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Items by Helmi Al-Asmar
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Is Jordan’s latest strike the introduction to a new ‘spring’?
Jordanians from all walks of life and backgrounds, and from various political and economic groups, have never agreed on anything like their agreement in rejecting the new income tax law. They have never agreed on a single decision like they did about the decision to go on strike on...
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How absurd that the victim must apologise to the killers
Gideon Levy has written in Haaretz about the “absurd” situation whereby, in his words: “The leader of the Palestinian people is forced to apologise to the Jewish people” for saying something “anti-Semitic” about the Holocaust. According to Levy, “The one who was robbed apologises to the robbers, the victim...
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Israel to occupy Africa
With the exception of the popular efforts made by the Conference for Palestinians Abroad to hinder the rabid Israeli efforts to hold a major conference next October entitled the Israeli-African Summit in Togo, we have barely seen any official or popular Arab efforts in this direction. This is despite...
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Hamas’ ‘girls’ are at least something to celebrate
When we look at the “sea of failures” in the Arab world, we look for at least some bright points for balance and to revive our broken souls a little in order for us not to fall into a dark black hole of misery and hopelessness. We are used...