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Items by Adnan Hmidan
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Palestine wins the World Cup
An English fan with blue eyes and blond hair chanted “freedom for Palestine” on an Israeli channel, during a live broadcast. This incident was like a thunderbolt against the Occupation and its supporters, while the disappointment was clear in the presenter’s facial expressions. Although it was not broadcast on...
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Forget its freedom rhetoric, Germany suppresses all who stand in solidarity with Palestine
In supposedly democratic Germany, the country that was reunited when the Berlin Wall was broken down, human rights activists who express solidarity with Palestine face discrimination and persecution under the pretext of the drive against anti-Semitism. In some ways, this is worse than what happens within the occupation state...
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Palestinians in the diaspora have a key role to play and must not be marginalised
A thousand Palestinians from all over the world met in Istanbul last weekend to elect a new leadership for the Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad and to evaluate its work over the five years since it was established in 2017. The conference is the only entity that brings Palestinians...
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Oppressing the weak
Cowards rely on conquering the weak in order to try to make themselves appear strong. This is what the Israeli occupation in Palestine does. There are frequent scenes of attacks against children, special needs people and women. The story of the brutal treatment and then the arrest of the...
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Who is pouring fuel on the fire of hatred against Muslims in Britain and the West?
There has been a noticeable increase in Islamophobia in Britain, revealed by a recent study from the University of Birmingham, which reported that 25 per cent of Britons have a negative view of Islam and Muslims. This figure does not necessarily mean that the rest have a positive view,...
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Positive working for Palestine in Britain
The capital of Balfour is considered one of the best cities in the world to express the Palestinian right and solidarity with it. Even after the attempts of the pro-occupation lobby to restrict it due to the value and importance of the effort being made and the role played...
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‘Facing four obstacles while working for Palestine in Britain’
The solidarity work for Palestine in Britain faces challenges linked to the presence of Boris Johnson, “the enthusiastic Zionist” as he describes himself, at the head of the government, accompanied by the extremist, Priti Patel, the Minister of Interior, who was expelled from a previous government after holding meetings...
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What are the consequences of sectarian killings?
I have the right to wonder about the value of the moral, material and historical cost that the nation is still paying with the continuation of sectarian killing! For instance, we have seen what happened and is still happening in Iraq, amid an unprecedented sectarian division that our nation...
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Independence of the State of Palestine
On 15 November, the Palestinian Authority (PA) closed its official departments, closed schools and universities as is usual every year, to celebrate the Independence of the State of Palestine, which sparked criticism. This miserable independence, in which the Head of State—and I mean Mahmoud Abbas, in particular—does not move...
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Tunisia’s president is largely responsible for the disaster that he is trying to fix
The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement or intervention in day to day affairs; that is the role of parliament and the government, headed by the prime minister. This has vexed constitutional law professor Kais Saied, who became president with 70 per...
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Egyptians are quietly being executed
News of the execution of 25-year-old engineering student Moataz Mostafa Hassan in Egypt has passed quietly. He was found guilty of questionable charges as have the 97 other citizens who have been executed in Egypt since the 2013 coup. A few lonely voices denounced the crime on social media....
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Israel shows its true colours
Young social media activists succeeded in exposing the occupation state for what it really is, in terms of its fragility and weakness, on the one hand, and brutality and tyranny, on the other, contrary to the image that has been constantly promoted by Zionists who claim that Israel is...
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Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth
Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth. Their resilience resembles the robust trees standing at the Damascus Gate to the Old City, as they shout fiercely in front of the houses of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in protest against the most pernicious occupation on the planet, bare-chested and holding...
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The insignificance of Israeli soldiers has been laid bare
The Jerusalemites’ victory in the Damascus Gate clashes laid bare the insignificance of the Israeli occupation soldiers and their reckless behaviour. This was obvious in the photos and videos showing the confrontations between the heavily armed soldiers and the young Jerusalemites, who stood tall and confronted them bare-chested with...
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Mehmet Bozdag swims against the current
Mehmet Bozdag is a 38-year-old Turkish screenwriter, director and producer. He has become tremendously well-known after producing the widely-celebrated series Ertugrul. Bozdag pays attention to the smallest details in his productions, including the actors’ costumes and the shooting location. At a time when Egyptian drama producers avoided producing series with...
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The militarisation of Jordan in the face of the coronavirus pandemic
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Jordan has taken a number of security and military steps to manage the situation in the country, most notably the National Defence Law. The National Centre for Security and Crises Management has taken on a military character and has become the general...
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Kais Saied and the great calamity in Tunisia
The way that Tunisian President Kais Saied wrote and addressed a letter to the prime minister recently was revealing. He seems to have abandoned his role in leading Tunisia’s diplomacy and outlining the country’s foreign policy, and started to tackle meaningless conflicts and absurdities instead. Meanwhile, Tunisia has never...
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The Tangier tragedy unveils what has been hidden
Around 130 poverty-stricken people were forced to covertly work in a parking lot under a residential building in Tangier, northern Morocco, sewing clothes for international brands. When the level of precipitation slightly increased, the place was flooded with rainwater leading to a short circuit that killed dozens of employees....
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No to diminishing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, nor to compromising on Palestine
Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, has no right to normalise relations with the occupation state that made Jerusalem its capital in exchange for Trump’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. Regardless of the mockery of the recognition...
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I am Palestinian and I have a dream
Every time I read how Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that came true, to a certain extent, I feel hopeful again that my dream of the return of the desperate Palestinian refugees, scattered in all corners of the world, will eventually come true, so that we can...
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Normalisation has included the deliberate humiliation of the UAE
The roses with which the UAE welcomed the first Israeli aircraft to land in the country of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, who was known for his historic hostility to normalisation, were repaid by Israel’s humiliating investigation and inspection of its Emirati visitors. Whoever understands Netanyahu’s mentality will know...
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Mohamed Ramadan: from ‘Number One’ to the bottom of the pile
Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed went to Dubai to receive the “Best 2020 Series Award” for his successful show “”Al Prince” (“The Prince”), only to return downhearted and stained with the shame of normalisation. Palestine is the paramount cause that honours its defenders and humiliates those who attempt to...
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They banned Friday prayer!
The Authorities in Arab countries, particularly Jordan, the UAE, the Sultanate of Oman and Algeria, have decided to ban the Friday prayer under the pretext of limiting the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which I can only consider as an exaggeration! Strikingly, the US and Europe did not ban...
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Jordan must stand up for Ahlam and Nizar Tamimi
Over the past few days, we have witnessed a momentous Jordanian popular movement in solidarity with the freed prisoner Ahlam Tamimi, for which the Jordanian authorities are under immense pressure from the US. Washington accuses Ahlam of being responsible, in one way or another, for the killing and wounding...
