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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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Social Security Versus National Security:  Whose Entitlement Really Makes Us Safer?

Social Security Versus National Security: Whose Entitlement Really Makes Us Safer?

( Tomdispatch.com) – “Biden’s doing better than I thought he would.” “Yeah. Vaccinations, infrastructure, acknowledging racism in policing. A lot of pieces of the Green […]

Rebecca Gordon

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Israel's New Secular Government: Lieberman Crows that he Sidelined Fundamentalist Ultra-Orthodox and, read his lips: "No new taxes"

Israel’s New Secular Government: Lieberman Crows that he Sidelined Fundamentalist Ultra-Orthodox and, read his lips: “No new taxes”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A lot of attention is focused on Naftali Bennett, the new prime minister of Israel. But it should be remembered […]

Juan Cole

Iran
What NPR's "All Things Considered" won't Tell you about the Iran Nuclear Issue (Like that Iran is Weak and has no Nukes while Israel is advanced and Does)

What NPR’s “All Things Considered” won’t Tell you about the Iran Nuclear Issue (Like that Iran is Weak and has no Nukes while Israel is advanced and Does)

Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) – What news audiences of National Public Radio (NPR)’s All Things Considered have and have not heard about […]

John Hickman

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza's children narrate how they survived the Israeli assault

Gaza’s children narrate how they survived the Israeli assault

Wafa Aludaini | (Gaza) | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel bombardment of Gaza has ended, but the pain and destruction remain. The […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
Israel's Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain

Israel’s Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain

By David Mednicoff | (The Conversation) – After two years of repeated and inconclusive Israeli elections, the advent of a new coalition government has ended […]

The Conversation

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Ta'seel Interview with Juan Cole on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (Video)

Ta’seel Interview with Juan Cole on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (Video)

Ta’seel Commons | – A wide-ranging and in-depth discussion with Prof. Juan Cole on his recent book “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?

Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The Turks seem to be weary of the alliance with the United States. Although it is still a NATO […]

Nikola Mikovic

US politics
Is America's Big Problem Really overly generous Unemployment Benefits?

Is America’s Big Problem Really overly generous Unemployment Benefits?

Ending enhanced unemployment benefits has become the signature economic agenda for the GOP, a party with little else to promote. Unfortunately the largely low- key […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
"Ten degrees more right-wing than" Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition

“Ten degrees more right-wing than” Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition

Editor’s Update: The Naftali Bennett government was voted in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13 by the Israeli parliament or Knesset. – JRIC By […]

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