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Items by Soliman Abo Irshed
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All scenarios lead to Netanyahu and another right-wing government
It is clear to any objective observer that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, for almost a decade, been in control of all things related to the timing and results of Israeli General Elections, as well as the composition of the usual resulting coalition governments. Regardless of how the composition...
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Why don’t we hear calls to boycott Afula?
The Afula council’s consensus to prevent Arabs from living in the city has created a racist environment in which all of the council members took an oath to preserve its “Jewish nature” and to close the municipal park to them. Such actions are a declaration of war against the...
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America: From head of the snake to honest sponsor of peace process
After Sadat convinced us that 99 per cent of the solution cards are in the hands of the US, the latter became the sole decider of war and peace in everything related to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the various conflicts in the region. War has become an American trademark,...
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On participating in Zionist research conferences
“100 years since Balfour, 70 years since the establishment of the State of Israel”: This is the slogan under which many of the current Zionist research conferences are taking place. The initiative has been put forth by Zionist research centres that specialise in strategic research in Israel and the...
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The Arab-Israeli alliance and turning resistance movements into terrorism
I am neither a supporter of Qatar nor do I take joy in its misfortune. I am also not a supporter of “diagnosing” major political issues and differences, but the recent measures taken by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt against Qatar indicates two things. First, Saudi Arabia...
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Will the last chapter in the Karama Battle end in victory?
No fire was lit under Trump’s feet despite the fact that death has and still threatens the life of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who have been fighting the Karama battle with their empty stomachs for over a month. Instead, he was warmly welcomed, covered in the scents, oil and...