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Items by Motasem A Dalloul
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Has Israel won the battle of the Flag March?
Since 1968, Israelis have been parading through the occupied holy city of Jerusalem, celebrating the occupation of the eastern part of the historical Palestinian city in 1967, after the western part was occupied in 1948. Initially, a wide range of Israelis took part in the parade; however, through time, the...
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Does the EU really support the Palestinians and their rights?
Last week, the Israeli occupation forces demolished an EU-funded school in Jubbet Adh-Dhib neighbourhood of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. It was the second time that the school had been demolished by Israel; the first was in 2017 after all legal avenues to stop the demolition had been...
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Under united, well-organised Resistance, Israel gives up its long-term goals in Gaza
For the third day in a row, the Israeli Occupation Forces have been bombing the besieged Gaza Strip. They killed, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 25 Palestinians and wounded 76 others, mostly children. More than 150 apartments were either completely or partially damaged and two multi-storey homes...
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Is Erdogan’s Turkiye a dictatorship the solution to which is Western-style democracy?
As the people of Turkiye head for arguably the most important presidential and parliamentary elections in their recent history on 14 May, polarised debate is heating up locally and internationally. Most people in the country think that the elections will change the face of Turkiye. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and...
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Why did Israel lose deterrence against Palestine Resistance in Gaza?
Palestinian Resistance in the Gaza Strip decided to retaliate to the Israeli “assassination” of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike inside Israeli occupation jails. They said, in a joint statement, that they would “turn the occupation’s daylight to darkness”. Then, in the morning, they fired three...
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In light of ongoing conflict in Sudan, what is the fate of normalisation with Israel?
Since the start of the ongoing fierce conflict between General Abdul Fattah Al Burhan, the Sudanese Army chief, and General Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, chief of the strong militia known as Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Israel has been opening eyes widely towards the situation in the African...
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Who is fighting who in Sudan, and why?
When fighting erupted between the Sudanese army headed by General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan — the de facto ruler of Sudan — and the Rapid Support Forces headed by Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known simply as Hemedti), a deputy leader of the Transitional Sovereign Council, it was clear...
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Why is the US bolstering its military presence in the Middle East?
An American nuclear guided-missile submarine – USS Florida – left the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal and entered the Red Sea on Friday, joining the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet. A picture was released showing the submarine in the Suez Canal equipped with a dry shelter for the use of special operations...
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Israel demonises worshippers to justify its raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque
While hundreds of Israeli police officers were surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, the far-right occupation government maintained active communications with Jordan, demanding the removal of Muslim Palestinian worshippers from Al-Qibli Mosque within the sanctuary. In justification of its demand, the Israeli government described the worshippers as a “dangerous mob” and...
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What does it look like to live in Gaza now?
Like all people around the globe, Gaza residents wish to live safely and securely within their homes. However, from time to time, they come under heavy Israeli bombardment, killing and wounding thousands, demolishing their homes, playgrounds, schools, mosques, and even water pipes and electricity grids. On Thursday evening, the Israeli...
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Turkish elections have a regional and international flavour
Turkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is campaigning across the country to encourage voters to re-elect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Campaign meetings have no songs or music out of respect for the bereaved families who lost loved ones in the devastating earthquakes in February that killed more...
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Israeli solutions to their crises are usually at the expense of Palestinians
Last Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended his planned judicial overhaul which would have had the effect of weakening Israel’s judiciary. He said that the necessary legislation would go ahead sooner or later, but he would give a chance for talks to calm the ongoing polarisation within Israeli...
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The West is exploiting Turkiye’s crises to back Erdogan’s opponents
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off his official election campaign on 10 March. The presidential and parliamentary elections have been brought forward to 14 May, having originally been scheduled for 18 June. Erdogan said that the change will boost voter turnout by avoiding any clash with university exams,...
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Is the EU a ‘key partner’ in starving, displacing and killing Palestinians?
Early this week, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen phoned EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell asking him not to interfere in Israel’s domestic affairs. This came following a one-hour debate held by the EU Parliament on the planned controversial judicial overhaul in Israel and its effect on the Israeli-Palestinian...
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Nikki Haley is definitely Israel’s candidate of choice for the US presidency
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced on 14 February that she plans to campaign to be the Republican candidate for the 2024 US presidential election. Her campaign was launched formally in her home state. Given her history of support for Israel, her bid for the White House will...
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PA sticks to Aqaba terms while Israel continues its crimes
Undercover Israeli occupation forces sneaked into the village of Jaba in the occupied Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin yesterday morning. Dozens of Israeli Special Forces followed them in armoured military vehicles. Under drone cover, they opened fire at a private Palestinian car with three young Palestinians inside. All of...
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Aksener’s weekend split from the Turkish opposition alliance leaves it damaged
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expecting to face fierce competition in the presidential election scheduled to take place on 14 May, because the strong opposition front formed by six parties in February last year announced in August that it would be running a joint presidential candidate. The front...
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Who will pay the price for the killing of the Palestinian aid worker in Huwara?
On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people saying: “A short time ago, we apprehended the three terrorists who were responsible for the murder of Elan Ganeles.” He bragged about the quick detention of the three Palestinian men for allegedly participating in the killing of the...
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There’s nothing new about Israel executing Palestinians
Israel’s ministerial committee for legislation has voted to advance a bill proposed by the Otzma Yehudit party led by extreme far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. If passed into legislation, Israel will have a legal fig-leaf to execute Palestinian prisoners. The introduction of capital punishment for Palestinian prisoners was a...
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Is the EU thanking Israel for stealing Palestinian gas to sell to its members?
Early this week the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson delivered the opening speech at the Egypt Petroleum Show 2023 Strategic Conference, the largest oil, gas and energy conference and exhibition across Egypt, North Africa and the Mediterranean. Simson highlighted the EU’s need to diversify its energy sources, pointing out that this became...
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Palestinians do not celebrate the killing of children, but Israelis do
In the occupied city of Jerusalem, Hussein Qaraqe responded to a spate of violent attacks against Palestinians by ramming his car into a number of Israeli settlers at a bus stop. Two were killed, according to Israeli officials, and six were wounded, one of whom died later of his...
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Israel is trying to win a PR battle through its fake rescue mission in Turkiye
Following the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake ripped through Turkiye and Syria on Monday, dozens of countries rushed to offer humanitarian assistance to help rescue survivors, treat the wounded and shelter the displaced. Israel was among them, with its army’s rescue teams dispatched to earthquake-stricken southeastern Turkiye. The Israeli occupation army said...
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The US and Israel are exploiting Sudan through the normalisation gateway
A senior Israeli delegation headed by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen went to Khartoum last week and met Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. The agenda included “ways to establish fruitful relations” between Israel and Sudan. The normalisation of ties between the African country and the occupation state were also...
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Racist Israeli nationals reflect their new government
On Tuesday a Jewish mother gave birth at the Israeli HaEmek Medical Centre in the city of Afula in the northern district of Israel. The Jewish woman found herself lying in a room alongside an Arab mother who had given birth at the same hospital. The Jewish woman got angry and asked...
