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  • July 2, 2015

    Talking to terrorists

    Richard Jackson speaks to MEMO: “Once you listen to what their grievances are and try and address them terrorism subsides.” One week ago, Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgai opened fire...

  • July 2, 2015

    One year on, Gaza’s fragile peace holds amid tensions

    On 8 July 2014, Israel began airstrikes over Gaza, in what was known as Operation Protective Edge. The bombardment followed weeks of ramped up tensions that had begun with...

    Blog
  • July 2, 2015

    Erekat’s unabashed subjugation

    The distortion of “logic and law” forms the premise of Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat’s recent article which was published in the Guardian. The article entitled “What Palestine needs...

    Blog
  • July 2, 2015

    ‘Egyptian regime’s war on terror is reminiscent of Algeria’s war’

    A member of the Algerian opposition movement Rashad has warned that Egypt is heading down a similar path which led to Algeria’s war in the 1990s which resulted in...

    News
  • July 2, 2015

    Saudi investigate Al-Awaji for insulting late king

    Saudi Arabia has referred preacher Mohsin Al-Awaji and Rotana Khalijiyah satellite channel presenter Abdullah Al-Mdaifer for investigation for abusing the late King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz during an episode of...

    News
  • July 2, 2015

    WikiLeaks: UAE maintains secret talks with Iran

    Saudi Arabia is fearful of secret talks being held between the UAE and Iran over Syria and other issues, recent WikiLeaks documents has revealed. According to the Anadolu Agency,...

    News
  • July 2, 2015

    Turkey steps up military reinforcements on Syrian border

    The Turkish army has increased its military presence on the Syrian border, on Wednesday continuing the deployment of military reinforcements to the state of Keles bordering Syria. Turkey’s Anadolu...

    News
  • July 2, 2015

    Israel razes Bedouin village in Negev for 86th time

    Bulldozers backed by Israeli forces destroyed the Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb in the Negev Desert on Thursday for the 86th time in the last four years. “Israeli bulldozers forced...

    News
  • July 2, 2015

    RAND Corporation predicts a bleak future for Israel

    The unsustainability of Israel’s occupation is acknowledged almost universally, yet its permanence is the only reality known to most Jews and Palestinians. Its supposed temporary nature has not prevented...

    Article
  • July 2, 2015

    Ramadan reflections in Gaza a year after the war

    Israel did not spare nearly 300 mosques from its airstrikes during last summer’s assault on the Gaza Strip. The conditions of the mosques ranged from the complete destruction of...

    News