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Items by Dr Aayesha J Soni
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Israel has no one to blame but itself
The reporting by mainstream media of the events unfolding in Israel and Palestine over the weekend was always going to be one-sided. The usual pro-Israel rhetoric and inflammatory terminology, and almost total lack of context, produces a grossly distorted picture of what actually happened on the ground. Social media...
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Apartheid South Africa versus Apartheid Israel
This year, the 14th Israeli Apartheid Week will be commemorated in over 200 cities around the world. Commonly referred to as IAW, as a South African I do not think that a more apt name could have been chosen to highlight the atrocities carried out by the Zionist regime...
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When the Grand Mufti becomes a dictator’s puppet…
The volatile political climate in Egypt has been quick to sift out those people who are easily influenced by power. Grand Mufti Shawki Allam, apparently, is one of them. Ola Alaa, an 18-year-old Egyptian medical student, along with 20 other young women and girls, was initially jailed and sentenced to...
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Women will sail to break the siege on Gaza
The Gaza Strip is a piece of land 41 km long and between 6 and 12 km wide; its total area is just 365 square kilometres. Situated on the coast at the Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, it has a population of 1.8 million Palestinians, making it one...
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UN has lost sight of its purpose
If we look back at the origins of the United Nations, we will see that the beginnings of international law rose from the ashes of the Second World War and the Nuremberg trials in 1945. An organisation that defines itself as having a select few main purposes including maintaining...
