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  • January 24, 2014

    When "drones" circle Syria's skies

    Estimates of the number of fighters in the Islamist Al-Nusra Front are numerous and no one can be sure of the correct figure. Perhaps ten to twenty thousand fighters...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Obama visit and Israeli penchant for conflict...

    President Barack Obama’s visit to the Middle East has coincided with the 10th anniversary of the killing of American peace activist Rachel Corrie. She was murdered by an American-made...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Demonisation of Palestinians continues in Egypt thanks to the old regime

    The past week has seen a lot of media speculation about seven Palestinians who were taken into custody as they tried to enter Egypt and their subsequent release. Was...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Government of settlements first and last

    Benjamin Netanyahu’s third government (and Israel’s thirty third) does not offer Palestinians anything new: it will be more of the same; the expansion of illegal settlements, aggression and the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Dismantling the myth of peace in Obama's discourse

    Obama’s speech at the Jerusalem Convention Centre was the culmination of an attempt to further humiliate Palestinians. The affirmation of US support to Israel was imparted in selective rhetoric...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Obama, the Israel sycophant

    Never in my life have I seen a president that fawns over the Israelis, begs for their approval, sings their praises and lauds their achievements and history like the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Just where does Israel's legitimacy stem from anyway?

    All of the major pro-Israel Lobbyists, including Barack Obama just a few days ago, have used the word “delegitimisation” to condemn critics of the State of Israel and its...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Arab Spring: What did it do for women?

    Earlier this year year London played host to the highest ranking female politician in the Arab world, her position made possible by the advent of the Arab Spring –...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The naked truth about Tunisia's topless protester

    Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler says that she set out to highlight the issue of women’s rights when she posted topless pictures of herself on the Femen website. Since you...

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  • January 24, 2014

    So why did Netanyahu apologise to Turkey now?

    Under normal circumstances, when one country apologises to another it usually passes without comment. When the country doing the apologising is Israel people sit up and take notice. Israel...

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