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May 6, 2016

Calling time on Israel’s rejection of Palestinian statehood

The former deputy mayor of Jerusalem had a stark warning for his American audience. Using official figures, Meron Benvenisti showed how the Israeli government had “proceeded methodically and...

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May 6, 2016

Is Britain’s part in the Saudi campaign in Yemen clouded by a ‘white saviour’ complex?

Since the start of the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, there has been much attention in the British media about the UK’s arms deals with Riyadh. After the United...

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May 6, 2016

Al-Mezan Centre testifies before UN anti-torture committee

Palestine’s Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights testified before a United Nations anti-torture committee on Thursday as part of the committee’s periodic review of Israel’s compliance with the UN Convention...

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May 6, 2016

Egypt imprisons 144 anti-coup activists

An Egyptian military court yesterday sentenced 144 anti-coup activists to prison terms ranging between 15 and 25 years, a legal source revealed. Two other defendants were acquitted of the...

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May 6, 2016

The motives and repercussions of Davutoglu’s resignation

Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that he is “ready to concede all positions in order not to inflict any harm to our party’s cause or to my...

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May 6, 2016

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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May 6, 2016

Murdered Italian student’s gmail account hacked a month after he disappeared

Italian investigators have revealed that the gmail account of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni was hacked a month after his disappearance. Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper reported that after examining...

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May 6, 2016

Annexation and the French initiative

Israel annexed the occupied Syrian Golan Heights in 1981, 14 years after the June 1967 war. Despite the fact that none of the UN member states recognised this annexation,...

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May 6, 2016

Britain’s chief rabbi is wrong to say that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism

Britain’s chief rabbi waded into the anti-Semitism row this week with an article in the Telegraph.: “Ken Livingstone and the hard left are spreading the insidious virus of anti-Semitism,”...

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May 6, 2016

Algerian official accuses French philosopher of seeking to destroy country’s unity

Algeria’s former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia on Thursday accused French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Levy of seeking to destroy Algeria’s unity by supporting a separatist movement. Ouyahia made the...

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