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  • January 25, 2014

    A war criminal’s "special mission": avoid arrest

    The failure to uphold Britain’s obligations towards universal jurisdiction were demonstrated this week when Tzipi Livni met with Foreign Secretary William Hague in London and managed to avoid arrest...

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  • January 25, 2014

    From Tunisia, to whom it may concern

    Events in Tunisia carry several important messages for us. When the results of the Tunisian election came through, many were surprised that the An-Nahda Party had done so well,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Russell Tribunal on Palestine can promote peace, truth and reconciliation

    The Israel-Palestine situation demands truth and reconciliation. We hope to aid that process. Opportunities to break seemingly intractable and deadlocked situations are rare – especially on a scale which...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Territory of lies

    The Israeli-Occupied hearing on alleged Iranian terror In the wake of the much-heralded FBI sting that supposedly foiled a dastardly plot by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard elite Qods Force –...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Winning the Battle of UNESCO

    Israel wants to punish the Palestinians because they obtained full membership of UNESCO; the United States wants to punish UNESCO because it granted Palestine full membership. In the presence...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Goldstone walks alone on a bridge to nowhere

    Surely the New York Times would not dare turn down a piece from the new Richard Goldstone. He had already recast himself as the self-appointed guardian of Israel’s world...

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  • January 25, 2014

    US aid for Egypt: between American vision and Egyptian pressure

    It is believed widely in Egypt that US aid to the country is a sign of Egyptian weakness, but the Americans see it differently. If Egypt wasn’t important strategically,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    More racist laws are on the way in Israel

    Israel’s Knesset (parliament) is set to discuss a number of bills in its winter session which Palestinians regard as racist, continuing a policy of “unprecedented racist legislation in 1948...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Partners not guardians

    One of the dilemmas of Egyptian politics is that the feuding parties are acting as guardians and not partners, even though no one has given them a mandate to...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Ross's departure

    Dennis Ross has finally left the building. Since the Carter administration, Ross has played a crucial role in crafting Middle East policies that have prolonged and exacerbated the more...

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