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Items by Osama Abu Irshaid
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The war on Gaza is Israel's greatest failure since its establishment
The internal Israeli disagreements within the Israeli war cabinet and the Israeli-American differences that are emerging as part of the prevailing tension between Biden and Netanyahu are a reflection of the crises that resulted from the failure of the war on Gaza. This war is entering its sixth month...
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The shameful imbalance in US-Israel relations
On 8 June, 1967, during the Israeli aggression against Egypt, Syria and Jordan, the US military spy ship USS Liberty was attacked in international waters off the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula by several jet fighters and three gunboats. This resulted in the deaths of 34 and the injuries of 171...
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Is America really a ‘force for good’ in the Middle East?
In his speech at the American University in Cairo two weeks ago, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that he wanted to tell us the “truth” and said that, “America is a force for good in the Middle East, period.” He then added: “When America retreats, chaos follows....
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The UAE’s destructive policies… Why?
In a matter of a few days, the UAE created two diplomatic crises with Turkey and Tunisia. This has been added to its shameful record in the region and its destruction of its structure. It started on Tuesday 19 December, with the Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed’s retweet...
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Israel should be fearful of Trump
Those who followed the press conference that took place last Wednesday in Washington between US President Donald Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, took note, as one should, that the current US administration will show a greater bias towards Israel than its predecessors. There is no debating...
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More dangerous than Sykes-Picot
We have been pledging our allegiance to sub-divisions and tribes and this prevents us from reviving any semblance of a pan-Arab entity....