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  • January 25, 2014

    Fresh olives and the sound of bombs

    Gaza is under fresh attack from Israel following an incident near Eilat in which seven Israelis were killed and 40 injured. Although those responsible “crossed the border from Sinai”,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israel doesn't respond to violence, it foments violence

    Yet more tragic loss of life, this time in Eilat and Gaza, and yet again Israel “responds” with “full force”; the bombs dropped on overcrowded Gaza City, and the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Football Beyond Borders Middle East 2011

    “Football Beyond Borders” is a student lead enterprise that was conceived almost three years ago. On the dawn of the third Beyond Borders tour the concept has become a...

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  • January 25, 2014

    UN Palmer Report into Freedom Flotilla assault condemned as a whitewash

    The long-awaited UN Palmer Report into the Israeli attack on the humanitarian “Freedom Flotilla” to Gaza in May 2010 finally came out last week. However, from the moment it...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Before the courts of history

    The latter is no longer immortalised or mentioned in his country, despite his dramatic decision in the mid-1970s to turn his back on Moscow and face toward Washington. In...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Conspiracy between Israel and its settlers

    The Zionist state of Israel has always worked hard to put a spin on events which falsifies reality and covers-up the facts. An objective observer, however, can discern the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Quartet's envoy is no longer relevant

    The Quartet’s envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair, is trying to improve his perpetually tarnished image and convince the world that his job actually matters.  Speaking at the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Disappointment at the United Nations: The Palmer Report on the Flotilla Incident of 31 May 2010

    When the UN Secretary General announced on 2 August 2010 that a Panel of Inquiry had been established to investigate the Israeli attacks of 31 May on the Mavi...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The blockade which has suddenly become legal

    In February 2006, the Israeli authorities tightened the siege on the Gaza Strip, reducing the movement of passengers and goods to and from the occupied territory; the excuse was...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Veto a State, Lose an Ally

    The United States must support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month or risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world. If...

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