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The flow of money, it seems, defies the laws of physics. Despite endless promises of a fairer distribution of wealth, money has actually been gushing upstream towards a greater...
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A new scandal is rocking Israel at the moment which may usher in the end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career.
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This week the National Intelligence Council (NIC), which is an arm of the US intelligence community that is in charge of long-term strategic analysis, published its assessment of the...
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Donald Trump's imminent arrival in the White House has become a source of anxiety and panic. For certain, there are many things to be worried about including his pledge...
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The cruelty and injustice of Israel's policy of administrative detention has once again been highlighted by its treatment of Palestinian circus and school performer, Mohammed Abu Sakha. Twenty-five-year-old Mohammed...
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Today marks the 29th anniversary of the First Intifada. The mass uprising, which began in the refugee camps in Gaza in 1987, went on to become one of the...
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The British Labour party voted down a motion seeking to hold former UK prime minister Tony Blair accountable for misleading parliament during the run up to the 2003 Iraq...
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Leading figures from the political, academic and literary communities joined in the celebration and unveiling of the winners of 2016 Palestine Book Awards
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Following the welcome speech by Victoria Brittain, Professor Eugene Rogan opened the discussion by asking the authors to speak about themselves and the inspiration for their books.
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I've written previously about the inherent contradiction between liberalism and Zionism. I have argued that liberal Zionism is an oxymoron: while the former champions human rights, social justice and...
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"A Curious Land" by Susan Muaddi Darraj is a collection of short stories about the inhabitants of Tel Al-Hilou, which is a small Palestinian village in the West Bank....
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Access to basic healthcare is a luxury for millions of refugees, so I was pleasantly surprised to hear about a group of dental surgeons offering much-needed relief to those...
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"War Against the People" seeks to answer a common question amongst activists in the Israel-Palestine conflict: "How does Israel get away with it?". The author, Jeff Halper, argues that...
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A draft decision by UNESCO, which criticises Israel's activities at holy places in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, has been denounced by Israeli officials. "It ignores thousands of...
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The Syrian war may have gone down the route of a typical civil war early in the conflict, when a prolonged standoff was unsustainable
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The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) bill passed by the US Congress earlier this week, has put further strain on US-Saudi relations. Relations between the two countries,...
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President Barack Obama has said that he wants to strike at the heart of Daesh by the end of the year. In a meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister,...
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Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali caused a stir earlier this week when he was interviewed by journalist Matt Frei on Channel 4 News about his controversial meeting with Syrian President Bashar...
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Four experts discussed the hidden relationship between dictators and extremist groups at an event held by MEMO in London.
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Thousands were touched by the Celtic fans' show of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Large sections of the stadium turned into a sea of green, red, black and white...
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Egypt's Islam El-Shehaby's refusal to shake hands with his Israeli opponent Or Sasson was clearly not in the spirit of the Olympic Games. The athlete, who has been sent...
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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım confirmed that an official request for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen has been sent to the US. Ankara accuses the cleric, who lives in...
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Yes, Tony Blair needs to answer for his actions but, more importantly, so too do the real masterminds behind the carnage; he shouldn’t be alone in the dock
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With the Chilcot Inquiry due to publish its long-awaited report on 6 July, an early indication of what the findings might be have been aired by BBC Panorama's "Iraq...
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Members of the US Congress made an unprecedented move by calling for the appointment of "a special envoy for Palestinian youth". In a letter to Barack Obama, US lawmakers petitioned the President to address the abuse of Palestinian children. Twenty...
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President Barack Obama was uncharacteristically agitated as he unleashed an attack on Donald Trump in his speech following the murderous atrocity in Orlando. He denounced the presumptive Republican presidential...
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Was anyone surprised by the latest revelation in the Times that British Special Forces are operating in Syria? I think not. Since David Cameron successfully made the case for...
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Last month, the leader of Britain's Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, set up an independent inquiry to investigate claims of anti-Semitism within its ranks. He appointed Shami Chakrabarti, the former...
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Since he stepped down as Britain's Prime Minister in 2007, Tony Blair has made a number of public interventions in support of military action in the Middle East. The...
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The boundaries of what is and isn't possible change constantly in politics. We like to think that in a democracy, citizens are empowered sufficiently to partake in the process...
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Britain's chief rabbi waded into the anti-Semitism row this week with an article in the Telegraph.: "Ken Livingstone and the hard left are spreading the insidious virus of anti-Semitism,"...
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The election of Malia Boutattia as President of the National Union of Students (NUS) has been controversial to say the least. Her critics have called her a Daesh sympathiser,...