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Items by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh
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Getting rid of the Oslo Accords authority is the first step to Palestinian liberation
It was no surprise that, even while negotiating with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement through Egyptian mediators to defuse the tension in the Gaza Strip following the arrest of the movement’s senior figure Bassam Al-Saadi in Jenin last week, Israel launched an aerial bombardment of the besieged territory. Such...
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Kais Saied’s new republic in Tunisia
The farce of the referendum on the constitution in Tunisia, which Kais Saied penned to give himself dictatorial power — what kind of constitution does not allow the president to be held accountable or impeached? — had a very small participation rate. Only around 25 per cent of eligible...
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The Jeddah and Tehran summits didn’t really tell us much
I don’t rely much on the closing statements of any conference or meetings between national leaders, as they consist mostly of embellishments, platitudes and diplomatically-correct comments. They are sometimes even written before the conferences are held or the leaders actually meet, making them clichés to be tweaked and reused...
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Biden’s ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ is no direct path to ‘robust regional infrastructure’
US President Joe Biden has confirmed what I said in my article last week that a person does not need to be a Jew to be a Zionist. His speech at Ben Gurion Airport was a declaration of his Zionist affiliation as he stood on the same land that...
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The Arab fools will get no consolation from US machinations; will they never learn?
We are just hours away from US President Joe Biden visiting Saudi Arabia, and I do not know if he will be a welcome guest or not. It is likely that he will be welcomed with smiles, while his hosts hide what is in their hearts, especially Saudi Crown...
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The ‘New Egypt’ in its ninth year
If we consider 6 June 1967 as a crushing military defeat for Egypt and the Arab nations as a whole, in which we lost land, honour and dignity, then 30 June 2013 was the greatest and gravest defeat in all senses. This defeat led to our loss of land,...
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How do you destroy a society without war?
The blood of Arab citizens has become cheap in the eyes of the Arab leaders, and the images of the Palestinians murdered at the hands of the criminal Israeli occupation forces fill the television screens, but we take no action. That’s why bloodshed across the Arab world is now...
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The return of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to America’s embrace is inevitable
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, many political analysts, especially in the Arab world, have predicted the demise of the unipolar world and the beginning of a multipolar political environment at the heart of which the US will be joined by Russia, China and India. I believe that...
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Kais Saied and the forbidden love
Poet Qais Bin Al-Malouh loved his cousin Laila Al-Amriya and was called “Al-Majnoun” because of his intense love for her, especially after his uncle refused to let him marry her. He roamed the desert, flirting with her, singing for her and crying over her. He moved between the Levant...
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The Israeli flag march and disappointment
When the Zionist usurpers, i.e. settlers, announced their intention to organise an Israeli flag march in Jerusalem, and the radical right-wing government gave them permission to do so on 29 May, and when the Palestinian resistance threatened and vowed that the consequences would be severe if the march went...
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Ukraine Pays the Price for consolidating the Western Dominance
The Russian-Ukrainian war entered its fourth month, without achieving a decisive Russian victory that reinforces its goals of the invasion, which it announced at the beginning of the war, except for its control of some cities in the east of Ukraine. The most significant of which, of course, is...
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Lebanon’s biggest challenge is real change, but it doesn’t seem to be on the agenda
Lebanon’s parliamentary election is being observed with great interest around the world due to the nature of the state and its important strategic location next to Israel. The presence of Hezbollah, one of Iran’s most important proxies in the region, is a key factor given its overwhelming influence in...
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Shireen may be gone, but the truth remains: Israel is a brutal occupation state
For a quarter of a century, Shireen Abu Akleh held a microphone in her hand, the only weapon she had at her disposal, to tell the truth about the Israeli enemy that has usurped her homeland. She travelled all over occupied Palestine to expose Israel’s brutal crimes and occupation,...
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The Palestinian Nakba didn’t end in 1948; it is ongoing
Israel has just celebrated what it calls Independence Day, which is based on the myth of national liberation from British colonialism and the establishment of an independent state dreamt about by successive generations of Jews. On this day every year, Israel flexes its military muscles and holds celebrations across...
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Is it Erdogan who has changed, or the international balance?
Principles and national interests wrestle each other in the world of politics, regardless of the country involved. Which takes precedence depends on the circumstances at the time. “We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests,” said former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. This reflects the pragmatism of...
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Without Zionist Arabs, Israel would not exist
In what was another slap in the face of the Palestinians and free people around the world, at a time when Israeli security forces are storming Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking worshippers, the Egyptian authorities opened the Sinai Peninsula to thousands of Zionists so that they could celebrate Passover. The...
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A new awakening shines from Jerusalem
A new awakening is shining from occupied Jerusalem. It started with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan and is removing the sense of despair that has descended upon the Muslim world. This new dawn brings hope and the certainty of ultimate victory. The Palestinians surprise me every year...
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The collaborators and normalisers with Israel have been unmasked in the heart of the nation
The sound of normalisation in the Arab world has grown louder, with the normalising states rushing to the Israeli enemy. Those who have surrendered in the belief that they had no safe refuge also think that an Israeli state in our midst is inevitable, so even legitimate resistance is...
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The shameful normalisers forget the legitimacy and glory of resistance
Since the normalisation train set off from Abu Dhabi, nearly two years ago, it has run over everything that hinders it, including the natural terrain that it cannot pass, of which it will not be able to reach the end. Those in charge or controlling it are ignorant of...
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Destruction is the end of a nation that eats what it does not sow
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the whole world has been living in horror. Everyone is afraid of a global food crisis that may affect many regions of the world, since Russia and Ukraine are major sources of grain and wheat for many countries, especially our...
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The inherent racism is clear when the world speaks of Ukraine
Perhaps the only good thing about the Russian invasion of Ukraine is that it has exposed the real, instinctively racist face of the West to the whole world. According to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, for example: “Europe stands by those in need of protection....
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No voice is louder than the voice of racism
“No voice is louder than the voice of battle,” was said by the Gamal Abdel Nasser regime after the June 1967 defeat to Israel. It was said to divert attention from the reprehensible defeat and silence the voices calling for freedom and democracy. Today this quote is being replaced during...
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Western racism at its worst
They have always stressed the importance of human rights, the right of all people to live a free and dignified life, and equality among all human beings, but when it actually comes down to it, this mask has fallen, and the true face and hateful racism of Western states...
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Russia's new Tsar corrects the course of the Bolshevik Revolution
The old Kremlin bear manipulated the world, and he and his media mocked the US, its politicians, intelligence and media who promote Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming that it is a Hollywood movie. He stated that he would not invade Ukraine and hinted at withdrawing his troops from the...