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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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NYC Comptroller Pursues Lawsuit Against Tesla and Musk for Stock Plunge

NYC Comptroller Pursues Lawsuit Against Tesla and Musk for Stock Plunge

By Natalia Renta | – ( Inequality.org ) – In the wake of recent Tesla Takedown protests at hundreds of dealerships across the country, financial […]

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Climate Crisis
South African Court said no to new Coal-fired Power: what’s behind the Ruling

South African Court said no to new Coal-fired Power: what’s behind the Ruling

By Melanie Murcott, University of Cape Town (The Conversation) – Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court […]

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A Great Muslim Scholar of Jewish Heritage Passes: Abdallah Schleifer (1935 – 2025)

A Great Muslim Scholar of Jewish Heritage Passes: Abdallah Schleifer (1935 – 2025)

Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Abdullah Schleifer, prominent Arab journalist and Professor Emeritus at the American University in Cairo, died last week […]

Shalom Goldman

Israel/ Palestine
What is the Israel Lobby – and Why is it so Anxious?

What is the Israel Lobby – and Why is it so Anxious?

By Ned Curthoys, The University of Western Australia (The Conversation) – Last May, on a trip to the United States, world-renowned Israeli–Jewish historian Ilan Pappe […]

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
Condemnation of Trump targeting noncitizen Students, Researchers for Constitutionally protected Speech

Condemnation of Trump targeting noncitizen Students, Researchers for Constitutionally protected Speech

Middle East Studies Association   MESA Board Joint Statement with the TFCHR regarding deportations The MESA Board of Directors and the MESA Task Force on […]

Middle East Studies Association

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A Majority of Americans Views Israel Negatively in wake of Gaza Genocide

A Majority of Americans Views Israel Negatively in wake of Gaza Genocide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Laura Silver at the Pew Research Center reports that 53% of Americans now have a negative view of Israel, a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Has Israel turned Gaza into a 21st Century Concentration Camp?

Has Israel turned Gaza into a 21st Century Concentration Camp?

By Dr Mustafa Fetouri The basic definition of “concentration camp” is simple: a large place where a large group of people, usually civilians, are imprisoned […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Faces Palestine: The Colonial View of the World Never Dies

Trump Faces Palestine: The Colonial View of the World Never Dies

By Aviva Chomsky ( Tomdispatch.com) – In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump’s view couldn’t be […]

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Macron: France to Recognize the State of Palestine amid Gaza “Crime”

Macron: France to Recognize the State of Palestine amid Gaza “Crime”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron visited El Arish in Egypt on Tuesday to see refugees from Gaza with his own eyes. […]

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