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  • January 24, 2014

    Syria-Israel negotiations are in a deep sleep

    By Ali Badwan As the negotiations focus is fixed firmly on what is happening between the Israelis and the Palestinians, news is filtering through of some unexpected moves by...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Jewish identity of the State of Israel

    Does anyone else wonder why Benjamin Netanyahu is already insisting that a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians must include recognition by the latter that the state of...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Palestinian expert warns about repeating Oslo's mistakes as direct talks are launched

    A Palestinian expert has warned of the danger of repeating the mistakes made by the Palestinian negotiators, especially concerning Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in signing the Oslo Accords...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Another snare for Saudi Arabia

    By Abdul Bari Atwan When, in an article published by the New York Times yesterday, the American journalist Thomas Friedman calls on the reigning Saudi monarch, King Abdullah bin...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Conspicuous Arab abstention from International Jerusalem Day

    Last week, Iran celebrated International Jerusalem Day with angry demonstrations marching in its various cities including the capital Tehran and was attended by hundreds of thousands, chanting anti-Zionist slogans...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Direct negotiations; a goal for Israelis …a means for Palestinians

    By Raghid el-Solh At the start of these direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, many questions were raised about the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, real position...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Your apology is not convincing

    By Abdel Bari Atwan It was right that the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad did apologize for the actions of elements within the security apparatus under his authority. They...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Palestinian negotiators back to square one

    By Bilal Al-Hassan Palestinian acceptance of direct negotiations with Israel without preconditions is in effect a return to square one in the process of political settlement between the two...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Resuming negotiations and the "carrot" of reassurances

    By Dr Ahmed Yusuf Ahmed The US administration has decided to commence direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians on 2nd September. The Palestinian Authority accepted the invitation...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The repressive Palestinian state

    A symposium planned by the Popular and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the People’s Party (formerly the Communist party) has been prohibited by the Palestinian Security...

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