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  • January 25, 2014

    Life and Death - The Tank Man and Rachel Corrie

    The court decision in Israel, which exonerated the driver of a huge bulldozer in the death of activist Rachel Corrie, recalls a previous confrontation between man and machine –...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Settlements

    Three basic issues have been worrying Israel since its creation in May 1948; they are inseparable. The first relates to the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their...

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  • January 25, 2014

    21st century robotic wars

    On the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new “sanitised” kind of war is reshaping the future of America’s military industrial complex. The use of unmanned drones –...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Freedom of expression between anti-Semitism and contempt for religion

    Freedom of expression is an inherent human right which has been fought for by people all over the world. It allows for everyone to display their creativity in different...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The crisis of the Palestinian national project

    The Palestinian national project is experiencing a loss of direction which prevents progress and blocks opportunities to take advantage of the enormous potential of the Palestinian people. The route...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Who gains from the latest anti-Islam film?

    ZIONISTS and right-wing Christian evangelists appear to be exploiting America’s freedom of speech to fuel sedition and hate between the people of two great religions. In response, right-wing religious...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Coffee in Tel-Aviv

    The December 2008 – January 2009 Gaza massacre once again showed how Israel indulges in violence, with Tel Aviv given a green light by outgoing US President George W....

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  • January 25, 2014

    Netanyahu's calculations: Coercing Washington into attacking Iran

    It has been decades since the Israeli leadership has attempted to interfere in American presidential elections in the manner Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attempted in the past...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Survivor Nidal Hamad: "It is not permissible to forget...Sabra and Shatila"

    In an interview with “Fasl Al Maqal”, prominent journalist and political activist, Nidal Hamad, who currently resides in Norway, recalls scenes from the massacre during which he was seriously...

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  • January 25, 2014

    An analysis of the experience of the Palestine Liberation Organisation

    An analysis of the experience of the Palestine Liberation Organisation The existence of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) is an achievement to be proud of. It expressed the Palestines’...

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