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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Israel
Will Young Jews Leave Israel because of Netanyahu's Coronavirus Depression?

Will Young Jews Leave Israel because of Netanyahu’s Coronavirus Depression?

By Nabil Al-Sahli | – An article in Haaretz last week highlighted the possibility of young Israelis emigrating [because of COVID-19], which brought Israel’s obsession […]

Middle East Monitor

Islam
The Empires of Faith and the Making of the Prophet of Islam

The Empires of Faith and the Making of the Prophet of Islam

What can modern historians know about the historical figure of the prophet Muhammad? Can modern historians and their critical methods add anything new or, at […]

Sean W. Anthony

African-Americans
Kamala Harris is the America that Trump tried to Stop: the Best of Jamaica and India and born in Oakland

Kamala Harris is the America that Trump tried to Stop: the Best of Jamaica and India and born in Oakland

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kamala Devi Harris says she is just an American, and that is certainly true. She identifies Black, and that is […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
If Israelis want Peace, why do 55% Support Illegal Annexation of Palestinian Land?

If Israelis want Peace, why do 55% Support Illegal Annexation of Palestinian Land?

( Middle East Monitor) – It is a common platitude amongst some of the weaker parts of the Palestine solidarity movement that “Israelis want peace” […]

Asa Winstanley

Donald Trump
Will Trump Strike Iran as his October Surprise?

Will Trump Strike Iran as his October Surprise?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Was Donald Trump’s January 3rd drone assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani the first step in turning the simmering Cold War […]

Bob Dreyfuss

African-Americans
Before Kamala Harris became Biden's running mate, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House

Before Kamala Harris became Biden’s running mate, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House

By Sharon Austin | – U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. If […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Lebanon's Leaders Resign over deaths of 200, but Trump refuses Accountability for 163,462 Deaths

Lebanon’s Leaders Resign over deaths of 200, but Trump refuses Accountability for 163,462 Deaths

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, the prime minister of Lebanon and his entire cabinet resigned en masse, reports Bassem Mroue at the Associated […]

Juan Cole

China
The Lion & the Dragon: Understanding the New Iran-China Strategic Partnership

The Lion & the Dragon: Understanding the New Iran-China Strategic Partnership

Eau Claire, WI (Special to Informed Comment) – On July 11, the New York Times reported on the Iran-China new economic and security partnership, detailed […]

Ali Abootalebi

Christianity
White too Long? Why is Racism so much stronger among White Christians than among Unchurched Whites?

White too Long? Why is Racism so much stronger among White Christians than among Unchurched Whites?

Racism is much stronger among America’s white Christians than among churchless whites – and it always has been. That’s the message of a new book […]

James A. Haught

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