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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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Israel's New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians

Israel’s New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new government of extreme-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, set to be approved on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli parliament, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
On 'conflict', 'peace' and 'genocide': Time for new language on Palestine and Israel

On ‘conflict’, ‘peace’ and ‘genocide’: Time for new language on Palestine and Israel

( Middle East Monitor ) – On 25 May, famous US actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing “genocide” in […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arab World
Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world

Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world

By Amir Al-Azraki | – Black Arabs are underrepresented and largely invisible in “white” Arab-dominated countries, and excluded from political, academic, artistic and religious institutions. […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

By Sonali Kolhatkar | – ( Otherwords.org ) – A decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst […]

Sonali Kolhatkar

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Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel's Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition

Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel’s Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghribi of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel's politics and government

Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel’s politics and government

By Morad Elsana | – The next government is not going to be a typical one for the citizens of the state of Israel, and […]

The Conversation

Arab World
Biden wants to end America’s 20-Year War on the Middle East:  But Can He?

Biden wants to end America’s 20-Year War on the Middle East: But Can He?

By Walden Bello | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Next September, when the last C-130 cargo aircraft and Chinook transport helicopters take […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions

German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions

By Edgar Meza | – Die Welt ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Israeli Security Forces won't Vaccinate Occupied Palestinians, Ban Palestinian Health Worker Committees that Do

Israeli Security Forces won’t Vaccinate Occupied Palestinians, Ban Palestinian Health Worker Committees that Do

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International complains that, on the morning of June 9, Israeli forces invaded the headquarters in Ramallah of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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