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  • January 27, 2014

    Israel, all or nothing

    Israel, we are told frequently, is “the only democracy in the Middle East”. This is the “Get out of Jail” card used against critics whenever the argument is swinging...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Fadlallah's perspective on the Palestinian cause

    By Dr Mohsen Saleh The past few months have provided an opportunity to review the ideology of the late scholar Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who died recently in Lebanon, and...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Israel and the Flotilla Intifada

    By Omar Radwan Yesterday, an Israeli military inquiry committee published a report about Israel’s raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. While criticising “mistakes” made by the Israeli navy, such...

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  • January 27, 2014

    'A free world'… 'A free press'…

    By Ma’an Bashur If the veteran American journalist Helen Thomas had called for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, as she called for the Israeli withdrawal...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Towards a Palestinian political agenda - Part I

    By Dr. Salman Abu Sitta The deteriorating situation of the Palestinian cause is no secret to anyone, including Palestinians themselves and the Arab world. There is, therefore, an urgent...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Ashton in Gaza for the second time: what is the agenda?

    By Dr Bassem Naeem The European Union’s foreign policy chief has visited Gaza for the second time. Cathy Ashton’s visit on 18 July came several months after her first...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Towards a Palestinian Political Agenda - Part II

    By Dr Salman Abu Sitta What is the position of neighbouring Arab countries on all this? In 1948, some Arab states went into Palestine after Britain’s departure under pressure...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Why are equal rights dangerous?

    By Ahmad Tibi In today’s Israel, advocating equal rights for all can prove fatal, writes Ahmad Tibi* In the 11 years that I have served in Israel’s Knesset I...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Inside the Israeli Knesset

    By Uri Avnery WHEN I was first elected to the Knesset, I was appalled at what I found. I discovered that, with rare exceptions, the intellectual level of the...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Tightening control!!...

    By Dr. Eyad Sarraj We do not need a great deal of intelligence, access to classified information, round or square theories to be able to put events into perspective...

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