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  • January 24, 2014

    Is intervention in Syria closer to becoming a reality?

    On 16 April, it emerged that the US was sending 200 troops to Jordan, to establish a small headquarters near the border with Syria. While these troops will initially...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The question of the hour

    Opposition newspapers in Egypt insist that the Muslim Brotherhood were the ones who opened fire with shotguns during recent protests (yesterday, one newspaper mentioned what it called “The Brotherhood’s...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Why is Israel pursuing released prisoners in the West Bank?

    If Israel could go back in time to October 2011, it wouldn’t have gone through with the exchange agreement with Hamas and released 1,000 of their detained senior members,...

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  • January 24, 2014

    UNICEF's translation of torture to 'ill-treatment'

    UNICEF’s report, Children in Israeli Military Detention, Observations and Recommendations, detailing the condition of Palestinian children detained in Israel’s military jails fails to address torture as a modus operandi,...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Cloning the South Lebanon Army in the Golan Heights under Jordanian sponsorship

    Things have become clearer and there are indications that an Arab-American (Israeli) agreement regarding the Syrian issue has begun to manifest. What is important to us is the focus...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The odd question: Is the liberation of Palestine still possible?

    Yes. This question seems odd and the answer even odder. Nowadays, some people ask if the liberation of Palestine is necessary, as people are preoccupied with their internal wars;...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Cairo...Doha...Tunisia... What's going on?

    It is strange that some of our brothers in Egypt and Tunisia, appearing in television, radio, or print media, have talked negatively about Qatar’s authority, people and resources. What...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Gaza has a date with bullets and smoke

    Israel is, once again, beating the war drums against Gaza. This time it is on the grounds of the missiles from Sinai that hit Israel, which it claims came...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Chuck Hagel's first visit to Israel appeases his opponents

    Chuck Hagel, the newly appointed US defense secretary, did not get off to a good start with Israel. Indeed, his appointment earlier this year was nearly derailed altogether by...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Islamic Bloc and university elections

    Now that student body elections season in the West Bank has come to end, there is no doubt that the Islamic Bloc needs to carefully assess its experience in...

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