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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/ Palestine
Will Biden Remain Tone Deaf to Palestinian Rights?

Will Biden Remain Tone Deaf to Palestinian Rights?

( Codepink) – Joe Biden wants you to believe that he is opposed to Israel’s likely annexation of parts of the West Bank that Netanyahu […]

Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold

History
Covid-19 makes Saudis Largely Cancel Pilgrimage (Hajj), But Plagues and Sectarianism have Intervened Before

Covid-19 makes Saudis Largely Cancel Pilgrimage (Hajj), But Plagues and Sectarianism have Intervened Before

By Ken Chitwood | – Saudi Arabia has effectively canceled the hajj for most of the world’s Muslims, saying the obligatory pilgrimage to Mecca will […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The other Pandemic: Siberia hits over 100° F, hotter than Miami, 80 Years Early, because Coal and Gasoline

The other Pandemic: Siberia hits over 100° F, hotter than Miami, 80 Years Early, because Coal and Gasoline

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As if the coronavirus pandemic, depression-era unemployment, and a mad President in the White House were not enough, Mother Nature […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Saudi Arabia ends Lockdown as Infections Surge:  Is it on a Trumpian path to Disaster?

Saudi Arabia ends Lockdown as Infections Surge: Is it on a Trumpian path to Disaster?

(Al-Bab.com) – Saudi Arabia ended its coronavirus lockdown this morning despite record numbers of new infections during the past week. Lifting the lockdown brings an […]

Brian Whitaker

Syria
Will Trump's Caesar sanctions force the Assad Regime to Negotiate, or Simply Increase Syrians' Misery?

Will Trump’s Caesar sanctions force the Assad Regime to Negotiate, or Simply Increase Syrians’ Misery?

By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Seeing is believing, as the saying goes. And after seeing the 53,275 photographs proving […]

Middle East Monitor

African-Americans
The George Floyd protests aren't just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian

The George Floyd protests aren’t just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian

By Lilian Bobea | — The massive protests that erupted across the United States – and beyond – after the police killing of George Floyd […]

The Conversation

Africa
Top 6 Reasons Trump's Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar at Empty Stadium is a Lie

Top 6 Reasons Trump’s Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar at Empty Stadium is a Lie

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his typically unhinged rant to a nearly empty stadium in Tulsa, OK, Trump attempted to use Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan […]

Juan Cole

Employment
To address Systemic Racism, we Must Focus on the Economy

To address Systemic Racism, we Must Focus on the Economy

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Hate crimes are still too prevalent, but there is a widespread consensus behind efforts to root them […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
In Search of a Game Changer -- Beyond Apartheid: Israel, Palestine, and Annexation

In Search of a Game Changer — Beyond Apartheid: Israel, Palestine, and Annexation

By Moshe Behar | – In this essay, Moshe Behar reflects on what the possible endgame is for the Israeli annexation of Palestinian land that […]

Moshe Behar

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