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  • January 23, 2014

    My 12 Hour Detention At The Hands Of The Israeli Defense Forces

    I am a 38 year old white Caucasian United States natural born citizen and Muslim. The details that follow explain my treatment at the hands of the Israeli Defense...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Israel expects its inflicted human rights violations be treated as acceptable

    After boycotting a scrutiny session earlier this year, deputy foreign minister Ze’ev Elkin has confirmed seeking reconciliation with the UN Human Rights Council, depending upon the council’s willingness to...

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  • January 23, 2014

    On the dehumanization of African migrants in Israel

    The right to land and the right to live have taken on a sinister dimension in Israel, as courts consider Israel’s ‘right’ to expel African migrants to an unidentified...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Arab Idol is about much more than just music

    For the past three months pop-star hopefuls from across the Middle East have assembled in MBC’s Beirut studios to compete for the title of Arab Idol. Every Friday they...

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  • January 23, 2014

    I the Palestinian and my friend the Turk

    One of the most spectacular gifts that any of us may be granted by God during our lives is that you become acquainted with a brother not born of...

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  • January 23, 2014

    No remorse for destruction of Palestinian villages

    Former IDF commander, brigadier general of the Givati Brigade and Israeli ambassador to Tanzania, Yitzhak Pundak, expressed no remorse about the destruction of Palestinian villages in 1948, declaring it...

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  • January 23, 2014

    The terrible tragedy of the Prisoner Ahmed al-Sakani

    Imagine the story of a man waiting eagerly and anxiously for the arrival of his first born child, and as he waits, he is unjustly detained and sentenced to...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Combatting Palestinian food insecurity

    According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Palestinians are faced with an additional and possibly permanent burden....

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  • January 23, 2014

    The ongoing humiliation of Palestinian prisoners

    While international outrage over the plight of Samer Issawi has abated considerably, after the agreement between Israeli and Palestinian officials which terminated his hunger strike, the deterioration of other...

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  • January 23, 2014

    A deadly massacre on the eve of Ramadan

    This morning army and police officers opened fire on pro-Morsi supporters as they prayed outside the Republican Headquarters in Cairo. The demonstrators were staging a peaceful sit-in outside the...

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