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  • January 24, 2014

    Al-Arakib and villages in the Negev as part of Israel's Judaisation scheme

    By Ali BadwanA few days ago, Israeli bulldozers destroyed forty houses in the Palestinian Beduin village of Al-Arakib north of the city of Beersheba in the Negev Desert. Around...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A new scandal for the Palestinian Authority

    Al-Quds Opinion You would think that the half million Israeli settlers spread across the occupied West Bank would have little to complain about. After all, they enjoy control of...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The "moderate camp" provides a fig-leaf for direct negotiations

    By Fahmi Huwaidi As direct negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian Authority take centre stage we must declare publicly that it is the “moderate” Arab states which have provided...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Jewish attitudes towards Israel are shifting

    By Adel LatifiIsrael depends on and has benefited greatly from the immense influence of Jewish elites in the west, particularly those who operate in lobbies such as the American...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The internationalisation of the Palestinian cause is the solution

    By Hani al-Masri We are witnessing numerous attempts to pressurise the Palestinians to move straight to direct negotiations with Israel, despite the absence of any significant progress due to...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Mahmoud Abbas and his negotiations

    By Abdel Halim Qandil There is no rational explanation for Palestinian Authority officials to continue in negotiations with the Israelis, whether direct or indirect, because there is no benefit...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Netanyahu in Egypt, but not Assad

    By Fahmi Huwaidi Although it is humbling to read that Netanyahu is coming to Egypt, two questions arise: are relations between Cairo and Tel Aviv entirely divorced from Israeli...

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  • January 24, 2014

    "A free press for a new century"

    By Dr. Bouthaina ShaabanThe above title is actually a subtitle of a book by Lee Bollinger, the president of Columbia University with the full title of Uninhibited, Robust and...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Demands to lift the Israeli blockade of the West Bank

    By Bilal Al-Hassan The United States is basically a self-appointed leader of the “peace process” between the Palestinians and Israel. It also happens to be the world’s remaining superpower....

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  • January 24, 2014

    Zionist national security and the gap between intelligence and the media

    Israeli research and study centres, as well as the Zionist lobby, are working overtime studying Israel’s opponents in the Middle East, primarily Syria, Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas....

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