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June 16, 2014

ISIS seizes Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq

Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) have seized the northwestern city of Tal Afar in the Ninawa Governorate west of Mosul Sunday, security sources told...

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June 16, 2014

Egyptian students protest in solidarity with detainees

Egyptian public and private universities witnessed a number of protest activities on Sunday in solidarity with detained students and calling for an end to the military coup. October 6...

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June 15, 2014

Contentious article could lead to yet another tragedy for the Palestinians

The Palestinians have learnt from experience to be wary of political initiatives “Made in London”. They have witnessed how projects from the Balfour Declaration to the Oslo Accords were...

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June 15, 2014

The invention of the land of Israel

Deconstructing the mythological ‘right to land’ would prove a crucial requirement to achieve an understanding of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Shlomo Sand’s new book, The Invention of...

Reviews
June 15, 2014

Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror

In George Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston Smith, whose job it is to edit historical documents so they reflect the party line, reads from Goldstein’s book. “In accordance to the...

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June 15, 2014

Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy

Janan Abdu is a Palestinian social and feminist campaigner and researcher. Her husband Ameer Makhoul is also a human rights activist on behalf of Palestinians living in Israel; imprisoned,...

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June 15, 2014

Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza

Meticulously researched, Hamas and Civil Society: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector (Princeton University Press, 2011) is a significant study of Hamas and Gaza’s social institutions. The evolution of Hamas...

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June 15, 2014

The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker

Every week, inmates at the Israeli prison of Beer Al-Sabe’ hold political debates inside their cells. What are the benefits of negotiations with Israel; how useful is the Palestine...

Reviews
June 15, 2014

Israel arrests 80 Hamas leaders in the West Bank

The Israeli army arrested 80 Hamas leaders in the West Bank Sunday morning, the Israeli Channel 7 reported. According to the Israeli army’s radio channel, the army rounded up...

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June 15, 2014

Haftar's forces attack Benghazi Islamists

Forces affiliated to renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar on Sunday attacked with heavy weapons areas controlled by the Islamist Ansar Al-Sharia militia in the eastern city of Benghazi. Haftar’s...

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