomdispatch.com : See the original site for Tom Engelhardt’s crucial introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism […]

Juan Cole

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Climate Crisis:  Recent Evidence suggests Economists have severely underestimated the Financial Hit

Climate Crisis: Recent Evidence suggests Economists have severely underestimated the Financial Hit

By Timothy Neal, UNSW Sydney | – Scientists say severe climate change is now the greatest threat to humanity. Extreme weather is expected to upend […]

The Conversation

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Israel/Palestine: Devastating Civilian Toll as Parties Flout Legal Obligations

Israel/Palestine: Devastating Civilian Toll as Parties Flout Legal Obligations

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – Palestinian armed groups carried out a deadly assault on October 7, 2023, that killed several hundred Israeli […]

Human Rights Watch

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Can Hamas Survive the Stupidity of its ISIL-Style Tactics in its Drive against the Grey Zone?

Can Hamas Survive the Stupidity of its ISIL-Style Tactics in its Drive against the Grey Zone?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hamas leaders have said they were driven to their attack on Israel this weekend by two major considerations, the danger […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Rep. Tlaib grieves Palestinian and Israeli Lives lost after Hamas Attacks, Calls for end of Apartheid

Rep. Tlaib grieves Palestinian and Israeli Lives lost after Hamas Attacks, Calls for end of Apartheid

By: Ken Coleman – ( Michigan Advance) – Israel on Sunday formally declared war on Hamas after the Islamist militant group waged a series of […]

Michigan Advance

Israel/ Palestine
If Ukrainians had taken the Steps Palestinians just took Would they be seen as Heroes?

If Ukrainians had taken the Steps Palestinians just took Would they be seen as Heroes?

  by Faaiz Gilani FaaizGilani ( Middle East Monitor ) – As we watch the events unfolding in the besieged Gaza Strip, where resistance fighters […]

Middle East Monitor

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Tribalism versus International Law in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tribalism versus International Law in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through […]

Juan Cole

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Hamas Attacks kill at least 600 Israelis, Mostly Civilians, including 260 at Music Festival

Hamas Attacks kill at least 600 Israelis, Mostly Civilians, including 260 at Music Festival

(Middle East Monitor ) – At least 600 Israelis have been killed in the ongoing military escalation with Palestinian groups in Gaza, according to local […]

Middle East Monitor

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