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  • June 4, 2014

    Israeli academic conferences hit by boycott as speakers withdraw

    Two conferences taking place in Israeli universities this month have lost keynote and plenary speakers, following the Palestinian boycott call. The Oral History Conference set to take place at...

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  • June 4, 2014

    Al-Sisi pledges to achieve 'freedom, human dignity and social justice'

    Egyptian coup leader Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi said on Tuesday, after being officially announced as Egypt’s new president, that he is working with the Egyptian people to achieve “freedom, human dignity...

    News

  • June 4, 2014

    New survey: Food insecurity affects 1 in 3 Palestinian households

    A third of Palestinian households in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, around 1.6 million people, are food insecure, according to an annual survey by the Palestinian Central Bureau...

    News

  • June 4, 2014

    The unholy security coordination

    The formation of a new Palestinian government means nothing, even if it is a “national reconciliation government”, if a national programme based on equity (and not the division of...

    Article

  • June 4, 2014

    Pro-Sisi presenter says Egypt will strike Libya militarily before Ramadan

    Below is a translated excerpt from the video: “This won’t do for the future. We are now talking about the future. We have problems in Libya and we will...

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  • June 4, 2014

    Netanyahu 'deeply troubled' by US, EU recognition of Palestinian government

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he is both “deeply disappointed” and “deeply troubled” by the US and EU’s recognition of the new...

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  • June 4, 2014

    EU confirms its support for Palestinian unity government

    The EU representative to the Palestinian territories John Rutter stressed the EU’s support for the new unity government during a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah yesterday. Hamdallah...

    News

  • June 3, 2014

    Beggars

    One would not automatically think about the people of Egypt when I refer to beggars; the Egyptian people who are sleeping on the streets and are unable to find...

    Article

  • June 3, 2014

    Egypt's new Pharaoh

    Since July 3 last year, i.e. since the brutal coup was staged in Egypt, the chorus of corrupt journalists who were walking in Mubarak and his two sons’ procession...

    Blog

  • June 3, 2014

    Financing Palestinian dependence

    The European Commission released a statement confirming the granting of €200 million in financial aid to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA. As on other occasions, the importance of disassociating...

    Blog