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  • May 10, 2014

    Beit Hanoun Crossing... a trap to detain Gazans

    The Beit Hanoun Crossing, called “Erez” by the Israeli Occupation Forces, has become a trap to catch Palestinians requiring treatment in Israeli or Palestinian Hospitals in the West Bank...

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  • May 10, 2014

    PLO report gives details of 266 Palestinians killed by Israel in 2012

    The Palestine Liberation Organisation’s Department of International Relations has issued a brief report giving details of the 266 Palestinians killed by Israel in 2012. Israeli violations against the Palestinian...

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  • May 10, 2014

    Meshaal confirms, "Netanyahu requested ceasefire"

    The head of Hamas’s Political Bureau has claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a ceasefire through the Americans, Europeans and Egyptians. Khaled Meshaal was quoted as saying...

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  • May 10, 2014

    An upgrade of the EU-Israel Trade Agreement demands conditions

    The EU move to upgrade formally its Association Agreement with Israel, giving the latter even greater preferential access to European markets, has come under criticism since its announcement...

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  • May 10, 2014

    Obstacles to Peace and security in the Middle East - the siege of Gaza

    The ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, in place since the 2006 democratic election of Hamas, has been condemned widely by international figures, from British politicians to UN representatives....

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  • May 10, 2014

    Let's not hide behind Palestinian division in the quest for a just peace

    Six years after the first parliamentary elections in the occupied Palestinian territories, differences between the main political parties have taken a worrying turn. Persistent external meddling has given rise...

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  • May 10, 2014

    Just under 30% of Palestinians are aged 15-29

    The Chair of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has revealed that young people aged 15-29 make up 29.8 per cent of the total Palestinian population in the...

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  • May 10, 2014

    The Sheikh Raed Affair

    Introduction On 25 June 2011, the celebrated Palestinian social, political and civil rights leader Sheikh Raed Salah arrived at London’s Heathrow airport at the invitation of the independent media...

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  • May 10, 2014

    The Russell Tribunal on Palestine - Cape Town session

    SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, 7 NOVEMBER 2011 “May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence”Bertrand Russell, London, 13 November 1966 The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international citizen-based...

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  • May 10, 2014

    The Arab Spring Implications for British Policy

    The Conservative Middle East Council have just launched their very first publication, The Arab Spring: Implications for British Policy. It is a compilation of essays which brings together some...

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