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December 12, 2014

OPCW official urges Israel to dismantle its chemical weapons

A senior official of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) called on Israel’s allies to pressure it to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal. In an interview...

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December 12, 2014

Poll: Labour-Livni alliance could defeat Likud

A coalition formed by Isaac Herzog’s Labour Party and the Hatnua party led by Tzipi Livni could defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party but the possibility of a...

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December 12, 2014

UN envoy calls for removal of obstacles blocking Gaza reconstruction

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry expressed deep concern about the difficult situation in the Gaza Strip in light of the continued...

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December 12, 2014

America’s empire of torture and hypocrisy

A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry on Sunday had something quite interesting to say. Seizing on the growing movement in the US that is pushing for justice for...

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December 12, 2014

Do we still believe in David and Goliath?

At a recent conference in Beirut, international NGOs convened to discuss the “Global Campaign to Return to Palestine”. More than 100 delegates represented organisations based in 33 countries, including...

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December 12, 2014

Amnesty report angers Israeli government, but impunity persists

Amnesty International’s latest report on Israel’s colonial massacre in Gaza has angered the Israeli government. Called “Nothing is immune: Israel’s destruction of landmark buildings in Gaza”, the report calls...

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December 11, 2014

Muted response to minister’s killing confirms that Palestinian lives don’t matter

On Wednesday 10 December, a protest took place in the West Bank village of Turmusiya, near Ramallah. Dozens of foreign and Palestinian activists were demonstrating against land confiscations by...

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December 11, 2014

From revolution to civil conflict: Syria’s failed ‘Arab Spring’?

In early 2011, as repeated dictatorships fell across the Middle East and the entire region echoed with the cries of anti-regime protesters on the streets, it seemed that nothing...

Article
December 11, 2014

Congress and the US-Israel ‘strategic partnership’

The US Congress passed the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 at the beginning of December. The Senate had approved the draft bill in September and the final...

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December 11, 2014

In an unjust prison system, hunger strikes are a last resort

Mohamed Soltan describes his room in the prison hospital as a glorified cell. By glorified he means that the room has an actual bed for him to sleep on,...

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