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  • January 24, 2014

    Hamas, Gaza and a double confrontation

    When the Israelis finally complete their “Iron Dome” missile defence system they are more likely to consider another attack against the people of the Gaza Strip. Once again, the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Sharon may be dead, but his apartheid legacy taints us all

    The shadow of the ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has died aged 85, has always had a peculiar place in my life. He was in part the trigger...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Dutch business giants join boycott, causing Israel concern

    In the wake of the recent termination of cooperation with Israeli companies linked to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by three Dutch business giants, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Kurdistan and the battle over oil

    The issue of oil has jumped to prominence in the political relationship between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil (the capital of the Kurdish region in Iraq), and with it has...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Is there room for a Saudi-Egypt-Turkey triangle?

    It is clear that the Arab region is turbulent. It is also clear that the political situation is in a state of confusing fluidity; alliances have collapsed while others...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israel's silent expulsion of Jerusalemites

    The Israeli authorities have taken advantage of the shifts in the Arab scene and the media’s preoccupation with these shifts to further Judaise the city of Jerusalem by means...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Iraq's struggle: The moral obligation to encourage reconciliation, not more violence

    In the midst of the sudden and bloody surge of violence that has plagued Iraq’s Anbar province over the past two weeks, reportedly claiming nearly 250 lives, the country’s...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Transforming Palestinian solidarity into 'themes'

    Contradictions regarding human rights and the exploitation of oppression emanating from the United Nations have culminated in Ban Ki-moon’s statement regarding the death of Ariel Sharon. Mingling sadness and...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israeli considerations in the Syrian arena

    There are three objectives by means of which we can assess the Israeli policy towards the conflict in Syria, which are not masked by Tel Aviv’s feigned indifference and...

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  • January 24, 2014

    In search of the truth behind bombings and displacement in Iraq

    The general picture of the reality in Iraq is that Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s regime is begging America to supply sophisticated weapons to combat terrorism. Foreign Minister Zebari has...

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