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January 8, 2014

The Middle East and North Africa suffer the world's highest depression rates, according to new research

The study, recently published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journal of Medicine, found that globally, the prevalence of depression was 4.4 per cent, while Afghanistan and the...

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January 8, 2014

Enough conspiracy theories about Yasser Arafat's assassination

Palestinians have long suspected their leader Yasser Arafat was assassinated by Israel. Thanks to Clayton Swisher and his team at the Al Jazeera Investigations Unit, we have new evidence...

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January 8, 2014

Palestinian Authority denies time limit extension for talks

The Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator has denied media claims that the nine-month time limit for negotiations with the Israelis has been extended. Sa’eb Erekat used his Facebook page to...

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January 8, 2014

Egyptian activists accuse current government of undermining justice

One of Egypt’s leading youth activist movements announced on Monday the death of the transitional roadmap that was proposed in the wake of the military coup against the democratically...

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January 8, 2014

Hamas calls on Arab League to protect Palestinians in Syria

The Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine has called on the Arab League and human rights organisations to intervene to protect the Palestinians in Syria. Hamas said that such protection...

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January 8, 2014

US outraged by Israel's sale of military equipment to China

The sale of Israeli military equipment to China has sparked outrage in the United States, leading to the resignation of an Israeli Defence Ministry official. The Israeli newspaper Maariv...

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January 8, 2014

ICRC: Half a million wounded in Syria but Al-Assad's forces preventing access to aid

The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) says that the Syrian authorities are preventing aid from reaching rebel-held areas besieged by government forces, despite having made a request...

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December 16, 2013

Abbas says no to meeting with Netanyahu until talks progress

A member of Fatah’s Central Committee has denied rumours that Mahmoud Abbas has caved in to US pressure and agreed to a meeting with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. Jamal Muheisen...

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November 4, 2013

Author Jean Said Makdisi speaks to MEMO's Amelia Smith about her books and her memories of Palestine

“Being Palestinian isn’t simply about nationalism; it can’t be. If it is, then it becomes distorted. That’s what led to the war in Lebanon. You have to have a...
July 20, 2013

Jordan and Jerusalem's Islamic sanctuaries

The issue of Jerusalem is at the core of the Palestinian cause, which in turn is at the core of the conflict with Zionism. In other words, the issue...

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