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  • February 26, 2016

    Is Israel changing its strategy in Syria’s war?

    An article in Haaretz this weekend laid out an analysis purporting to show that the Israeli government is changing its approach to the war in Syria. Amos Harel, the...

    Article

  • February 26, 2016

    The choice between resistance and acquiescence in Palestinian narratives

    News briefs regarding Palestinian journalist and hunger striker Muhammad Al-Qeeq have been replete with dire warnings of his imminent death. The recent harrowing video clip of Al-Qeeq writhing in...

    Blog

  • February 26, 2016

    The docket for the arrest of Shimon Peres in South Africa deserves broad support

    An affidavit by an Egyptian doctor* who worked in Gaza at the time of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, launched on Palestinians as a form of collective punishment – banned...

    Blog

  • February 26, 2016

    Racial segregation as a constant policy in Israel

    During its most recent conference, the Israeli Labour Party revived some of the features of what it called the “Compromise Solution”, which it has been promoting since the 1990s....

    Article

  • February 26, 2016

    Racial segregation as a constant policy in Israel

    During its most recent conference, the Israeli Labour Party revived some of the features of what it called the “Compromise Solution”, which it has been promoting since the 1990s....

    Article

  • February 25, 2016

    Taking art to new depths

    Around 300 human sculptures have been deployed 14 metres beneath the Atlantic Ocean to form a new underwater museum, called Museo Atlantico. Situated in the clear blue waters off...

    News

  • February 25, 2016

    Germany adopts stricter asylum rules

    The German parliament approved on Thursday legislative changes that will restrict right to asylum and enable authorities to swiftly deport illegal migrants. The controversial “Asylum Package II” was approved...

    News

  • February 25, 2016

    Moscow and Damascus: A gap or estrangement?

    Bashar Al-Assad’s presidential decree for parliamentary elections to be held in April did not get much attention in international political and media circles, not only because the parliament in...

    Article

  • February 25, 2016

    HRW: Egypt courts are used to punish political opponents

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday stressed that Egyptian courts are being exploited to punish political opponents. This, the group said, is exemplified in the life sentence handed down, apparently...

    News

  • February 25, 2016

    Rights group demands Israel halt oil exploration in the occupied Syrian Golan

    Al-Marsad – Arab Centre for Human Rights in the Golan Heights sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, demanding the cancellation...

    News