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Items by Suhail Kewan
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The illusion of Jordan’s custodianship
Since its establishment, Israel has tried to show the world that it respects freedom of worship and allows it for all. The truth is that it has, in fact, succeeded to a large extent, in portraying this impression to its friends around the world. Despite what it demolished in...
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Egyptians have Palestinian blood in their veins
Over the last two days, a video of students and graduates of an Egyptian college of pharmacy, during a trip in Dahab, has spread on social media. The students are dancing and chanting “My blood is Palestinian” after they were provoked by the presence of Israelis on board the...
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Cameras confronting oppression
Phones have turned into weapons in the hands of many people. Most importantly, they have allowed people to capture a moment in real-time. Phones have therefore turned every citizen into a spontaneous journalist able to communicate and document an event, which no one would have otherwise known about if...
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Israeli Arabs originating from thin air
“Israeli of Arab origin” is a phrase I have read several times in the context of a news story about an Arab Palestinian who holds Israeli citizenship. It is a description often used to introduce artists who were participating in Arab singing competitions or acting in films, or about...
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Generation after generation, they will keep our dream alive
The October 2000 Intifada, or “uprising”, was a defining moment in the history of our Palestinian people, especially for the Palestinian Arabs inside Israel. It was a violent shock, which transformed the ideas and illusions of many. Within this uprising, the reality of the Israeli state’s hatred towards the...
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The significance of the veiled Knesset member
We have to address the fact that four Arab women have been elected to the new Israeli parliament, the Knesset, amongst them the first Arab woman MK to be wearing hijab, Iman Al-Khatib. We often see veiled women in positions of responsibility and they usually have strong personalities, which...
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Has Israel’s Shin Bet security agency decided to bring Netanyahu down?
Around 10,000 people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night in support of Benjamin Netanyahu. This was seen as a rather weak effort after more than seven days of rallying support for the Israeli Prime Minister. It was noted that officials and Knesset members from his party did not...
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An Egyptian submarine?
Let’s stop for a moment and think. What does it mean for “Bibi” Netanyahu to agree to sell a German submarine to Egypt? What does it mean for Germany to get approval from Bibi and his security agency to sell a submarine to Egypt? What if he objected to...
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Netanyahu is playing during stoppage time
It has been predicted that General Gantz, in partnership with Lapid and the rest of the generals, will receive the largest number of seats in the next Knesset. Based on this, the head of state will first approach General Gantz and ask him to form a government under his...
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The Arabs must prepare to pay compensation to Israel
The Israeli government has put together a case for the Arab states and Iran to pay it $250 billion as compensation for the property of Jews who left their countries of birth and migrated to the Zionist state. In principle, every person who owns land, a house or property...
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Jordan’s back is against the wall
Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Einat Schlein was right when Haaretz quoted her last week saying that the political and economic situation in Jordan was difficult and worrying. Despite the fact that Jordan responded by saying that it did not need such a diagnosis and that its situation is stable,...
