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  • April 27, 2014

    Spring time in Tulkarem as farms fight Israeli chemical factories

    It is spring on the Tanib farm and the eskadenias or loquats – small sweet orange fruits – and the strawberries are perfectly ripe. Workers and volunteers who have...

    Article

  • April 27, 2014

    Rapprochement in the Gulf: who blinked first?

    So who won the diplomatic war of words that threatened to fragment the Gulf Cooperation Council, and make a nonsense of its name? Did the Saudis step back from...

    Article

  • April 27, 2014

    Open letter to Egypt's 'Committee of Fifty'

    Dear members of the Committee of Fifty (“Lagna Al-Khamseen”), in the beginning, you told us that your constitution is one that is filled with unprecedented freedoms that could not...

    Article

  • April 27, 2014

    Israel, settler violence and calculated differentiation

    Settler-colonial violence has rarely prompted any condemnation from Israel and its institutions. Regularly dismissed as isolated incidents despite the constant phenomenon and its deleterious effects upon Palestinians, settler violence...

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  • April 27, 2014

    Palestinian Prisoners' Day remains central

    Thursday here in Palestine was Prisoners’ Day, and demonstrations of solidarity were held across the West Bank and Gaza. The annual event calls for the release of Palestinian political...

    Article

  • April 27, 2014

    Do Arab states really engage with human rights?

    With growing demands for “bread, freedom and social justice” across the Arab Spring countries, many have started to question the status of human rights in the region and, more...

    Article

  • April 27, 2014

    Despite Bouteflika win, new generations cry enough

    On Thursday the Algerian people went to the polls to cast their vote in the country’s presidential elections. As expected, preliminary results indicate that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is heading...

    Article

  • April 27, 2014

    The Ergenekon coup trial verdict sent a message to Egypt's coup leaders

    On July 3, Egypt’s one-year-old experiment with democracy was brought to an end by the military coup. The termination of Egypt’s fledgling democracy was accompanied by the arbitrary arrests...

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  • April 27, 2014

    Where is Turkey in the Kurdish Peace Process?

    Despite the roiling protests of the past summer, the Kurdish peace process still remains the most important political initiative in recent decades for Turkey. Initiated in the closing days...

    Article

  • April 21, 2014

    Miliband's maiden speech welcomed across the Middle East

    Ed Miliband’s maiden speech as the leader of the Labour Party has drawn scorn from the right-wing media and the pro-Israel lobby. It also provoked the wrath of New...

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