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  • June 19, 2016

    Turkish army destroys Daesh targets in Syria’s north

    Turkish army howitzers have destroyed six Daesh targets in northern Syria, military sources said Sunday. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak with the...

    News

  • June 19, 2016

    Israeli calls for ethnic cleansing grow louder

        Israel is a state that owes its very existence to ethnic cleansing, massacres and seemingly perpetual wars. The events of 1947-48 when the state was founded are...

    Article

  • June 19, 2016

    Working in Palestine: perpetual crisis in the Palestinian labour market

    As with the latest, largely symbolic, round of “peace talks” sponsored by France, discussion about real life in Palestine is frequently overshadowed by grandstanding and political abstractions. However, while...

    Article

  • June 19, 2016

    Musakhan rolls

    The original version of the Palestinian dish musakhan consists of onions and sumac sautéed in olive oil, slathered on amazing taboun bread topped with pine nuts and grilled chicken. As amazing...

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  • June 18, 2016

    Anti-terror Law or Persecution and Terror Law?

    The Israeli Knesset approved a new “Anti-terror Law” in its second and third readings on Wednesday and it is set to come into force on 1 November this year....

    Article

  • June 18, 2016

    Egypt court sentences Morsi to life in spy trial

    An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to life in prison on charges of spying for Qatar. Morsi, along with 10 co-defendants, were accused by Egypt’s...

    News

  • June 18, 2016

    Jack Straw: Anti-Turkey Brexit campaign is ‘nonsense’

    A former U.K. foreign secretary has slammed Brexit supporters’ use of “nonsense” anti-Turkish rhetoric in Britain’s EU referendum campaign. Jack Straw, who served as Britain’s top diplomat in 2001-2006,...

    News

  • June 18, 2016

    On the sumoud narrative and its dangers

      One of the most celebrated qualities of the people of Gaza is their sumoud, their steadfastness and capacity to endure the woes inflicted by Israeli terror. Media coverage...

    Article

  • June 18, 2016

    Israel could be in breach of a major EU trade agreement

    Israel could be in breach of a major trade and human rights agreement connecting Tel Aviv with Europe, and the British government doesn’t seem to care. This is unsurprising....

    Article

  • June 18, 2016

    Hezbollah denies clashes with Syrian regime forces

    Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah group has denied reports about clashes with Syrian regime forces in northern Syria. In a statement Saturday, Hezbollah said that reports about clashes between group fighters...

    News