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  • January 25, 2014

    The biological legacy of warfare

    Medical personnel in a majority of countries which have been attacked by armies using modern and chemical munitions, such as white phosphorus shells, have reported increases in the number...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The killings continue and so too the uprising

    Let’s presume that some of the Arab satellite TV stations exaggerated and inflated the number of martyrs who fell from the bullets of the Syrian security forces in Hama,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Dahlan and Abbas on the path of self-destruction

    Last week, on the orders of President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian security forces raided the home of their former leader, Mohammed Dahlan.  They said that they seized a large cache...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The gas that could ignite war

    Following the discovery of off-shore gas fields, a crisis of maritime demarcation has suddenly erupted between Lebanon and Israel. Israel is acting freely in determining its own space, while...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Handing over the keys of power to the Palestinian people

    The chief negotiator in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, called on PLO president Mahmoud Abbas, to dissolve the organization and throw its keys in the face of...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Legislating fascism in Israel

    The latest news from the apartheid state of Israel speaks of a new bill submitted before the Knesset or Parliament, which would make Israel more Jewish and less democratic....

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  • January 25, 2014

    The global uprising takes shape

    Watching the tragic events unfolding around the world, from starvation in Somalia to rioting in London, we are not feeling vindicated, merely sad and angry. For a long time...

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  • January 25, 2014

    What would UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?

    There is no doubt about the importance of the UN recognising Palestine as a state, and more importantly its acceptance as a full member state. If such recognition is...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Time to de-legitimise the Assad regime

    It should be clear by now that the killings in the streets of Syria at the hands of the sectarian Assad regime have eliminated any possibility for any future...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Haven't the post-Oslo years taught Mahmoud Abbas anything?

    The Jewish Chronicle’s Martin Bright has revealed details of “a secret meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority” alleged to have...

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