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Items by Nabil Al-Sahli
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The Palestinians in Syria, the long path of pain and the outdated Assad era
This applies to Palestinian refugees in Syria who have suffered from the injustice and tyranny of the Al-Assad regime, just like the Syrian people. Therefore, the Palestinian refugees in Syria have also participated in the Syrian Revolution since the beginning. The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria has documented 3,085…
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The genocide alliance is aiding and abetting the rogue state of Israel
More than ten months have passed since the start of the genocidal war waged by Israel against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem; indeed, all of the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel has killed and wounded well over one hundred thousand Palestinians, with thousands…
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Smotrich’s plan for direct control of the West Bank
Israeli settlement activity deep within the West Bank has been non-stop since its Occupation on 5 June, 1967. The goal behind this was to undermine the dream of establishing a Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital. It is in this context that the Netanyahu government is working around the…
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The West’s hollow discourse about a Palestinian State
Spain, Ireland, Norway, and Slovenia have finally officially recognised the State of Palestine, at a time when Israel continues to commit horrific massacres around the clock against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and to silence people inside the Palestinian Territories. This is…
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Security and Israel’s demographic dilemma
There have been major repercussions within Israel since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October, including economic losses. The occupation state has witnessed serious divisions in society and political parties. Moreover, it is almost certain that the operation will continue a trend of reverse Jewish migration from occupied Palestine at a…
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Israel, 75 years of massacres, abuse and displacement
Fifty-one years after the first Zionist conference was held in the Swiss city of Basel, Israel was established on 78 per cent of the area of historical Palestine. The Great Palestinian Catastrophe, the Nakba, was one of the most important consequences of the establishment of the “state”, in May 1948,…
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Why did Moscow shut down the Jewish Agency office?
The Russian Ministry of Justice applied to a court recently to shut down the Moscow office of the Jewish Agency for Immigration at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned that doing so would be a dangerous measure that would affect relations between the two countries. The agency…
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Why did a far-right Israeli MP storm into Al-Aqsa Mosque?
A far-right member of the Israeli parliament stormed into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque last Thursday. Extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir was guarded by a heavy police presence at the time. His incursion fell within the context of Israel’s long-term strategic political goal to Judaise occupied Jerusalem and its religious landmarks, the…
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Why does Israel keep demolishing Al-Araqeeb village in occupied Palestine?
Last week, just two days after the latest Israeli General Election, the occupation army demolished the village of Al-Araqeeb for the 185th time since 2000. The context is the Prawer Plan to Judaise the Negev region, which is regarded as one of the most dangerous Jewish settlement plans since 1948.…
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Gaza, Guevara and resistance against occupiers
Former Israeli Minister of Defence Moshe Dayan once said, “We run Gaza by day, and Guevara and his comrades run it at night.” His words summarise the courage of the people of the Gaza Strip, their steadfastness and their resistance against the occupiers. There is a need to highlight the…
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Israel is America’s dagger
Despite the Trump administration’s absolute bias towards Israel, the history of US-Israeli relations is not without minor differences. For example, US President Dwight Eisenhower announced in 1956 his country’s anger at Israel’s seizure of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip in a campaign with France and Britain. He threatened…
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Israel’s demographic obsession is at the forefront of the agenda yet again
An article in Haaretz last week highlighted the possibility of young Israelis emigrating, which brought Israel’s obsession with demography to the forefront of the agenda yet again. More than 70 years since Israel was established in Palestine, its leaders, political parties and strategists are still trying to persuade Jews from…
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Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is ongoing; we need a united response
In line with the demographic goals of the Zionist occupation state, the recently announced Trump deal includes a clause to move the Triangle region in northern Palestine occupied since 1948, to be under the authority of the Palestinian Authority. This will break the concentration of Israeli-Arab citizens in this area…
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Israel is falsifying Palestinian history and stealing its heritage
Palestine is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of antiquities, competing with Egypt in the Arab world. At least 22 civilisations have left their mark on Palestine, the first of which were the Canaanites; their presence is still visible today. Since 1948, successive Israeli governments have…
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Israel and the assassination of Palestinian childhood
The Israeli occupation authorities have transformed the images of joy, play and education that should be the norm for Palestinian children into a shocking number of violations committed by the army against them in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Around 1.3 million Palestinian children in the West Bank are…
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Challenges faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Knesset Elections
Questions emerged after the Israeli Knesset elections on April 9th, and the number of the seats won by Arab parties declined compared to the previous elections. The top questions asked were related to the challenges facing Palestinians residing in their land occupied since 1948. Despite entering the Israeli political arena…
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Challenges facing the Shtayyeh government
After Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Fatah Central Committee member Mohammad Shtayyeh as prime minister, some questions are raised regarding the challenges the next Palestinian government will face. One of these challenges is Trump’s deal of the century, the details of which will be announced after the Israeli elections on…
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On the Judaisation of education in Jerusalem
The Israeli government seeks to implement several plans all at once in order to accelerate the Judaisation of Jerusalem, as it continues to surround the city with the Separation Wall and intensive settlement activity. Meanwhile, Israeli institutions, with the support of the Netanyahu government, are trying to achieve absolute control…
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Arab silence as Israel attacks Al-Aqsa
Over the course of the past few days, Israel’s attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque have escalated. They have been accompanied by comments made by Israeli government leaders and political parties who assert that Jewish settlers have the right to pray above the ruins of the Temple Mount. Since the provocative incursion…
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Is visiting Jerusalem normalisation or liberation?
The frequent visits to Jerusalem by Arab and Muslim figures and delegations at the invitation of the Palestinian Authority has prompted a serious debate between those calling for them to continue and those who are opposed to them and want them to stop. The city has been under complete Israeli…
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Netanyahu’s government and Palestinian options
Political analysts agree that Netanyahu’s fourth government, with all of its partisan formations and political range, is the most right-wing in Israel since its creation 67 years ago. It is a settler government, which quashes any delusions about the potential for a resumption of the political process with the Palestinians.…
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Israel, America and the combined aggression strategy
No two people would ever disagree on the strategic nature of the relationship between Israel and successive American administrations over the course of the past six decades. Not only does Israel play a strategic role that is aligned with American interests in the Middle East but the true extent of…
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American partnership in the attack on the Palestinians
After the Palestinian people in Gaza had withstood 51 says against the Israeli killing machine and imposed the resistance conditions on the ceasefire, a number of questions were raised regarding the level of partnership and cooperation between Israel and America in the attack. To answer these questions, observers will notice…
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Palestinians in Palestine… the continuous suffering
Sixty-six years after the establishment of Israel (1948-2014), the Arab minority inside the Green Line are facing significant challenges, mainly the call by some Israelis – led by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman – to expel as many Palestinians inside the Green Line as possible to the West Bank or outside…