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  • February 13, 2015

    Israel: No compensation due to Rachel Corrie’s family

    The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday rejected the appeal made by the family of American activist Rachel Corrie requesting compensation following her death 12 years ago. Israeli public radio reported...

    News

  • February 13, 2015

    A boycott of Israel is so important that it is criminal not to take part

    I have heard that the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) released a statement urging Egyptian poet Hisham El-Gakh to cancel his poetry evening...

    Article

  • February 13, 2015

    Israel is not a democracy

    Long-standing Israeli propaganda has it that Israel is the “only democracy in the Middle East”. The statements of Western political leaders, particularly from the US and UK, often also...

    Article

  • February 13, 2015

    In the name of security, Israel is creating a generation of frustrated youths and a legacy of insecurity

    Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Gaza Strip and West Bank were defined as two territories of a single unit, between which Palestinians should be permitted to move freely...

    Blog

  • February 13, 2015

    Iraqi oil exports decline

    January oil exports in Iraq fell to 2.56 million barrels a day compared to 2.94 million barrels per day in December, the country’s Ministry of Oil revealed. The ministry’s...

    News

  • February 13, 2015

    Additional damage to Switzerland’s image due to military deals with Israel

    Switzerland is no longer the country of ice, chocolate and noble humanitarian commitments. In addition to its name being included in the leaked bank accounts, another problem has emerged...

    News

  • February 12, 2015

    Gazans hold vigil for murdered US students

    Scores of Palestinians in Gaza yesterday protested against the killing of two Palestinians and a Syrian in North Carolina, US, on Tuesday. Demonstrators stood outside the United Nations’ office...

    News

  • February 12, 2015

    Sisi’s Way

    It’s no secret that Hosni Mubarak’s regime was repressive. Yet although in its treatment of prisoners and many other ways besides, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s is worse, statesmen around the...

    Article

  • February 12, 2015

    The ground attack on ISIS: Context and consequences

    US General John Allen, advisor to the American president and special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, has said that “Iraqi troops will begin a major...

    Article

  • February 12, 2015

    Egypt released Al-Jazeera journalists

    A court in Cairo has released Al-Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, setting a bail bond of $33,000 for the latter’s release. The pair have been held in...

    News