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  • January 25, 2014

    Egypt's new role in the future of Palestine

    Recently, millions of Egyptians crowded round TV sets in Cairo to watch two presidential candidates debate their country’s future. For citizens more used to having a political system imposed...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Lifting the Veil of Secrecy

    Judicial Review of Administrative Detentions in the Israeli Supreme Court, by Shiri Krebs Vanderbilt Journal of Transitional Law, Vol. 45, No. 3, May 2012 Shiri Krebs is currently a...

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  • January 25, 2014

    If I was Egyptian, I would vote for Al-Banna's successor

    Everyone is waiting anxiously for the outcome of the first round of the Egyptian presidential election. It might be a decisive vote in terms of such elections in Egypt;...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Is Egypt about to become another Algeria?

    Democracy, to paraphrase writer and comedian Alexei Sayle, allows you to march up and down the street and elect new dictators every few years. Here in the West, we...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Between money keeper and policy maker

    Once again Muhammad Rashid has returned to the forefront of the political scene, first through programmes on satellite television under the title “political memory”, and second through the Palestinian...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Nuclear irony is lost on the West

    It is ironic that Western nations seeking to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions are the same countries which sold nuclear technology to Tehran in the first place. Iran has worked...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Muslim Brotherhood must reassure everyone

    Revolutionary Egypt is at a crossroads, with the revolution itself under threat, requiring all factions to reconsider their positions, especially the Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamic group must be alert,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Fatah and Hamas reconciliation still misses the main issues in the national struggle

    From a strategic point of view, the reform of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) is the most important issue for the parties to Palestinian reconciliation. However, it is the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The real story of the Six-Day War

    Last Tuesday was the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of a war between Egypt and Israel that reshaped the Middle East. At 7.30am, on 5 June, 1967, 200 Israeli...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Desire for 'Jewish state' fuels Israeli xenophobia

    Israeli Knesset member Danny Danon of the ruling Likud Party, who is chairperson of a xenophobic organisation called Deportation Now, recently spoke at a rally inciting the xenophobic riots...

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