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  • January 25, 2014

    The cowardice at the heart of our relationship with Israel

    It is impossible to understand the modern Conservative Party without a grasp of the scale and profundity of its links to the state of Israel. The connection dates back...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israeli settlements, unsettling realities...

    A DAY after the UN vote to upgrade Palestine’s status at the UN, the right-wing Israeli government responded by adding 3,500 illegal Jewish-only homes in the occupied West Bank...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The time is ripe for Palestinian reconciliation, again

    After the victory of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza against the Israeli offensive and the relative success at the United Nations, there is a positive atmosphere with regards to...

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  • January 25, 2014

    No one won by a knockout in Egypt's referendum

    No one knows how the Egyptian opposition makes decisions or exactly what its leaders want. They apparently decided to remain on the streets while participating in the referendum at...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Fayyad calls for emergency Arab summit to rescue PA from financial crisis

    The Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, yesterday called for an emergency Arab summit to rescue the Palestinian Authority from financial distress which he said had left it...

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  • January 25, 2014

    New Israeli Herods and Christians

    I’m writing from Finland this week, where the omnipresence of snow and festive Christmas lights heralds another celebration of the birth of Jesus. In parallel, the descendants of the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Financial and political deadlock

    The crisis did not begin when Israel decided to transfer the tax revenue owed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the Israeli Electricity Company instead, to pay for its...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Why was the UGTT general strike in Tunis called off?

    There is a long history of struggle, domination by leftist Marxists, as well as recent disputes between the old guard and the outcomes of the revolution in Tunisia. The...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Obama and the Israel Lobby

    The Israel Lobby is flexing its muscles against Barack Obama’s expected nominee to be the next Secretary of Defence. Frontrunner Chuck Hagel is co-chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Internationalising the issue of Palestinian prisoners

    The plight of Palestinian detainees being held by Israel has an important place in the general framework of the Palestinian national cause because it has affected a huge number...

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