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  • January 27, 2014

    Viva Palestina's bumpy road

    By Dr Hanan Chehata In an international effort to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, Viva Palestina (VP) volunteers from around the world have left their families and in...

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  • January 27, 2014

    “They fired me from my job, and I don’t know the reason”

    From Khalid Amayreh in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank5 January, 2010 Under the rubric of fighting Hamas’s influence in the West Bank, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has flagrantly fired...

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  • January 27, 2014

    EC has "limited resources" to pay for fuel for Gaza

    The European Commission’s decision last month to stop buying diesel for Gaza’s only power station means that the beleaguered territory will soon have no central power source for everyday...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Terror is the price of support for despots and dictators

    By Seumas MilneThe Guardian, Thursday 7 January 2010 Egypt’s complicity in the Gaza’s siege underlines the role of western support for such regimes in the spread of war If...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Reviving the peace process: will it work?

    The source of the latest (but almost certainly not the last) attempt to revive the so-called “peace process” is shrouded in mystery. Egyptian officials claim that they kicked it...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Loyalty to Sheikh Ra’ed Salah

    Dr Abdel Sattar QassemProfessor of Political studies, Al Najah National University An Israeli court has sentenced Sheikh Ra’ed Salah to nine months in prison for taking part in a...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Egypt/Palestine: The Wall of Shame

    By Tariq Ramadan It is common knowledge that the Palestinians have long been direct victims of the directionless, spineless and hypocritical polices of the Arab leadership. It is equally...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The planned land swap: a legal, geographic and political transgression

    By Dr. Salman Abu Sitta Newspaper columns are currently busy with commentaries on Arab, Israeli and US diplomatic moves suggesting new initiatives in the peace process, which died some time...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Did Hamas carry out a coup in Gaza in 2007?

    By Khalid Amayreh Ellen Rosser, Professor of English and a veteran peace activist, maintained an office in downtown Gaza from September 2006 to June 2007. During that period she...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Haiti - Gaza

    By Dr Bothaina Shaaban Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a number of commentators have drawn attention to Israel’s brazen efforts to use aid to the stricken country to...

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