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January 25, 2014

Was Arafat murdered?

Most Palestinians, whether they supported their late leader Yasser Arafat or not, were in agreement that he did not die of natural causes. They believed he was murdered by...

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January 25, 2014

Israel must take the blame for the repercussions of its policies

Another week and another group of innocent people are killed in a terrorist attack. Five Israeli tourists are killed by a suicide bomber in a Bulgarian holiday resort; Israel...

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January 25, 2014

Syria's chemical weapons and the path to global war

The Chinese and Russian veto of a draft resolution proposed by Britain at the UN Security Council which would give the Syrian regime one and a half months to...

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January 25, 2014

Palestinians in the midst of the Syrian revolution

Statements by Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi that Palestinian refugees in Syria are guests “who lack manners”, when considered with those of Buthaina Shaaban, a presidential adviser, who...

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January 25, 2014

Israel implementing "transfer" policy against Palestinians occupied West Bank, alleges PLO

A report prepared by the PLO’s National Bureau for Defending Lands and Resisting Settlement has revealed that Israel is implementing policies that aim at the Judaisation of the most...

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January 25, 2014

First respect Muslims in America, then you can talk about Copts' rights

Officials in Washington act as if Egypt is under a US mandate ruled by an American High Commissioner who receives his orders direct from Capitol Hill. Such is my...

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January 25, 2014

Reconciling identity with military service: Israel's factions

On a warm summer evening in Jerusalem, hundreds of young soldiers gather in the plaza facing the Wailing Wall. They could be teenagers anywhere in the world only they...

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January 25, 2014

US veto for sale

Pre-empting Mitt Romney’s campaign visit to Israel, President Barack Obama last Friday signed the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Co-operation Act of 2012. The bill was drafted by the American...

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January 25, 2014

Call for disengagement between peace and complicity with Israel

Post-revolutionary Egypt should make a distinction between the peace treaty with Israel on the one hand, and partnership and complicity with it against the Palestinians on the other. We...

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January 25, 2014

Stormy dialogue on Jordanian reform which excludes Palestinian component

A stormy media and political debate has taken place in Jordan after Al-Quds Al-Arabi’ published what is perhaps the first letter sent to King Abdullah II on behalf of...

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