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Items by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh
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Why did the Muslim leaders bother to convene?
After 36 days of criminal Israeli aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza, and what is clearly a “text-book case of genocide”, with more than 11,000 Palestinians killed, residential and government buildings and hospitals destroyed, and farms and fields burned, the leaders of 58 Arab and Islamic countries convened to...
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Gaza may well change the world, not just the region
We are now into the second month of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood carried out by the Islamic Resistance Movement, which shook the occupation state and its allies to the core. Israel is taking its rage out at this humiliation on innocent civilians,...
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A peace conference or a racism conference?
Representatives of 31 countries and 3 international organisations gathered in Cairo to hold a summit called the “Cairo Peace Summit”, in the presence of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and the President of the European Council, not to stop the brutal Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza, which...
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Gaza is defending the dignity of an entire nation
Despite the destruction, pain and great sacrifices made by the Palestinians in Gaza, the military and political victory over the occupation state on 7 October signalled the beginning of the end for the Zionist colonial project. It not only shattered the myth of the invincible Israeli army — the...
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Al-Aqsa Flood drowns Israeli myths of invincibility
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood carried out by the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, over the weekend has exposed the fragility of the occupation state of Israel. The Zionist state’s famed security and intelligence apparatus failed its citizens, spectacularly so, leading to the most serious defeat in...
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The October victory that the Arabs lost (part 2)
There are still many secrets regarding military matters, armament, combat tactics and operational performance during the war that have not been revealed yet. Egypt released some documents related to this in 1998, on its 25th anniversary, but they were of little importance and did not reveal a dangerous secret....
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The October victory that the Arabs lost
As soon as the month of October arrives every year, knives rain down on it from every direction to undermine the 1973 war; to turn the victory into defeat. Sometimes this is done by the Nasserites, out of hatred for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, at whose hands victory was...
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Saudi-Israel normalisation seeks the complete surrender of the Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was very clear about Saudi Arabia’s inclination towards normalising with the Zionist enemy in his speech at the UN General Assembly: Israel, he claimed, is “at the cusp” of normalisation with the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said that his country...
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The Oslo Accords are the war Israel won without fighting
The 30th anniversary of the cursed Oslo Accords is upon us; 13 September 1993 was the day that the Palestine Liberation Organisation signed an agreement with the Israeli enemy, after the First Intifada, the anniversary of the end of which falls on the same day. The uprising shook the...
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Was Gamal Abdel Nasser aware that his son-in-law was an Israeli spy? Part 2
To answer the question posed in yesterday’s article — Was Gamal Abdel Nasser aware that his son-in-law was an Israeli spy? — we have to look at Ashraf Marwan’s character. He was very ambiguous and was surrounded by much controversy. It is frustrating to pose questions and find several...
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Was Gamal Abdel Nasser aware that his son-in-law was an Israeli spy?
Israel’s Mossad spy agency published a book recently that includes historical documents and a photograph that it claims is of Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Marwan is pictured with a Mossad officer, “Dobby”, suggesting that he was the most important spy for...
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Libya and the scandalous steps towards normalisation
It is unfortunate, even shameful, that the Arab rulers live in the illusion of the Zionists, that they are the protectors of their thrones and their lifeline to reach the heart of America in order to please it, so they strive to gain the honour of the Zionists’ approval...
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The killing of ‘Putin's cook’ will expose more about the power struggle in Moscow
The commander of the Russian Wagner mercenary militia, Yevgeny Prigozhin, rebelled against his master Vladimir Putin in June, and was able to control large parts of Russia on the border with Ukraine during his march towards Moscow. This was his protest against the way that the ministry of defence...
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Will Qatar’s mediation resolve the crisis between Algeria and Morocco?
Qatar is becoming the go-to mediator these days. The US entrusted it with negotiations with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement, and relied on Qatar to secure the departure of American troops from the country. It has also mediated between the US and Iran in complete secrecy until a settlement was reached;...
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Rabaa has reached its 10th year
The Rabaa and Al-Nahda square massacres are still stuck in my mind, and my heart refuses to let them go. It is as if time stopped there. This event lives in my mind, with vivid pictures of the day. On occasions I speak to the memories and my body...
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Parts of Africa are switching from obedience to France, to obedience to Russia
In my previous article, I mentioned the military coups in the Arab region, which are a plague. They were not done for the sake of God and the homeland, but rather for the sake of America and its interests and influence in the region. America came up with the idea...
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Coups in the Middle East generally have America’s blessing
With the end of World War Two and the victory of the allies led by the US, it was only natural for it to assume the leadership of the “free world”, inherit the mantle of the British Empire and dominate Britain’s former colonies in the Middle East. It managed...
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Egypt’s 1952 coup changed the shape of the Arab world
Egypt has just celebrated the 71st anniversary of the coup of 23 July, 1952; or revolution, call it what you will. It is generally agreed that this changed the shape of the Arab world as well as the shape of the regime in Egypt, for the better or for...
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Will the Cairo Summit resolve the Sudan crisis?
There is no doubt that the war in Sudan affects neighbouring countries and the rest of the region, perhaps by spreading even more chaos. As such, the summit of Sudan’s neighbouring countries held in Cairo last week was important. It followed the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit in...
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Relations have resumed between Egypt and Turkiye
According to Winston Churchill speaking after World War Two, history teaches us that there are no lasting friends and no lasting enemies, only lasting interests. In other words, in politics you have to be pragmatic. That is what “realpolitik” is all about. Egypt and Turkiye haven’t gained much from the...
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Freedom of speech is used in the West to cover attacks against Muslims
The burning of a copy of the Holy Qur’an in front of the Grand Mosque in Stockholm was not the first such incident in Sweden and it is unlikely to be the last. In January, for example, a Dutch man burned a copy of the Holy Book in front...
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Jenin tells the story of Palestine
Jenin refugee camp is just one kilometre square, but is home to 12,000 Palestinians. It lies seventy kilometres north of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, and very close to the part of Palestine occupied since 1948 which now forms the occupation state. The people of Jenin have sacrificed...
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Lebanon is without a president or government
The Lebanese parliament has failed, for the twelfth time, to elect a president for the republic, a position that has remained vacant since Michel Aoun’s term ended last October and he left Baabda Palace. The Hezbollah state-within-a-state that rules Lebanon wants to impose a figurehead president who will allow...
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Wounded Syria remains in the embrace of a butcher
The butcher Bashar Al-Assad has duly taken his seat at the Arab League, which has been vacant for the past twelve years. He delivered a sterile and empty speech at last month’s summit in Saudi Arabia, proclaiming his triumph over the free Syrian people. News of his ongoing crimes against...
