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  • December 31, 2014

    US denies sanctions threat over Palestinian UN bid

    A US official has denied media reports that Secretary of State John Kerry threatened the Palestinian Authority with economic sanctions if President Mahmoud Abbas goes ahead with a unilateral...

    News

  • December 31, 2014

    Will the Brotherhood retreat from politics?

    Every day we hear of calls for the Muslim Brotherhood to stay away from politics, or even for it to be dissolved. The intention, it is claimed, is to...

    Article

  • December 31, 2014

    Kidnappings in Iraq doubled in 2014

    The Human Rights Commission in Iraq has said that the number of kidnappings in the country doubled in 2014, with 4,583 incidents occurring over the year. Speaking at a...

    News

  • December 31, 2014

    UN setback reflects ‘failure’ of peace process: Hamas

    Palestinian group Hamas has described the UN rejection of a resolution setting a deadline for ending the decades-long Israeli occupation as a “failure” of peaceful settlement. In a Wednesday...

    News

  • December 31, 2014

    US asks Turkey to put pressure on Hamas

    The US has asked Turkey to put pressure on the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in order to “reduce tensions and prevent violence” in the occupied territories. A spokesman...

    News

  • December 31, 2014

    Al-Zahar: the government’s decisions seen as a coup against the reconciliation

    Mahmoud al-Zahar, senior leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, has called the decisions of the Hamdallah government regarding employees a coup against the reconciliation agreement signed between the two...

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  • December 31, 2014

    Israeli minister calls for Israeli sovereignty over all of Jerusalem

    The Israeli Minister of Construction and Housing Uri Ariel called for “imposing the Israeli sovereignty over all areas in Jerusalem”. During a tour he took of Shuafat, a Palestinian...

    News

  • December 30, 2014

    UN Security Council rejects Palestinian statehood resolution

    The UN Security Council rejected Tuesday night a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood, with 8 votes in favour, 2 against, and 5 abstentions. The USA voted against, but without...

    News

  • December 30, 2014

    Gaddafi’s ghost

    It is easy to see why democracy has yet to make its way to the people of Libya in the wake of the revolution, for dictatorships are still alive...

    Article

  • December 30, 2014

    PA facing dissolution or dismantlement

    Israel is threatening to dismantle the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it prevents the Israeli occupation of the West Bank; while the Ramallah leadership is hinting at dissolving the PA...

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