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Items by Ali Abu Hableh
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The French prime minister has departed from international legitimacy for Palestine
As far as the conflict in occupied Palestine is concerned, France stresses that the solution lies with two states living in peace and security on the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as the common capital. The French call for the creation of a positive foundation for the launch of negotiations...
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Israel wants to isolate Jerusalem from the West Bank
The Israeli coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid has set its sights on accelerating the implementation of the “Greater Jerusalem” project, which covers ten per cent of the area of the occupied West Bank and cuts it in two. The intention is to block the establishment...
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Thirty years since the Madrid Conference: Is peace still possible?
The 30th anniversary of the Madrid Peace Conference has passed. The Madrid Conference marks the beginning of the state of decline in international interest in the Palestinian cause, as there has been a noticeable and gradual decline since its convening in 1991. It also gave legitimacy to the Israeli...
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Bennett’s statements are hostile and anti-peace
The Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation government, Naftali Bennett, ruled out signing a peace agreement with the Palestinians, or the establishment of a State for them, during his government. He vowed to continue the “natural growth” of the settlements and considered Jerusalem the capital of Israel. These statements...
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Macron retracts his insulting statements to Algeria and seeks a truce
Macron apologised to the Rwandan state and people for the crimes of his country and its silence over the massacres, so why does he not apologise to Algeria and all of the Arab and Islamic countries against crimes that were committed, which are war crimes much more severe than...
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Sunday’s Baghdad summit covered strategic, political and economic ground
Iraq, Jordan and Egypt announced their agreement on security and political files — notably the fight against terrorism, the Palestinian cause and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — at a tripartite summit in Baghdad last Sunday. The gathering brought together Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi...
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Netanyahu would opt for another election rather than a Bennett-Lapid government
Benjamin Netanyahu is making last-ditch efforts to try to block opposition leader Yair Lapid from forming a new government in Israel. The prime minister’s plea to the leader of the New Hope Party, Gideon Sa’ar, to form a tripartite government, in which both will rotate the premiership with the...
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Will this month’s Israeli election end the Netanyahu era?
Due to right-wing domination, Israelis find themselves approaching the General Election this month with little real electoral choice. The various right-wing parties reflect the fragmentation on the right and the minor differences between them in terms of government priorities. Only Haredi Jews appear to have clear options. Although Likud is...
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Netanyahu is done fooling the Jewish electorate, so is looking for Arab votes
Arab MKs (members of the Knesset — parliament) in Israel from the various parties that make up the Joint List bloc agree that the recent visits by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Arab cities of At-Tira, Umm Al-Fahm and Nazareth are intended to deal a blow to...
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Lebanon's oil in exchange for negotiating with the occupation
The Trump administration is pressuring Lebanon to open a line for direct negotiations with Israel before the elections. It seems that wishful thinking is one thing, but the reality Lebanon is experiencing, with its political components and complications is another. Washington and Israel are still hoping to make a...
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Netanyahu and Gantz are moving towards a deal to avoid another election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently accepted an offer from the Blue and White Party headed by his rival Benny Gantz that would prevent the dissolution of the Knesset. “Out of national responsibility,” explained Netanyahu, “I decided to accept the compromise proposal of Hauser MK.” Hauser’s proposal pushes...
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What’s next after the US’ failure at the Security Council?
The US failed to obtain support from the UN Security Council in its efforts to renew the arms embargo imposed on Iran, but this failure did not stop it from announcing its insistence on reimposing the international sanctions on Iran that were lifted in 2015. This will start a...
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The rights of prisoners, detainees and martyrs are not overturned by an Israel military order
The Israeli occupation authorities were not satisfied only with enacting a law known as the Anti-Terror Law, which aimed to crackdown and punish those involved in resisting the occupation, but followed it with the law stipulating withholding the PA’s revenues, equivalent to the amount paid as allowances to prisoners and...
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Egypt’s options in the Renaissance Dam crisis
Five months of marathon and farcical negotiations under US auspices have failed to produce a solution to the crisis surrounding Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on the River Nile. The Declaration of Principles drafted in the discussions was not signed by the government in Addis Ababa, and the months of...
