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  • January 25, 2014

    Legislating fascism in Israel

    The latest news from the apartheid state of Israel speaks of a new bill submitted before the Knesset or Parliament, which would make Israel more Jewish and less democratic....

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  • January 25, 2014

    The global uprising takes shape

    Watching the tragic events unfolding around the world, from starvation in Somalia to rioting in London, we are not feeling vindicated, merely sad and angry. For a long time...

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  • January 25, 2014

    What would UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?

    There is no doubt about the importance of the UN recognising Palestine as a state, and more importantly its acceptance as a full member state. If such recognition is...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Time to de-legitimise the Assad regime

    It should be clear by now that the killings in the streets of Syria at the hands of the sectarian Assad regime have eliminated any possibility for any future...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Haven't the post-Oslo years taught Mahmoud Abbas anything?

    The Jewish Chronicle’s Martin Bright has revealed details of “a secret meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority” alleged to have...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Fresh olives and the sound of bombs

    Gaza is under fresh attack from Israel following an incident near Eilat in which seven Israelis were killed and 40 injured. Although those responsible “crossed the border from Sinai”,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israel doesn't respond to violence, it foments violence

    Yet more tragic loss of life, this time in Eilat and Gaza, and yet again Israel “responds” with “full force”; the bombs dropped on overcrowded Gaza City, and the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Football Beyond Borders Middle East 2011

    “Football Beyond Borders” is a student lead enterprise that was conceived almost three years ago. On the dawn of the third Beyond Borders tour the concept has become a...

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  • January 25, 2014

    UN Palmer Report into Freedom Flotilla assault condemned as a whitewash

    The long-awaited UN Palmer Report into the Israeli attack on the humanitarian “Freedom Flotilla” to Gaza in May 2010 finally came out last week. However, from the moment it...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Before the courts of history

    The latter is no longer immortalised or mentioned in his country, despite his dramatic decision in the mid-1970s to turn his back on Moscow and face toward Washington. In...

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