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January 8, 2015

Jordan’s King appoints new advisers

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has issued a decree appointing army commander Mashal Al-Zaben and intelligence chief Faisal Shoubaki as advisers to the monarch alongside their current positions. According to...

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January 8, 2015

The PA and the Security Council

Following in the footsteps of the Arab regimes, the Palestinian Authority continuously rushes to the United Nations in the hope of finding a light that would lead to the...

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January 8, 2015

What does the deepest level of political hypocrisy look like?

One could be forgiven for thinking that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is God’s unique way of revealing the depth of human hypocrisy. It’s not just that the US State Department...

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January 8, 2015

Tariq Ramadan condemns Charlie Hebdo massacre but criticises ‘inconsistency’ of political reaction

Nothing justifies the killing of innocent civilians, but Western governments must be more consistent in their treatment of human life, says Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at...

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January 8, 2015

For 17th time, Lebanese parliament fails to elect a president

The Lebanese parliament yesterday failed for the 17th time to elect a new president due to the lack of the constitutionally required quorum for convening the parliament’s session. Parliament...

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January 8, 2015

Syrian opposition refuses invitation to join peace talks in Moscow

Any member of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) who attends peace talks due to be held in Moscow on January 26-28 will be sacked, a senior leader of the...

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January 8, 2015

Keeping the Palesinian State a Virtual Reality

Imagine for a moment that a Palestinian State did exist in the tunnels, and cuttings, and behind the walls and in the pockets of a land that lies between...

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January 8, 2015

Keeping the Palesinian State a Virtual Reality

Imagine for a moment that a Palestinian State did exist in the tunnels, and cuttings, and behind the walls and in the pockets of a land that lies between...

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January 8, 2015

Sweden’s foreign minister cancels visit to Israel

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wahlstrom cancelled her visit to Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said they would not meet her following the diplomatic...

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January 8, 2015

Egypt to raze Rafah city

The Egyptian authorities have decided to raze the city of Rafah, in Sinai, in order to establish a buffer zone with the besieged Gaza Strip, North Sinai governor Abdel-Fattah...

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