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  • January 24, 2014

    What is really happening in Egypt?

    I was looking at my Twitter news feed on Saturday night, March 9th, and found that a group concerned with Egyptian affairs re-tweeted a post by an Egyptian journalist...

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  • January 24, 2014

    3 reasons why Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations are hostage to the past

    The recent gunfire aimed at members of a border demarcation team on the Iraq-Kuwait border has shed light on the tense relations between the neighbouring countries, despite the fact...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A more extreme and dangerous government

    After a month and a half of anxiety, the expected has happened; Netanyahu’s third government was formed with a fairly predictable coalition which excludes the religious parties Shas and...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Obama the tourist seeks Israel Lobby approval

    It has become a tradition amongst American presidents to begin their period of office by visiting Israel, especially over the past three decades during which time the Israel Lobby...

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  • January 24, 2014

    When "drones" circle Syria's skies

    Estimates of the number of fighters in the Islamist Al-Nusra Front are numerous and no one can be sure of the correct figure. Perhaps ten to twenty thousand fighters...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Obama visit and Israeli penchant for conflict...

    President Barack Obama’s visit to the Middle East has coincided with the 10th anniversary of the killing of American peace activist Rachel Corrie. She was murdered by an American-made...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Demonisation of Palestinians continues in Egypt thanks to the old regime

    The past week has seen a lot of media speculation about seven Palestinians who were taken into custody as they tried to enter Egypt and their subsequent release. Was...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Government of settlements first and last

    Benjamin Netanyahu’s third government (and Israel’s thirty third) does not offer Palestinians anything new: it will be more of the same; the expansion of illegal settlements, aggression and the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Dismantling the myth of peace in Obama's discourse

    Obama’s speech at the Jerusalem Convention Centre was the culmination of an attempt to further humiliate Palestinians. The affirmation of US support to Israel was imparted in selective rhetoric...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Obama, the Israel sycophant

    Never in my life have I seen a president that fawns over the Israelis, begs for their approval, sings their praises and lauds their achievements and history like the...

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