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July 8, 2016

International exploitation of convenient timeframes

The Middle East Quartet report released recently once again takes issue with settlements as an obstacle to peace, a reiteration that has become as obsolete as the two-state compromise....

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July 8, 2016

What will the next UK PM do in the Middle East?

There has already been much ink spilled over the potential impact of “Brexit” on the UK’s relationship with the Middle East (including several excellent articles published here on MEMO)...

Article
July 8, 2016

Cairo mulls response to Rome sanctions over murder case

Egypt is considering means of retaliating against a recent decision by Italy to stop providing it with military spare parts in response to the unsolved murder earlier this year...

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July 8, 2016

Israeli police lift ban on settler forays into Al-Aqsa

The Israeli police have lifted a ban on the entry of Israeli settlers into occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex after a 10-day hiatus, Israeli media reported Thursday. According...

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July 7, 2016

Palestinian official: 50 Turkish aid trucks reach Gaza

Around 50 trucks bearing Turkish humanitarian aid arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday via Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing, according to a Palestinian border official. Mounir Ghalban, who oversees...

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July 7, 2016

Immunity and impunity: Britain protects Tzipi Livni once again

Once again, Israeli opposition politician and war crimes suspect Tzipi Livni has been granted diplomatic immunity by the British government for a private visit to London. Last week, Scotland...

Article
July 7, 2016

UK’s Blair says Iraq war was ‘most agonizing’ decision

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday said the decision to go to war in Iraq was the “most agonizing” during his time in office, local media reported....

News
July 7, 2016

Tony Blair must now face war crimes charges

The Chilcot inquiry into the British decision to invade and occupy Iraq in March 2003 was established by former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. It is only now, two...

Article
July 7, 2016

Chilcot should be Exhibit A in Tony Blair’s trial

I can barely contain the anger I feel towards Tony Blair over the war in Iraq. It’s a rage which has simmered for more than a decade and a...

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July 7, 2016

Syrian regime army calls countrywide ceasefire

The military leadership of Syria’s Assad regime on Wednesday declared a 72-hour nationwide ceasefire. “The ceasefire is to be implemented in all territories across the Arab Republic of Syria...

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