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  • May 5, 2014

    Israeli "independence" is the Palestinian catastrophe

    Israel’s “independence” celebrations are always underlined by an inescapable subtext; it is also the Palestinian Nakba – catastrophe. As Israelis celebrated their 65th anniversary this week, tens of thousands...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    Kerry stumbles over preconditions

    Despite the drums of war on the Korean Peninsula, US Secretary of State John Kerry has been busy shuttling back and forth to the Middle East. His latest visit,...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    Hamas answers its critics

    After months of delay the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine, Hamas, has completed its internal elections and returned Khaled Meshaal as head of the political bureau. More than 70...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    The political price of US aid

    The obviously orchestrated decision by the American and Israeli governments to release millions of dollars to the Palestinian Authority (PA) may be too little too late. If the purpose...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    In the last chance saloon

    Now that the Obama show has left town the Middle East can return to reality. All eyes are focussed on the 24th meeting of Arab heads of state due...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    Peres concerned about Syrian blood

    The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, has resorted to presenting himself as a moderate leader striving for peace and is using sweet talk to convince his listeners, particularly those in...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    It's business as usual for Israel's military elite

    Israel’s interim Defence Minister Ehud Barak was back in Washington this week for consultations with senior American officials. His monthly pilgrimages to Capitol Hill now seem more frequent than...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    We are fighting for all Palestinians

    My story is no different from that of many other Palestinian young people who were born and have lived their whole lives under Israeli occupation. At 17, I was...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    We are fighting for all Palestinians

    My story is no different from that of many other Palestinian young people who were born and have lived their whole lives under Israeli occupation. At 17, I was...

    Commentary & Analysis

  • May 5, 2014

    As if time stands still

    It is as if time stands still. Monday, 25th February was the anniversary of the massacre of 29 Palestinian worshippers in Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque, gunned down by Israeli settler...

    Commentary & Analysis