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Items by Ahmad Hwedi
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We are seeing a major escalation in Jerusalem which could lead to a new Intifada
The Palestinian issue is going through a very sensitive phase, represented by what is happening within the occupied city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli-installed barriers have been challenged by local Muslims seeking access to the Noble Sanctuary during the month of Ramadan. Moreover, Israel is trying to expel…
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Journalists beware! Interview with Palestinian journalist Muath Hamed
Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, is known for crossing any and all red lines to achieve its goals, which are political, military and security gains for the occupation state. It is at the forefront of Israeli crimes overseas and normalisation with Arab states. As such, it has an important role to…
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Interview with President of the Palestinian Union in Latin America Samaan Safadi Khoury: ‘Palestinians outside Palestine cannot be marginalised’
Arab and Islamic communities are scattered across various continents around the world. Statistics have shown that Arab communities hold weight in Europe and America, especially the Palestinian communities, which have succeeded in forming a strong lobby supportive of Arab causes. One of the most significant regions in which Arab communities…
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Arrested 63 times, activist says Israel is making Palestinians choose to let go of resistance or die
It is no secret that the issue of occupied Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque is at the heart of the Palestinian cause. There is a daily struggle between Palestinian Jerusalemites and the Israeli occupation authorities. I spoke with Palestinian activist Hanadi Halawani to shed some light on this issue. Ahmed Hweidi:…
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This Sao Paulo building is like a Palestinian refugee camp
On 29 August 1969, TWA Flight 840 took off from Los Angeles for Tel Aviv via Rome. There were 116 passengers on board, including a young Palestinian woman called Laila Khaled. She and her accomplice, Salim Al-Issawi, hijacked the aircraft on the final leg of the journey, forcing it to…
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So what did happen during that terrorist attack in Vienna? Osama Joda explains all
The Austrian capital, Vienna, is recovering slowly from the trauma of the deadly gun attack near a synagogue on Monday 2 November by a gunman of Macedonian origin. Kujtim Fejzulai shot and killed four people and wounded 23 others. Police officers killed the attacker at the scene. It was made…