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Items by Motasem A Dalloul
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If the detention of an Israeli soldier is a war crime, what about the thousands of Palestinian civilians?
Early this week, the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released a short video footage showing an Israeli soldier it is holding as a prisoner of war, Hisham Al-Sayed, lying on bed and strapped to a ventilator. The Brigades said that it released the video footage after it announced the sudden deterioration in...
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When will the UN Security Council stop being unfair?
Most Palestinian, regional and international bodies have marked the 15th anniversary of the stifling Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip – assuming that the blockade started in the middle of June 2007 -, when the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, started ruling the coastal enclave. However, the Israeli blockade...
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When will Egypt’s brain drain end?
A report issued by the Egyptian Medical Syndicate has revealed that 11,586 Egyptian doctors resigned from their positions in government hospitals during the past three years in what it described as an “unprecedented brain drain.” The London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper also reported recently a comment by Egyptian MP Hazem El-Gendy...
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Why do national dialogues in Arab countries rule out the participation of major parties?
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied announced at the beginning of May the launch of a “national dialogue” to help resolve the political deadlock in the North African country which followed his controversial power grab, when he sacked the government and dissolved the elected parliament. Saied, a former law professor, carried...
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Why does the US distrust everyone for the sake of serving Israel?
In its first report released on 7 June, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that the Israeli occupation is the reason behind the suffering of Palestinians and the perpetuation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The continued occupation by Israel of Palestinian territory...
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Biden is putting his personal interests ahead of human rights
A number of officials revealed to NBC News that US President Joe Biden had postponed his planned trip to a number of countries in the Middle East. Biden had previously planned to arrive in the region this month but on Friday officials said the trip had been pushed back...
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Who is the actual representative of the Palestinians?
During the past week, regional and international mediators have been carrying out shuttle diplomacy with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in order to keep the situation in the occupied holy city of Jerusalem quiet during the Israeli Flag March –an annual event organised by extremist Jews to celebrate...
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Who were the winners and losers of Israel’s Flag March?
The Israeli occupation government, opposition groups and extreme far-right Jewish settlers were all betting on the provocative Flag March to cause a major upheaval when it passed through the Muslim Quarter in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City at the weekend. Settlers have been using such a march since 1967 to...
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The return of an Arab MK to Israel’s government coalition will not prevent its collapse
Arab Israeli parliamentarian Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi, of Meretz, announced her resignation from the coalition government in Israel without prior notice. Her departure put the life of the teetering coalition at stake. When asked why she had resigned, Rinawie-Zoabi said that promises made to the Arab population in Israel failed to...
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PA, Israel maintain security cooperation even in prisons
Undercover Israeli forces raided a popular park in the village of Dura Al-Qara, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on Tuesday and arrested seven Palestinian students who are enrolled at Birzeit University. All the students are members of the Islamic Bloc – the student wing of the...
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Israel is unable to use lies to hide its latest crime against Palestinians
Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American citizen, has hit the headlines of most international media outlets. Shireen was killed while covering the Israeli invasion of the occupied Palestinian city of Jenin, uncovering the brutality of the Israeli occupation and causing a major international crisis for Israel. From the start, the...
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Will the world seek justice for Shireen Abu Akleh and stop Israel killing more Palestinians?
The world woke this morning to the news that yet another Palestinian journalist had been killed by Israeli gunfire. Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering Israel’s assault on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that...
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Did Turkey bow down to Saudi Arabia?
Turkish President Recep Erdogan visited Jeddah in July 2017 and met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to mediate for an end to the blockade imposed on Qatar by the Saudis, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. “No one has any interest in...
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Israel’s leaders are causing destructive disunity among Israelis
Before forming the current dilapidating government coalition last year, the Israeli occupation state went through four elections in two years. Even after the fourth elections, neither of the Israeli parties has succeeded in winning enough seats in parliament to form a stable one-party government or a strong coalition government. There...
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Hamas sent a number of messages with the killing of an illegal Israeli settler
Two Palestinians killed a guard at the Israeli settlement of Ariel last Friday. Ariel is built on Palestinian land occupied by Israel since 1967 and, like all Israeli settlements, is illegal under international law. According to Israeli media, the dead man was Vyacheslav Golev, 23, a Russian immigrant who chose...
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Palestinian resistance deterred Israel, defeated its fake narrative
Amid high tensions in the Palestinian holy city of Jerusalem, right-wing Israeli activists submitted a request to the Israeli occupation police seeking to hold their annual flag march, which celebrates the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967. Thousands of Israelis take part in the annual flag march as they...
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Is the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel now a Zionist organisation?
It was a surprise when Mansour Abbas, the head of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, announced last year that his United Arab List (Ra’am) political party was joining the Israeli coalition government led by far-right extremist Naftali Bennett. The Israeli media declared the date of...
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Sisi uses drama in his fight against the Muslim Brotherhood
As part of his desperate and relentless fight against the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is using a blockbuster Ramadan drama to demonise the Islamic group and show himself the hero who saved Egypt and the Egyptians from the outlawed political party. Since carrying out his military coup...
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Why does the world believe that killing Palestinians is necessary for Israel’s security?
In order to achieve its security objectives, Israel has decided that it has to kill more Palestinians. Israeli officials call these killings “pre-emptive strikes” to prevent “terrorism”. Following Israel’s killing of three Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on 2 April, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called...
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Will the battles between Israel and human rights groups end?
During its 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva that began on 28 February and ended on 1 April, several resolutions were adopted, including three against Israel – two of them in favour of the Palestinians and one in favour of the Syrians. However, Israeli newspaper...
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Kais Saied is taking Tunisia back to one-man rule
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of his country’s parliament last week, eight months after freezing the institution, when he “stabbed the Jasmine Revolution in its back” and grabbed the power of most state institutions. “Today, at this historic moment,” said Saied last Wednesday, “I announce the dissolution of...
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Who is responsible for the ongoing attacks in Israel?
Over the past 10 days, a number of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Israel have carried out a series of deadly attacks in Israel, killing 11 Israelis and wounding several others. A Bedouin Palestinian from Israel started the attacks, when he rammed his car into one person...
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The wheat crisis in the Arab world is exemplified by Egypt
The economic repercussions of Russia’s war against Ukraine are becoming more obvious as the bombing continues. The two countries are the world’s largest suppliers of a number of essential commodities, including wheat and sunflower oil. The Arab countries are among the most negatively affected by this war. Concerns about food...
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Is the UAE qualified to be a superpower?
UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met yesterday with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow and discussed cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance their strategic bilateral partnership in various fields. The officials exchanged views on key developments and challenges concerning security...