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  • 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
  • May 5, 2014

    The truth about the reconciliation talks

    The Palestinian national reconciliation talks have turned into a reconciliation process. Like the Middle East Peace Process, they are without progress and an apparent end. To boot, they can...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 5, 2014

    The OIC under Egypt's leadership

    For the first time since its founding in 1969 the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has held a summit in Egypt. Already saddled with its own internal challenges, Egypt...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 5, 2014

    A fitting award for the right man, at the right time

    This year’s King Faisal International Award for Service to Islam has been presented to Sheikh Raed Salah. The award is hugely significant. At a time when the Israeli desecration...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 5, 2014

    Egypt's revolution two years on

    Two years on from its 25 January Revolution, Egypt has taken significant steps towards establishing a new order. Several institutional pillars have been installed, foremost among which are the...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 5, 2014

    Sectarian tensions are pushing Iraq to the brink

    The blood that has been spilt in Syria over the past two years has polarised the country and the region along sectarian lines. But while Syria is fracturing, the...

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  • May 5, 2014

    France's record in the Middle East rules out any constructive role in Mali

    Western military interventions in the Muslim world are at best muddled and at worst fraudulent. In 2003, the US led an invasion of Iraq for reasons that changed like...

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