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Egypt: Sami Anan absolves Hamas and Hezbollah of prison breaks during 2011 revolt
Former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces and presidential hopeful Sami Anan said during a Mubarak trial that the Egyptian army had not detected any infiltration of armed elements from Hamas and Hezbollah during the January 25 revolution, Youm7 newspaper reported Monday.
Egypt's unemployment rate exceeds 25%
The unemployment rate in Egypt has soared to 25 per cent, said the former World Bank Middle East Director Khaled Ikram, although official estimates show that unemployment rate does not exceed 13 per cent.
Archbishop Tutu adds voice to Israeli apartheid week
Below is the text of the statement issued by the
Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
.
People who are denied their dignity and rights deserve the solidarity of their fellow human beings. Those who turn a blind eye to injustice actually perpetuate injustice. If you are neutral ...
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News from the Middle East
Nearly 10,400 Syrian births recorded in Jordanian camps in 2013
Some 10,370 newborn Syrian babies were recorded by the Jordanian Department of Civil Affairs last year in the different refugee camps in Jordan, officials said.
Arab League refuses to recognise Israel as Jewish state
The Arab League refuses to recognise Israel as a Jewish state; the league said in a statement on Sunday in Cairo.
The statement emphasised recognising East Jerusalem, an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, as the capital of the future State of Palestine ...
Israeli occupation kills a Palestinian judge
Israeli occupation soldiers shot to death a Palestinian judge while entering Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the occupied West Bank on Monday morning.
The judge, Raed Za'eiter, 38, who was born in the West Bank city of Nablus, was working in Jordan and, when he was shot, was goi...
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News from Europe and Russia
EU: No guarantee of success in negotiations with Iran
The nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the major powers in the P5+1, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, are "difficult" and there is "no guarantee of success" in reaching a final agreement, a senior EU official said on Sunday.
The West calls on Libya to launch genuine national dialogue
Western countries expressed their concern over Libya and called on authorities in Tripoli to make a greater effort to launch real national dialogue, stressing that the progress made after the end of the dictatorship and the political and security situation in the country are "con...
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News from Asia and the Americas
US warns Libyan rebels about 'illegal' oil exports
Washington has warned Libyan rebels about attempting to export oil without the consent of the central government. It said that buyers of such "illegal" oil could face prosecution and sanctions. Libyan officials insist that they will prevent such exports and that warships have bee...
Canadian students launch campaign to boycott Israeli Sabra Hummus
Students from Canada's Ottawa University launched a campaign to boycott the Israeli company which produces Sabra Hummus saying the company's revenues support the Golani Brigade of the Israeli army which kills Palestinians.
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Latest In-Depth Articles
A revealing Likudist moment
If we judge by the official statements saying that Egypt's only problem is Hamas, and that the Cairo government's solidarity with the Palestinian people and its embrace of the cause are a fundamental part of foreign policy, then the incident with the Western activists in Cairo Airport last week seems to disprove such claims. It baffles me why the authorities chose to detain the delegation and prevent its members from going to Rafah to cross into Gaza so that they could celebrate International Women's Day with the brave and steadfast women of Palestine.
MEMO Commentary & Analysis
This new axis to defeat the Brotherhood will go the way of the old
They originated in different capitals but all were linked by a common cause: Egypt's proscription of Hamas "activities" on its territory; Israel's announcement that it intercepted an Iranian ship laden with missiles "intended for the Gaza Strip"; the withdrawal of three GCC countries' ambassadors from Qatar; and Saudi Arabia's classification of the...
Latest Photo Stories
Israeli forces crackdown on Palestinian protesters, detain at least 13
Palestinian youths express anger against Israeli aggression in Jerusalem
Gazan student shows that necessity is the mother of all inventionsBooks by MEMO Publishers
DEBATE by Ben White
Spring in the step of BDS, as a worried Israel plans pushback
The first quarter of 2014 has been an interesting time for the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign, with a number of promising developments - particularly in Europe - and indications that the Israeli government is taking the 'threat' posed by boycott initiatives more seriously than before.
ACTIVISM by Dr Sarah Marusek
Israeli apartheid week takes US campuses by storm
Throughout the months of February and March, students and activists around the world are organising activities for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which aims "to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system" and to build support for the "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) cam...
INQUIRY by Asa Winstanley
Israel's love-in with Europe's new Nazis
With an acting government in power in Ukraine, Channel 4 News last night reported from Kiev on some of the latest developments. This included an interview with Right Sector leader Dmyiro Yarosh .
