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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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Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Earthquake devastated an Area that was already a disaster Zone – and highlights the vital Role of local aid Groups

Syrian Earthquake devastated an Area that was already a disaster Zone – and highlights the vital Role of local aid Groups

By Kimberly Howe, Tufts University | – (The Conversation) – Three weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Mass Protests and False Hope:  Israel's Supreme Court is no Friend of the Palestinian People

Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is no Friend of the Palestinian People

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding […]

Ramzy Baroud

Africa
Tunisia: Racist Violence Targets Black Migrants, Refugees

Tunisia: Racist Violence Targets Black Migrants, Refugees

Human Rights Watch – (Tunis) – President Kais Saied’s recent attempt to mitigate the serious harm that a speech he made on February 21, 2023, […]

Human Rights Watch

Democracy
As Half a Million Israelis Protest Netanyahu Regime, it Faces setbacks in Arab World

As Half a Million Israelis Protest Netanyahu Regime, it Faces setbacks in Arab World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hadas Gold and Amir Tal report for CNN that the tenth major weekend of protest against the plans of the […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
After the Earthquakes: Fearmongering about People fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty Narrative

After the Earthquakes: Fearmongering about People fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty Narrative

By Yvonne Su, York University, Canada, Corey Robinson, Durham University | – (The Conversation) – The death toll from the recent earthquakes in Turkey and […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Where were Defenders of Israeli Democracy Hiding when Apartheid was Growing?

Where were Defenders of Israeli Democracy Hiding when Apartheid was Growing?

Israelis continue rallies against gov’t judicial overhaul plan. By Ibrahim Hewitt ibrahimhewitt56   ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is heartening to see so […]

Middle East Monitor

Food
As SNAP Benefits are Cut:  How it Feels to Be Hungry

As SNAP Benefits are Cut: How it Feels to Be Hungry

By Beverly Gologorsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” […]

Tomdispatch

China
Is China the New Indispensable Nation? Beijing Brokers Iran-Saudi Relations as U.S. and Israel are Sidelined

Is China the New Indispensable Nation? Beijing Brokers Iran-Saudi Relations as U.S. and Israel are Sidelined

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Al Jazeera English, veteran Washington Iran watcher Hillary Mann Leverett asserted that, in the wake of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Israeli Right's new Tactic of Low-Intensity war on Palestinians Plus Economic Growth won't Work

Why the Israeli Right’s new Tactic of Low-Intensity war on Palestinians Plus Economic Growth won’t Work

by Walid Habbas  ( Al-Shabaka.org ) – Since 2021, Israeli leaders have proposed a new series of economic policies under the approach of “shrinking the conflict.” […]

Al-Shabaka

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