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When Muslims first prayed, they faced Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem rather than Makkah. When Prophet Mohammed (Peace be Upon Him) ascended to heaven, he did so from Al-Aqsa, not...
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It is ten years since Israel launched a major military offensive against the people of the Gaza Strip, which it called Operation Cast Lead. Israel started its bombardment on...
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The 6 December was the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump's announcement that he recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital and that he would move the American Embassy from...
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November was an extraordinary month for normalisation between Arab states and Israel. You would think that Israel had settled its disputes with its neighbours — perhaps accepting and implementing...
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Yaser Murtaja was a Palestinian photojournalist who had gone to the Gaza fence with Israel to cover the second Friday of the Great Return March. He was killed by...
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The Palestinian Bedouin residents of Khan Al-Ahmar wake up every morning relieved that the Israeli occupation's bulldozers did not arrive overnight to destroy their homes and their children's school....
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Trump and Netanyahu are now brothers in arms in racism against the Palestinians
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Ever since Israel passed the Nation State Law, Palestinians and neutral observers have been wondering about its possible impact on the substantial Palestinian minority in Israel as well as...
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Britain's two major political parties have been gripped by accusations that they have a problem with racism. In the case of the Labour Party, this allegedly takes the form...
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Remember the date, 19 July 2018 is when Israel's pretense of democracy, the Knesset passed the Nation State Bill, which could more aptly be called, the "Jewish State Apartheid...
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The Palestinian people are in need of some good news to boost their morale at an extremely difficult time in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality. There has...
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As Britain's Prince William arrives in Israel for a royal visit that will also see him visit the Occupied Palestinian Territories, does he really understand the country upon which...
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The Israeli propaganda machine has been in full swing since 30 March when the Great Return March saw tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza march to the fence with...
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Last Friday, 1 June, a Palestinian volunteer medic, Razan Al-Najjar, was fasting and tending to the wounded at Gaza's artificial fence with Israel. Thousands of miles away, the US...
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After a 22-year lull, the highest Palestinian legislative authority of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the Palestinian National Council (PNC), finally met in Ramallah for its 23rd session. Palestinian...
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This will be remembered as the year when the United States of America broke with the international consensus by moving its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, thus recognising...
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There is nothing like a trip to Beirut and a visit to Palestinian refugee camps to remind visitors of the nub of the Palestinian catastrophe, the Nakba which refugees...
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The current crisis between Britain and Russia offers yet another example of the shameless hypocrisy of the West when dealing with Israel and almost any other country. Why bring...
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Since US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and the subsequent decision to cut American funding to UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian leadership...
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Israel's extremist, settler-led government is on a roll. US President Donald Trump's Christmas gift of recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and his consequent surrogate bullying in the UN General...
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As the dust settles on a significant week at the UN, in which America's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was rejected roundly by the international community, the Palestinians...
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Israel's mistreatment of Palestinian children is not a new development but rather one example of its many breaches of international law and international humanitarian law. While it has in...
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At a recent MEMO conference entitled "Crisis in Saudi Arabia: War Succession and Future", I asked Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed of the London School of Economics if she thought that...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not known for missing an opportunity to push peace further into the distant future. The dust had not even settled on the Balfour...
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When it came to BREXIT, the now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote one article for, and another against, leaving the EU, to help him make up his mind. When...
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When it comes to the various stakeholders in the Israeli Palestinian conflict Israel has guaranteed American support in almost whatever it does. Other stakeholders, including the EU, have consistently...
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Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes is now almost a daily occurrence. The reasons vary but the phenomenon is ultimately a form of collective punishment; the humiliation of the occupied...
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When the PLO asked the United Nations General Assembly for an upgrade in Palestine's status to "non-member observer state" on 29th November 2012, the motion was passed by a vote of...
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Let me start by acknowledging that democracy is in short supply in the Middle East. However, only one state claims to be a democratic state. In fact, Israel claims...
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Throughout his first trip abroad as US president, during which he visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Donald Trump expressed his desire to bring peace to the region....
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The American people missed a major incident in the US Congress last week which should have worried them immensely. Their elected representatives celebrated an illegal act on their behalf....
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Recent commemorations of the 69th anniversary of the Nakba followed the long-awaited meeting at the White House between US President Donald Trump and his Palestinian Authority counterpart Mahmoud Abbas....