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  • January 25, 2014

    The real story of the Six-Day War

    Last Tuesday was the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of a war between Egypt and Israel that reshaped the Middle East. At 7.30am, on 5 June, 1967, 200 Israeli...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Desire for 'Jewish state' fuels Israeli xenophobia

    Israeli Knesset member Danny Danon of the ruling Likud Party, who is chairperson of a xenophobic organisation called Deportation Now, recently spoke at a rally inciting the xenophobic riots...

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  • January 25, 2014

    A non-member state: what's next?

    President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that if all attempts to return to the negotiating table fail then the Palestinian Authority will approach the UN General Assembly seeking recognition as...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Muslim Brotherhood urged to share power in Egypt

    The head of the Tunisian Islamist party and the brains behind a successful transitional coalition with two securalist parties has flown to Cairo to persuade the Muslim Brotherhood in...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israel and the theory of the Other

    In 1896 Theodor Herzl wrote “The Jewish State”, a book that was to change the lives of Palestinians forever. Believing that Jews would always be subject to anti-Semitism whilst...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Syria on verge of civil war

    What started as an extension of the Arab Spring is pushing Syria to the verge of civil war. Bashar Al-Assad must stop deluding himself by blaming the frustration of...

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  • January 25, 2014

    What would a Muslim Brotherhood victory mean for Israel and Palestine?

    A 200km barricade being built along the Egypt-Israel border, originally designed to deter illegal immigrants and smugglers from entering Israel, has this week taken on a new significance. In...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Religious groups are infiltrating secular politics in Israel

    Israel is possibly the only country in the world where the religious right has taken the initiative to infiltrate secular political parties in an apparent effort to increase their...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Egypt: Constitutional storm or military dominance?

    Now that the results of Egypt’s presidential elections have been declared, it is left to be seen exactly how much power the ruling junta will relinquish. With the proclamation...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Dear Khaled Meshaal - you promised their freedom

    I decided to address this open letter to you on a matter that haunts so many people in the wounded West Bank even though I and many others know...

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