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May 4, 2014

A week the British judiciary might wish to forget

It was a week like no other, one which the proud guardians of British justice will probably wish to forget. Three high-profile events confirmed the existence of a malaise...

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May 4, 2014

A happy day for Yemen

That a Yemeni political activist should win the Nobel Peace Prize is indeed unprecedented. The award for Tawakkul Karman confirms the importance of the role that Arab women have...

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May 4, 2014

Britain's new law makes it harder but not impossible to prosecute war criminals

Although it passed through unnoticed in Britain, last week’s change of the law on universal jurisdiction was received with smug euphoria in Israel. The change marks the fulfilment of...

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May 4, 2014

Abbas did it; he hasn't backed down

Al Quds al Arabi It was with a sigh of relief that we watched Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announce that he is going to the UN Security Council to...

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May 4, 2014

The Egyptian revolution uproots the 'sanctity' of the Camp David Accords

The Egyptian Prime Minister caused surprise with his remarks which described the Egypt-Israel peace treaty, the Camp David Accords, as not being sacred and thus being subject to alteration....

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May 4, 2014

Why Palestinians can't recognize a 'Jewish state'

In his speech before the U.S. Congress last May, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posed a serious challenge to the Palestinian Authority: If the PA would just say, “We recognize...

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May 4, 2014

WikiLeaks documents expose Israeli racism, hypocrisy and double standards

At long last WikiLeaks documents have focused on something other than the defunct “peace process” and Israel’s war against Hamas. The latest release of diplomatic cables highlights Israeli concerns...

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May 4, 2014

A State of Palestine would backfire on its own people

Rejoice! On 20 September, the United Nations will welcome a new member: the “State of Palestine”. Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials believe they have secured the support of enough...

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May 4, 2014

UK minister condemned for speaking the truth

Britain’s Minister of International Development, Alan Duncan, has been in the firing line of the Jewish Chronicle. His only apparent crime is that he stated the obvious, daring to...

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May 4, 2014

Only a radical change will do

Israel has always been portrayed as an oasis of democracy in a sea of Arab dictatorship, so the timing of the country’s protest movement is particularly embarrassing for its...

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