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January 18, 2016

1967-2015: Israel’s ongoing legacy of assaults on Al-Aqsa

Israeli violations against Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque have continued unabated since the city was occupied in 1967. According to Palestinian sources, however, the last two years have witnessed a noticeable...

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January 18, 2016

Terrorism and tourism: Tunisia’s economic woes

While the Tunisian political scene has recently garnered praise and attention for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, it has yet to win any prizes for establishing a thriving and...

Article
January 18, 2016

Rights group: Israel violates laws aimed at protecting children in Gaza

Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights has said that Israel is escalating the targeting of children in Gaza and continues its “violations” of international laws aimed at “protecting children during...

News
January 18, 2016

Three Americans kidnapped in Iraq

Three US citizens have been kidnapped in Al-Dorah neighbourhood, in the south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Al Jazeera reported. Iraqi security forces set up checkpoints in southeast...

News
January 18, 2016

Jordanian government measures pushing major investors to quit the market

Owners of seven foreign trademarks are planning to leave the local Jordanian market with capitals worth 65m Jordanian Dinars ($91,5m), an informed source told the Al-Ghad newspaper on Sunday....

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January 18, 2016

Refugees in Lebanon: Between the plotting of UNRWA and the neglect of the PLO

In my last article, titled “The expulsion of Palestinians from Lebanon: A systematic policy”, published on 13 January, I noted that the reduction in UNRWA’s educational and health services...

Article
January 18, 2016

Israel prevents Jerusalem National Centre from holding cultural event

The Israeli authorities prevented the Jerusalem National Centre, known as Al-Hakawati, from holding a cultural event in East Jerusalem on Sunday. Al-Hakawati was scheduled to hold a meeting to...

News
January 18, 2016

Ban Ki-moon must do the honourable thing and resign

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s condemnation of Syria’s starvation policy is welcome. He was absolutely right to make clear that the use of starvation as a weapon of war is...

Article
January 18, 2016

Syrian rebels stop regime progress near Latakia

The Syrian armed opposition have said rebel brigades have prevented the progress of regime forces towards areas controlled by the rebels in Mount Turkmen, in the countryside of Latakia....

News
January 18, 2016

Israel’s “war” against BDS is increasingly desperate

A fascinating article by a Jerusalem Post Knesset reporter earlier this month gives quite the insight into the increasingly desperate state of the Israeli “war” against BDS. The boycott,...

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