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January 16, 2015

Hamas rejects accusations it is hindering the unity government

Hamas yesterday rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s accusations that it is hampering the role of the Palestinian reconciliation government in the Gaza Strip. The movement’s spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri...

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January 16, 2015

Pro-Sisi journalist: Egypt’s upcoming battle is between Sawiris and Sisi

Adel Hammouda, the journalist and writer who is well known for his support of the coup, has said that Egypt’s upcoming battle will be “Sawiris versus Sisi”. He explained...

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January 16, 2015

Israeli think tank holds anti-BDS ‘hackathon’

Pro-Israel activists have vowed to fight back against a growing global boycott campaign, using new technological “tools” proposed and developed at a recent “Legitimacy Hackathon.” The gathering, held on...

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January 16, 2015

Egypt slams European criticism of human rights record

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry slammed a European Parliament report criticising the country’s human rights record and calling for the release of 167 members of the dissolved parliament. In a statement,...

News
January 16, 2015

Palestinian ambassador to UN calls for Israel to be held accountable

Palestine representative to the United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour said the UN Security Council did not assume its responsibilities towards Palestine or implement its resolutions regarding the Israeli occupation....

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January 16, 2015

Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire

After testifying in court during the bail hearing in what has become known as South Africa’s first murder resulting from Islamophobic violence, a number of journalists approached me and...

Reviews
January 16, 2015

Barghouti accuses PA of failure to face Israel’s calls for Jewish immigrants

Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti accused the Palestinian Authority of failing to confront Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for European Jews to migrate to Israel. In a statement...

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January 16, 2015

Paris is a warning: there is no insulation from our wars

The official response to every jihadist-inspired terrorist attack in the west since 2001 has been to pour petrol on the flames. That was true after 9/11 when George Bush...

Article
January 16, 2015

Iranian minister calls for states to be stopped from manipulating oil prices

Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs has called on the countries in the Middle East to take steps to make sure that no oil producer can...

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January 16, 2015

For every Raif Badawi flogged in Saudi dozens are silenced

Raif Badawi is a liberal from Saudi Arabia. In 2006, he started a website, Free Saudi Liberals. Intended as a platform for serious political and social debate, it published...

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