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June 7, 2014

Force-feeding within the wider spectrum of torture and complicity in Israeli jails

In a typically aggressive response to Palestinian prisoners expressing resistance through hunger strikes against administrative detention, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to implement a bill that would...

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June 7, 2014

Ki-moon concerned about condition of Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli jails

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed Friday his “grave concerns” for the “poor health” conditions of Palestinian hunger-strikers inside Israeli jails. He called on the Israeli authorities to bring...

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June 7, 2014

Armed confrontation in Benghazi looks set to escalate

The failure of General Khalifa Haftar’s forces to enter Benghazi and the reduction in casualty statistics have pushed him to use air and artillery power to weaken his enemies....

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June 6, 2014

Gulf's billions are not enough to save the Egyptian economy

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have transferred billions of dollars to Egypt since the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood, to heal the rift that hit the...

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June 6, 2014

Haaretz: US accuses Israel of hypocrisy

At a time when the Israeli government threatened to impose increasing sanctions against the Palestinians, the US has accused it of hypocrisy, after Benjamin Netenyahu’s government transferred great amounts...

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June 6, 2014

The stillborn baby

What we have been witnessing for the past 10 months is the alternative scenario that could have occurred in 1954 when the rebels besieged the Abdeen Palace to kill...

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June 6, 2014

Al-Sisi is in the grip of the old state

When regimes grow old and are then dissolved, power is distributed among different parties as each seeks to strengthen itself at the expense of the others. This was Egypt’s...

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June 6, 2014

Rallies expected in 80 cities around the world in support of Jerusalem

The biggest global mass rallies in support of the occupied city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque are to take place Friday and Saturday in more than 80 cities in...

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June 6, 2014

Professor John Keane warns that "democracy's in for a rough ride" at the inaugural Abdelwahab Elmessiri lecture

On Monday evening at Senate House the Middle East Monitor welcomed Professor John Keane of the University of Sydney to London to give the inaugural Abdelwahab Elmessiri memorial lecture....

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June 6, 2014

Police disperse anti-Sisi rally at Azhar dorm

Egyptian security forces used teargas to disperse a rally held by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi inside the Al-Azhar University dormitory in eastern Cairo today. “Police forces stormed...

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