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  • January 27, 2014

    Signs of major crisis in Israel

    It is no exaggeration to say that Israel is facing a major crisis, the causes of which go back to the creation of the state in 1948. Actions taken...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Michel Sabbah: "Hamas is protecting us"

    Contrasting with the general pessimism, the 77 year old Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, continues to believe in the harmonious cohabitation with Islam.By Laurent Grzybowski What is the situation for Christians...

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  • January 27, 2014

    First class state, second class citizens?

    “The state of Israel will … foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The un-Christian "Christians" who embrace Israeli apartheid

    By Khalid Amayreh “You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, and...

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  • January 27, 2014

    How the Israeli Government Tried to Spin Its Way out of Its Inhumane Gaza Invasion

    In this excerpt from his new book, Finkelstein dissects the PR effort to cover up the inhuman acts committed by Israel’s massive offensive in the Gaza strip in 2009. ...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Beware this Israeli alternative to the two state solution

    By Bilal Al-HassanA new plan has emerged from Israel that realigns the Zionist state from being an aggressive occupier to being a partner with its Arab neighbours. In a...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The Dark Underbelly of Israel’s Security State

    Anat Kamm: Spy or whistleblower?By Jonathan Cook, What is misleadingly being called in Israel the “Anat Kamm espionage affair” is quickly revealing the dark underbelly of a nation that...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Israel's Negev 'frontier'

    On this year’s Land Day, tens of thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel marched in Sakhnin, an Israeli city in the Lower Galilee, to protest against past and present...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The West Bank and the illusion of economic prosperity

    Ramallah: An oasis of prosperity that is the exception, not the rule The West Bank, we are led to believe, is seeing an upsurge in prosperity; a boost in...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Why Israel should not be allowed to join the OECD

    Introduction – The OECD and Israel’s impending accessionThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) does exactly what its name suggests. The group, established in its current form in...

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