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Israel offensive on Jenin is a propaganda show for Israel and the PA
In a pre-dawn series of airstrikes carried out shortly after 1 am on Monday, the Israeli occupation forces began a wide-scale offensive on the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, which, top Israeli occupation officials claim, have been giving a headache to Israel for years. With...
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The condemnation of settler attacks on Palestinians is steeped in hypocrisy
Dangerous mobs of extremist Jewish settlers have been rampaging through towns and villages in the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians and their homes, shops, farms and vehicles, including ambulances. Cars with Palestinian number plates have had stones thrown at them by settlers on road between Nablus and Ramallah. According to...
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Will Israel’s offensive against Jenin end Palestinian resistance?
Israeli occupation forces and border police carried out a broad offensive on Monday morning against the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp. The Israeli troops killed at least five Palestinians and wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 91 others, 23 of whom are...
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Has the Israeli government’s opportunity to reform the judiciary passed?
In what Reuters referred to as a “blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition,” the Israeli Knesset voted for Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar, the opposition candidate for the Judicial Selection Committee, rather than the government’s choice, Likud MK Tally Gotliv. This surprised the far-right coalition parties. They are losing...
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The facts of history tell us why an Egyptian policeman killed 3 Israeli soldiers
A senior delegation from the Israeli military travelled to Cairo on Sunday to take part in a joint investigation with Egyptian army officials to find out why Egyptian border policeman Mohamed Salah Ibrahim, 22, decided to shoot and kill three Israeli soldiers before being killed himself. The Israeli delegation included...
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The US' double standards towards Iran and Israel
On Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)’s summit that the Iranian regime is the biggest danger facing Israel because it has repeatedly threatened to attack Israel and destroy it. “We are clear-eyed about the many dangers that Israel faces in all...
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Despite peace and normalisation deals, Israel remains an alien state
Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979, the first signed between an Arab country and the occupation state. Since then, the borders have been mostly calm and peaceful. As per the terms of the deal, Israel is allowed to bring any military equipment it desires to the...
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For Erdogan, morals and principles matter as much as the economy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won another term in office after receiving 52.14 per cent of the votes in the presidential election on Sunday, defeating his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runoff election. Winning this election, Erdogan, a conservative Islamist leader, has started a third decade of ruling Turkiye, which has...
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Libya talks in Morocco deemed to fail
Early this week, the 6+6 committee, formed jointly by Libya’s House of Representative based in the eastern city of Benghazi and the High Council of the State based in Tripoli, started a series of meetings in the Moroccan city of Bouznika to draft electoral laws paving the way for...
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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...
