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  • January 25, 2014

    More racist laws are on the way in Israel

    Israel’s Knesset (parliament) is set to discuss a number of bills in its winter session which Palestinians regard as racist, continuing a policy of “unprecedented racist legislation in 1948...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Partners not guardians

    One of the dilemmas of Egyptian politics is that the feuding parties are acting as guardians and not partners, even though no one has given them a mandate to...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Ross's departure

    Dennis Ross has finally left the building. Since the Carter administration, Ross has played a crucial role in crafting Middle East policies that have prolonged and exacerbated the more...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Letter from Tunisia

    As the Tunisian Constituent Assembly holds its first meeting to start the process of handing over authority to the civilian revolutionary forces, the people of Tunisia can claim success...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Who will watch the watchdog?

    The pro-Israel NGO behind NATO’s war on Libya is targeting Syria On December 2, the Geneva-based UN Watch welcomed that day’s “strong condemnation” of Syria by a UN Human...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Thank you Gingrich... your arrogance is needed

    After eighteen years of negotiations and conceding more than 80 per cent of historic Palestine, and signing the Oslo agreement (which added to the legitimacy of Israel and broke...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The media consensus on Israel is collapsing

    Across the political spectrum, once-taboo criticism is now common With Hamas and Fatah meeting this week in Cairo, reconciliation between the rival Palestinian political parties is likely only a...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Political Islam and its supposed dangers

    In gaining the majority of votes in the Moroccan election, the Justice and Development Party has put the West on alert, as well as some of the more conservative...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Egypt's parliamentary elections in perspective

    It is sad that Egypt’s first post-Mubarak elections – in which millions of Egyptians have cast their votes, reportedly with a 70% turnout – are being held under the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The reconciliation train is back on track, but beware of further derailment

    The meeting in Cairo between Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal can be best described as “an important step in the right direction”, not least because reconciliation between Fatah and...

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