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  • January 27, 2014

    Israel is stealing Palestinian water

    By Nabil Sahli Recent reports have highlighted the acute water shortage facing Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank and Bethlehem in particular – and noted that the average...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Time stands still in Gaza

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURESIt is over a year since Israel ended its brutal attack on Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, yet it appears that time stands still. The scars left by...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Russia's relations with Hamas: a win-win situation

    The political leader of Hamas, Khalid Meshal, has visited Russia and held meetings with senior officials, led by Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. This is the third visit of...

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  • January 27, 2014

    "Doha Forum" sidesteps maltreatment of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

    To many analysts President Obama’s appointment of a special US envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) was only another item of window-dressing. On the burning issues that...

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  • January 27, 2014

    'With friends like these ...'

    By Ibrahim Hewitt, for Al Jazeera EnglishSenior Editor of the Middle East Monitor Allegations that the Israeli secret service, Mossad, was behind the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh...

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  • January 27, 2014

    “War council” in Damascus

    By Abdel Bari Atwan The tripartite meeting held in Damascus last week included Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and his Iranian guest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as Hassan Nasrallah, leader...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The Egyptian Paradox: Gas at subsidised prices for Israel; a steel wall for Gaza

    Reports from Egypt claim that shortages of gas canisters led to riots in the country in January and February. The complaints of the people were exacerbated by the controversial...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Forty cities around the world observe “Israeli Apartheid Week”

    By Omar Radwan This week is the sixth annual “Israeli Apartheid Week”, a series of events including lectures, film screenings, workshops, rallies and other activities highlighting Israel’s ongoing oppression...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Dispatches: The Children of Gaza

    Putting a human face to the tragedy – Re-igniting the call for accountability On Monday 15th March Channel 4 aired an episode of Dispatches entitled “The Children of Gaza”....

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  • January 27, 2014

    On the absurdity of a "Palestinian incitement index"

    A common blueprint of Israeli hasbara, or official propaganda, is to deflect criticism of its actions in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip by stressing that within the...

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