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  • January 24, 2014

    Settlements and lies: the obstacles to peace

    Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank since 1967, although Jewish settlement in Palestine began in earnest in the 19th century. In response, the Arabs condemn...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Difficult times ahead for lonely Hamas?

    Under a military blockade for six years, the Gaza Strip may now be facing further isolation. Whilst Israel’s restrictive policies have secluded the enclave, the shattering of Morsi’s power...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israeli apartheid by law

    Israeli policies and practices have for years been seen to be openly racist against non-Jews but that hasn’t stopped legislators trying to cover up this racism. A number of...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Egypt's military crackdown could quickly backfire

    It has now been nearly three weeks since Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president in decades, was ousted by the military on 3 July. The army intervention came...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The fault lies not with Abbas' tyranny but with Palestinian compliance

    When the Madrid Peace Conference convened at the invitation of President George Bush Snr in August 1991, the then Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, announced that he would negotiate...

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  • January 24, 2014

    From negotiations with no references to elections without unity

    After a brief visit to Ramallah John Kerry announced, from Amman, that negotiations would resume early next week. The announcement came 24 hours after the Palestinian Authority had announced...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Resuming the negotiations which never really stopped

    The news that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are to be resumed after a publicly announced three year break hasn’t been confirmed by the release of any formal agreement between US Secretary...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israel to release Palestinian prisoners

    On Sunday, Israel’s Cabinet voted in favour of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to release 104 “heavyweight” Palestinian prisoners still languishing in Israeli jails. The goodwill gesture hopes to...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Al Mabhouh's assassination and the assassination of the Arab Spring

    I believe that none of us will ever forget Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh. Al-Mabhouh, a member of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigades, was assassinated on January 19 2010 at the age...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Gaza on the regional decision-makers' negotiating table

    In light of political developments in Egypt and the international and regional support the coup has received, it has become clear that the United States’ current policy is to...

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