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  • January 25, 2014

    What is the UN there for?

    Article 1, paragraph 1 of the Charter of the United Nations says that the purpose of the organisation is “to maintain international peace and security”. On that level, the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Leaked documents explain events at Al-Jazeera

    There has been a cascade of rumours about the shock resignation of Al-Jazeera’s Wadah Khanfar. While some point to diplomatic reports of a power struggle between Islamists and secular...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Netanyahu and the Jewish state

    “It is not possible to terminate negotiations without starting them.” This precious piece of wisdom was uttered by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with BBC Arabic...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The plight of the Negev's Bedouin

    In my travels I have seen how far awareness of the Palestinian issue has spread – in contrast to the misery of my constituents, the Bedouin of the Negev....

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  • January 25, 2014

    Max puts the boot into Pakistan: Pro-Israel hawk urges US to "get tough" with sole Muslim nuclear power

    While much attention has been paid to Admiral Mike Mullen’s allegations that Pakistan’s security service, the ISI, was behind recent attacks on American targets in Afghanistan attributed to the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    British justice is exposed as a sham

    Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague received Tzipi Livni in his office at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office this week. The former Israeli Foreign Minister was welcomed warmly even though...

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  • January 25, 2014

    An attempt to understand what we have done to ourselves

    It is important for us to know what others scheme for our revolutions, and we should not be surprised if they attempt to hijack or abort them. But what...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Illegal Jewish settlers continue attacks against Christian and Muslim places of worship

    In early September, illegal Jewish settlers set fire to the ground floor of Al-Nurain Mosque in the occupied West Bank village of Qasra to the south of Nablus. This...

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  • January 25, 2014

    34 years in prison, decades of selflessness

    The members of the Al-Barghouthi family are famous for their steadfastness and resistance to Israel’s military occupation of their land. They have given martyrs, leaders and prisoners for the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Eighty year-old doyen of Palestinian prisoners to be freed

    The Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange deal has forced the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to cross a number of red lines, of which one of great importance is the freeing of...

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