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July 20, 2016

Netanyahu: PA will collapse if army, Shin Bet withdraw from West Bank

The Palestinian Authority would collapse if the Israeli army and security services pull out of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned yesterday. “I do not want...

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July 20, 2016

UK FM calls on Russia to join calls to oust Assad

Britain’s new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson yesterday called on Russia and other states to demand Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad step down as he prepared for his first meeting with...

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July 19, 2016

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

It’s 2012 and Hisham Matar waits anxiously with his wife and mother in the departures lounge of Cairo International airport. They are bound for Libya. It has been thirty...

Reviews
July 19, 2016

Turkish humanitarian aid to be distributed in Gaza

The Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs began on Tuesday to distribute Turkish humanitarian aid to poor families in the blockaded Gaza Strip. “The aid will be disbursed on several...

News
July 19, 2016

Yet Another Instance of Islamic Exceptionalism?

Tanks rolled down the street, state owned TV channels were taken over, dissenting media outlets were raided and silenced, president’s office was surrounded, the first ever democratically elected president...

Article
July 19, 2016

Palestinian flutist Nai Barghouti: Art has become a privilege and not a right

When Nai’s mum was pregnant with her second daughter she asked her neighbours to help think of a name. “If I had a third daughter I would call her...

Videos & Photo Stories
July 19, 2016

Turkish democracy, Western hypocrisy

In light of the recent, botched coup attempt against the Turkish government and the will of the Turkish people, many commentators in the West have been agitated by the...

Article
July 19, 2016

Official: Quick extradition of Turkish soldiers is in Greece’s favour

Deputy Greek Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said yesterday that a “quick” extradition of the eight Turkish soldiers who fled in a helicopter during the coup is in favour of...

News
July 19, 2016

Turkey after the failed coup: A newborn democracy

The failed military coup in Turkey that took place on the night of Friday 15 July 2016 came as a shock to the world and constituted the most challenging...

Article
July 19, 2016

UNESCO postpones vote on draft resolution on Al-Aqsa Mosque

The United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) postponed on Sunday a vote on a draft resolution that would designate Al-Aqsa Mosque as an Islamic-only site in the...

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