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Items by Sari Orabi
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In dissolving the PLC, which enemy is the PA fighting?
Without detracting from the importance of the legal debate regarding President Mahmoud Abbas’ announcement regarding the dissolution of the Palestinian Legislative Council by the Constitutional Court, as well as the importance of discussing the legitimacy of the Court itself, the move confirms what has long been suspected about the...
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The legitimacy and necessity of Arab revolutions
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to engage in daily, epic struggles, in various forms. Yet while they struggle against such odds, their example shows up the squandered potential of the Arab nationalism elsewhere. Gaza, besieged and exposed is inhabited by merely 2 million people. Yet it still stands,...
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Hamas' regional standing: Reality and potential
Hamas derives its regional standing from a number of factors, beginning with the importance of the Palestinian cause to the region and the world. Despite the apparent decline in the priority of the Palestinian cause imposed by other urgent and immediate matters elsewhere in the region and the world,...
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Sisi’s army’s leak… the history of state tyranny
There has always been determination, in the state’s crimes, to distinguish between itself and those going against the state or actors outside of this political unit that forms the world order. This is the moral reference that defies any other reference and is superior to any other reference. It...
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Why does Europe hate Erdogan?
Recent years have revealed the Western perspective, especially Europe’s perspective, on Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership of Turkey as well as the European vision of Turkey itself. The West has been intensely hostile towards Erdogan personally and even insults have found their way into official and unofficial discourse. In light...
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Sisi’s leaks reveal new rules for understating Egyptian policies
The recent leaks aired on Mekameleen TV may help political analysts overcome the chronic imbalance in their approaches to the official Egyptian behaviour. The result of these imbalances is that they have perceived impressions of the Egyptian government making them see it in a false light and they do...