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December 10, 2014

The 35th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit

The time and place of the 35th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit was previously scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar. The holding of the summit is significant in...

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December 10, 2014

Doha Summit and the future of the region

It would be no exaggeration to say that the geopolitical and demographic future of the Gulf states is highly dependent on the outcome of the Doha summit scheduled to...

Article
December 10, 2014

Israel’s universities launch new anti-BDS initiative with Hillel

Israel’s universities have launched a new initiative designed to counter growing calls for an academic boycott of the country’s higher education institutions. The Committee of University Heads in Israel,...

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December 10, 2014

‘We are on the road to making the Palestinian cause an international one’

Palestine’s acceptance as an observer at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a step in the direction of obtaining full membership in the organisation and all international groups, a...

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December 10, 2014

Lebanese military court acquits Al-Baghdadi’s ex-wife

A Lebanese military court yesterday acquitted Saja Al-Dulaimi, the ex-wife of the head of the Islamic State (ISIS), as well as Alaa Oqaily, the wife of a senior ISIS...

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December 10, 2014

UK, Canada embassies in Cairo remain closed

The embassies of the UK and Canada in Cairo remained closed yesterday in spite of the Egyptian authorities’ compliance with the embassies’ security requirements. A spokesperson for the British...

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December 10, 2014

Gaza gas crisis worst in years

Many Palestinians in Gaza consider the cooking gas crisis to be the worst in years due to the fact that it coincides with the electricity crisis and because it...

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December 10, 2014

Has the Muslim Brotherhood failed and should it disband?

Well-intending or ill-intending, some people here and there proclaim that what happened in Egypt in 2013 marked the beginning of the end of the Muslim Brotherhood. Not only that,...

Article
December 10, 2014

70 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel start hunger strike

About 70 prisoners imprisoned in Israeli prisons started an open hunger strike today to demand “solitary confinement” come to an end and for the matter of sick prisoners be...

News
December 10, 2014

Carving olive wood in Palestine

The tradition of olive wood carving has been practiced by Palestinian Christians for many centuries around the Bethlehem area. As tourists now begin to arrive in the city to...

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