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  • January 28, 2014

    Where is the BBC's objectivity where Palestine is concerned?

    It goes without saying that almost every news network claims to report truthfully and objectively. The BBC, for example, portrays itself to be ” independent, impartial and honest.“ This...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Moscow on Egypt: balance and ambiguity

    The Russian Foreign Ministry said at the beginning of July that it will take a “balanced” position on the isolation of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi. This has also...

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  • January 28, 2014

    It's Erdogan's Turkey, not the Brotherhood's

    During its early renaissance stages, modern Turkey was subjected to violent shocks, some of which were neither justifiable nor understandable. However, the Turks’ only option was to deal with...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Turkey's Syria question: winner or loser?

    On the heels of the British parliament’s refusal to sanction a military attack on Syria, US President Barack Obama drove the issue of a possible intervention to a dead-end...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Conflict between the Erdogan government and the Gülen group

    Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been allied with liberalist groups and the influential Fethullah Gülen movement since its rise to...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Support for protestors in Kiev or Cairo depends on what their government has to offer you

    For the last two weeks Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine has been the stronghold of anti-government protests; thousands have gathered in temperatures as low as minus fifteen to express...

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  • January 28, 2014

    The collapse of the Turkish-Israeli alliance... Why?

    By Ahmed AomrabiIn a high-level international gathering, Turkish Prime Minister, Rajab Tayyip Erdogan, shouted in the face of Israeli President Shimon Peres saying: “You know how to kill people”....

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  • January 28, 2014

    Europe: A Cowardly Giant

    Dr Abdel Sattar QassemProfessor of Political studies, Al Najah National University Europe’s recent announcement that Jerusalem is the capital of two states to be achieved through negotiations between Palestinian...

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  • January 28, 2014

    “Very bad Europeans”

    By Yvonne Ridley I have never met Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit but he thinks that I am a very bad European; that’s me and 1400 other peace...

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  • January 28, 2014

    “Israeli media” in Turkey

    By Mehmet Nedim Aslan There is a common belief in the Muslim world that US foreign policy is biased towards Israel thanks to the Israel-Jewish lobby. Ever since the...

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