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January 23, 2014

Did NYT's Jodi Rudoren write her worst piece ever?

Even by the standards of The New York Times’ news coverage, a recent Jodi Rudoren piece on “incitement” by Palestinians was abysmal. Based on the article’s word count, an...

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January 23, 2014

Nine differences between Abdel Nasser and Al-Sisi

Other than the fact that they both graduated from the Military Academy, it is hard to find any similarities between the late president Gamal Abdel Nasser and the future...

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January 23, 2014

Commemorating Palestinian armed struggle in Cuba

During a political and cultural event organised by the Embassy of Palestine in Cuba and the Arab Union of Cuba, representatives of both organisations reiterated the importance of revolutionary...

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January 23, 2014

When the prisoner is stronger than the jailer

They feared that he would appear like a lion behind bars, so they hid him at an undisclosed location and claimed falsely that he could not be transported to...

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January 23, 2014

MP asks Israeli ambassador, 'Do you not recognise international law?'

The British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee held a special session on Tuesday to listen to the Palestinian and Israeli ambassadors to the UK, as well as Middle East...

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January 23, 2014

As the Geneva conference approaches, Syria's factions continue to fight

The conflict in Syria is nothing if not complicated. Over the course of the conflict, which has now raged for two and a half years, the opposition to President...

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January 23, 2014

Liberals eulogize Ariel Sharon the war criminal

Ariel Sharon, after fighting with the Haganah during the Nakba, went on to head up Unit 101, forces whose activities, in the words of Eyal Weizman, “mostly constituted the...

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January 23, 2014

Gaza man makes electric car

A resident in Gaza has made himself an electric car to beat the fuel shortage and long queues at the petrol stations across the Gaza Strip. Although Monther Al-Qassas...

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January 23, 2014

Freedom or Opportunism: Who is really benefitting from the Middle East?

During the Arab Spring social media channels were elevated to heroic status. Tunisian Facebook pages bore the slogan ‘Ben Ali, Out’, a harsh signal to the former president in...

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January 23, 2014

Supporting Children and Youth in the Gaza Strip

The images of Gaza you see on the news are only half of the story. Images of destruction, reconstruction, poverty and conflict do not do justice to the lives...

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