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December 18, 2014

Diplomacy, timing and Palestine

Time is one of the most crucial elements of effective diplomacy. A diplomatic act can have disastrous consequences if executed at the wrong time, but can be successful if...

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December 18, 2014

Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria

More than 120,000 fighters supporting Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have been killed in the civil war since 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, said...

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December 18, 2014

In Israel and the occupied territories, discrimination is enshrined in the law

In November five Israelis were killed and eight wounded when two Palestinians attacked a synagogue in West Jerusalem. Israeli police shot the attackers dead at the scene and Benjamin...

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December 18, 2014

Lieberman to shun meeting with Swedish counterpart

Avigdor Lieberman has decided against meeting his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallström during her visit to Israel next month, Channel 2 TV reported on Wednesday. The foreign minister’s decision follows...

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December 18, 2014

US welcomes Sudan ratification of anti-trafficking protocol

The United States embassy in Khartoum has welcomed Sudan’s accession to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The protocol...

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December 18, 2014

Israel-Palestine fault line develops in UK comedy

Comedian Ivor Dembina made headlines in the Jewish and comedy industry press last week. Dembina, who is Jewish, has barred several comedians from performing at his club to due...

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December 18, 2014

Geneva Convention meeting goes ahead, criticises Israeli violations

The High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention urged an end to violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) following a conference Wednesday. The special...

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December 17, 2014

Will the real David Cameron please stand up?

In March this year, EU leaders met to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. In a media statement, British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Russia and said that the “territorial...

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December 17, 2014

Khaled Meshaal speaks to MEMO about the EU’s decision to remove Hamas from terror list

We, the leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, welcome the decision of the General Court of the European Union to remove Hamas from the European Union’s terrorist list...
December 17, 2014

Europe Court decision provides a rare opportunity to correct a discredited policy

The decision by the General Court of the European Union to annul the decision to place Hamas on the European list of terrorist organisations was long overdue. It should...

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