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  • January 24, 2014

    Yes… Arafat was poisoned and Israel killed him, but what can we do?

    There are three countries in the world that possess the radioactive polonium used to assassinate the Palestinian president Yasser Arafat; the United States, Russia and Israel. The two superpowers...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Negotiations... What if?

    Most of the readings of and predictions for the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations anticipate that the two sides will reach a dead end. These predictions are largely based on pessimistic statements...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Yasser Arafat: a farce in Ramallah

    At a packed conference in Ramallah today, the retired general Tawfik Tirawi, once head of the Palestinian Authority’s feared West Bank intelligence, squarely pointed the finger at Israel for...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A reading of the 'tunnel wars'

    Over the last few days, the two tunnels that link the Gaza Strip with the Occupied Territories and span the length of borders, have become well known. A lot...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Making the preservation of Palestinian memory a priority

    Yasser Arafat’s assassination, confirmed by the Swiss report detailing the discovery of polonium in Arafat’s exhumed remains, has been mired within a political debate in danger of ensuring further...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Palestinian villages as "props" in Israel's military training

    A cemetery; usually a place for loss and remembrance; grief and commemoration. However in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, a cemetery is also a place for military...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Reinforcing compromising discourse regarding Palestinian refugees

    An overview of the Fourth Committee’s meeting during the 68th UN General Assembly regarding the humanitarian work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The condition of the Syrian opposition after Geneva II

    The Syrian political opposition has various viewpoints on the Geneva II conference. Some are eager to participate and see it as a turning point that will place the Syrian...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The last chance for the two-state solution

    The Palestinian cause is declining despite the negotiating process revived at the end of July. The eighth and most recent session of talks has just ended without making any...

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  • January 24, 2014

    On the shifting of positions in the region

    When you find a report titled “The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington” in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...

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