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May 5, 2014

The struggle for freedom and justice will go on

Nothing that the National Salvation Front in Egypt can say will ever disguise the fact that its leadership engineered a military coup against the elected president of the country....

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May 5, 2014

Netanyahu's grip on the reins of government is loosening

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had precious little to celebrate on the 100th day of his Likud-led coalition government. The occasion was marked this week with a vote...

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May 5, 2014

Palestinians are also victims of sectarian fallout from Syria

It was inevitable that Syria’s bloody civil war would engulf the 530,000 Palestinian refugees in the country. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near...

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May 5, 2014

There are no short cuts to freedom, justice and dignity

Palestine was shaken by a number of diplomatic tremors this week. The aftershocks were felt as far away as Washington, forcing US Secretary of State John Kerry to postpone...

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May 5, 2014

Mission impossible in the West Bank

The battle of wills between Fatah’s elite and the former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, has finally ended with the appointment of his successor,...

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May 5, 2014

Economic carrot to end the conflict must be accompanied by political stick to end the occupation

The stage setting was as good as it gets; they hardly come bigger. US Secretary of State John Kerry chose the backdrop of the Davos conference of the World...

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May 5, 2014

Israel's dirty little secret: the 'internally displaced persons' it continues to deny basic rights

Inevitably, the 65th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba – Catastrophe – was overshadowed by calls to exercise refugees’ right of return. Although the vast majority of Palestinians live in...

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May 5, 2014

Israel's ethnic cleansing of the Naqab underscores meaning of 'Jewish State'

Israel’s ethnic cleansing polices in the Naqab (Negev) region have entered a new and dangerous phase. A ministerial council for legal codes this week cleared the way for a...

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May 5, 2014

How much more of Palestine will be "compromised" to satisfy Israel?

Whenever Israel and America welcome an Arab initiative it must be in their favour. This is exactly what has happened with the Arab ministerial delegation to Washington offering to...

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May 5, 2014

Turkey's refusal to be brow-beaten highlights political bankruptcy of Israeli blockade

Israel’s efforts to isolate the Gaza Strip politically are not working. Not even the recruitment of the US secretary of state has been enough to persuade Turkey’s Prime Minister,...

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