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  • August 21, 2015

    The Palestinian politics of the individual

    Ever since the launch of Arab protests in Tunis, Egypt and Yemen, efforts to promote the Palestinian cause have generally fallen by the wayside. With the exception of the...

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  • August 20, 2015

    One year later: the Ramadan Action Show

    I have been asked to introduce myself. I am wondering how I should, as an activist or a journalist, who tries to raise the voice of Palestine? Both are...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Palestinian Bar Association sends letter to Ban Ki-Moon over Palestinian prisoner

    The Palestinian Bar Association (PBA) has sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon protesting about the condition of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan. Allan, a Palestinian...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Tamimi: Hamas turned down Blair’s offer for talks in UK

    Tony Blair, the former Middle East peace process envoy of the Quartet, called the head of the Hamas Political Bureau Khaled Meshaal inviting him to visit the UK to...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Hilary Clinton’s failed attack on BDS

    Earlier this month, The Scotsman reported that US presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton had tried to stop a cultural boycott of Israel in Edinburgh. In 2009, the Edinburgh film festival...

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  • August 20, 2015

    UK to reopen Tehran embassy

    British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond will visit Iran this weekend to formally re-open the U.K. embassy in Tehran, according to Foreign & Commonwealth Office and media reports. “We can...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Reading into the Douma market massacre

    The horrific Douma market massacre was neither the first nor will it be the last massacre. It is an episode in the long four-part series that has been filled...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Parliamentary speaker reiterates Iran’s support for Syria

    The speaker of Iran’s parliament has reiterated his country’s support for Syria’s government, including humanitarian aid. Ali Larijani insisted on Wednesday that Iranian aid will continue because the government...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Cremisan community battles construction of wall, yet again

    In the Cremisan Valley, on the outskirts of Bethlehem, three Roman Catholic priests prayed as Israeli diggers set to work pulling out centuries old olive trees. The diggers had...

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  • August 20, 2015

    Arab universities missing from top of world rankings

    The latest ranking of world universities does not include any Arab institution in the top 150 for 2015. The annual list of the top 500 universities is prepared by...

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