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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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International Silence over Israel’s media Repression is also an Attack on the Palestinian Narratives

International Silence over Israel’s media Repression is also an Attack on the Palestinian Narratives

( Middle East Monitor ) – While there is still much focus on the extrajudicial killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, calls for justice […]

Ramona Wadi

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Top 8 Ways to tell if you’re a White Supremacist who believes in the Great Replacement

Top 8 Ways to tell if you’re a White Supremacist who believes in the Great Replacement

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the wake of the Buffalo mass murder of 10 African-Americans by a privileged, hateful white teen hopped up on […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Constantly on the verge of Collapse: How Palestinians became the Linchpin of Israeli Politics

Constantly on the verge of Collapse: How Palestinians became the Linchpin of Israeli Politics

( Middle East Monitor) – Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, is on the verge of collapse, which is unsurprising. Israeli politics, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Kurds
Why Turkey isn’t on board with Finland, Sweden joining NATO – and why that matters

Why Turkey isn’t on board with Finland, Sweden joining NATO – and why that matters

By Ronald Suny, University of Michigan | – After decades of neutrality, the two Scandinavian states that have to date remained out of the North […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Our Compassion for Ukrainian Victims of War was not on Offer to Iraqis or Afghans when We Invaded

Our Compassion for Ukrainian Victims of War was not on Offer to Iraqis or Afghans when We Invaded

By Nan Levinson | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve been watching this country at war for many years now and, after 9/11, began spending […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
The Iraqi Dust Bowl: The US Invaded for its Oil, but now Climate Change from burning Fossil Fuels is Smothering the Country

The Iraqi Dust Bowl: The US Invaded for its Oil, but now Climate Change from burning Fossil Fuels is Smothering the Country

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some Middle East countries profit off oil and gas, but the very source of their prosperity is threatening their future, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How media reports of ‘Clashes’ mislead Americans about Israeli-Palestinian Violence

How media reports of ‘Clashes’ mislead Americans about Israeli-Palestinian Violence

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – Israeli police attacked mourners carrying the coffin of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 13, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Shireen Abu Akleh: An Independent and International Investigation must be Held into her Killing

Shireen Abu Akleh: An Independent and International Investigation must be Held into her Killing

By Ian Black | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Shireen Abu Akleh’s death may well turn out to be a landmark event in […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Stressed by Drought and Pests, Trees in Southwest are losing Resilience to changing Climate

Stressed by Drought and Pests, Trees in Southwest are losing Resilience to changing Climate

By Fiona L.Q. Flaherty | – ( Cronkite News ) – FLAGSTAFF – The electric blue sky frames a stand of ponderosa pines – their […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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