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  • March 29, 2014

    New Palestinian campaign to support Druze conscientious objectors

    The snow storm that hit Palestine was at its peak on 17 December 2013, but that did not prevent dozens of Palestinian youth from climbing up Carmel Mountain to...

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  • March 29, 2014

    War of the puppets

    The Hamas-Fatah “reconciliation” process is one of the most long-running and interminable dramas in the Palestinian sphere, second only to the Israeli-American “peace process” – which is still being...

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  • March 29, 2014

    A new Palestinian intifada seems inevitable, but...

    Despite the resumption of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations last July, Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has tightened its siege of the Gaza Strip, increased military incursions and missile attacks on the...

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  • March 29, 2014

    The roots of the Libyan crisis

    When it comes to analysing the Libyan crisis, it is useful to consider a briefing by the Special Representative and Head of the UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)...

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  • March 29, 2014

    Concern in the Gulf and joy in Iran

    I ask myself every day, what has happened to the political leaders in the Arab Gulf to put us in the situation that we are in today? Have they...

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  • March 29, 2014

    A new world disorder

    Following serious cajoling by the US, the European Union and arm twisting by Arab governments, the Palestinians entered what was to be nine months of negotiations with Israel. The...

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  • March 29, 2014

    Abbas faces harsh options

    This week, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, went to Washington to meet with the US president, Barack Obama. He did so under heavy pressure, as...

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  • March 29, 2014

    A terrorist holding a conference on combating terrorism!

    Enough is enough; the situation has become unbearable! Last week there was a conference held in Baghdad hosted by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. It will rank alongside all...

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  • March 29, 2014

    Who poisoned Arafat is the question as dirty linen is washed in public

    It is unfortunate that the Palestinian cause is being let down these days by the shameful war of words between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his “opponent”, Colonel Mohammad...

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  • March 29, 2014

    Egypt's coup has plunged the country into catastrophe

    The military coup in Egypt in July 2013 was predicated on three deceptively simple arguments: Mohamed Morsi’s year in office was a disaster; the people demanded his removal; the...

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