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  • January 23, 2014

    Idan Raichel backs alleged IDF torturer "Captain George"

    Internationally-renowned Israeli musician Idan Raichel has come out in defence of a former IDF interrogator accused of torture. Doron Zahavi, referred to as “Captain George” until a gag order...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Displacing decades of colonial incitement

    Eliminating chronology and context from the recent Palestinian resistance against Israel’s state terror, its ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to condemn...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Diplomacy takes precedence over violations of international law

    A recent report in the Times of Israel illustrates the emphasis which Israeli officials place upon diplomatic rhetoric, instead of expounding upon the prevailing expansionism associated with the Zionist...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Developing indifference to torture

    Routine torture in Israeli prisons occasionally makes the news as a reminder of its existence combined with the perpetrators’ impunity. The recent outrage over detained Palestinian children exposed to...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Dutch pension giant boycotts Israeli banks, G4S faces OECD investigation

    Dutch pension fund giant PGGM has withdrawn all its investments from Israel’s five largest banks because of their complicity in West Bank settlements. The report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Maintaining illusions of equality during negotiations

    Echoing previous statements regarding Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to recognise the Palestinian right of return, Israeli government officials have declared their refusal of “a symbolic acceptance of the so-called right...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Israel moves forward with plans to export natural gas to neighbouring countries

    Israel has confirmed plans to start working on a pipeline to export natural gas to Jordan via the Dead Sea, informed Israeli sources told Bloomberg earlier this week. Work...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Did NYT's Jodi Rudoren write her worst piece ever?

    Even by the standards of The New York Times’ news coverage, a recent Jodi Rudoren piece on “incitement” by Palestinians was abysmal. Based on the article’s word count, an...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Nine differences between Abdel Nasser and Al-Sisi

    Other than the fact that they both graduated from the Military Academy, it is hard to find any similarities between the late president Gamal Abdel Nasser and the future...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Commemorating Palestinian armed struggle in Cuba

    During a political and cultural event organised by the Embassy of Palestine in Cuba and the Arab Union of Cuba, representatives of both organisations reiterated the importance of revolutionary...

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