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Items by Rasheed Hassan
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Gaza is on the verge of an explosion
Without explanation or premise, I must stress that the situation in the Gaza Strip is no longer bearable; that our two million people there have lost the ability to tolerate their plight and have patience; and that the resistance factions are no longer able to maintain the truce on the…
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What is the fate of the Lebanese revolution?
On 17 October, many people wondered what has happened to the Lebanese revolution on its first anniversary. Did it fail? Why didn’t it achieve its noble goals? These are legitimate questions. However, before attempting to find answers, it is necessary to emphasise the fact that this popular revolution did not…
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We must say it loud and clear that we will not recognise Israel
The voices of all free people in the Middle East have announced loudly that the most important way to bring an end to the US-Zionist plot of the century is to not recognise the “state of Israel”, but to exercise the legitimate right to resist the occupation using all available…
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Palestinian elections must usher in a new era of unity and progress
The Palestinian people and their friends are waiting for a leadership decision setting a date for parliamentary and presidential elections as a way out of the current political impasse. There are high hopes that they will also provide a solution to the many problems, issues and complexities that now dominate…
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Ethnic cleansing and normalisation should both end immediately
The Israeli occupation authorities demolished 18 Palestinian-owned residential buildings this week in Sur Bahir, just 2 or 3 km from Al-Aqsa, rendering the inhabitants homeless. It was yet another crime intended to boost Israel’s ethnic cleansing of historic Palestine and it coincided with the visit of a delegation of Arab…