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  • January 26, 2014

    Even the dead pose a “demographic threat” in Occupied Jerusalem

    In stable democratic states there are laws that protect historic sites against confiscation or destruction. Governments allocate funds from state budgets for their maintenance. However, in Israel such normal...

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  • January 26, 2014

    62 days and counting – Jerusalemite MPs still seeking sanctuary in International Red Cross offices

    62 days ago (1st July 2010) three elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council walked into the International Red Cross headquarters in Jerusalem and they have not left since....

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  • January 26, 2014

    Was the Rabbi speaking for himself?

    By Omar Radwan Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Spiritual Leader of Shas, an Israeli Sephardic ultra-Orthodox party, delivered a sermon at the weekend in which he prayed for the death...

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  • January 26, 2014

    Terrorism: I am a Muslim; I am a victim of terrorism

    By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban Those who try to make the word ‘terrorism’ a synonym of the word ‘Islam’ try to brainwash us these days by the phrase “I am...

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  • January 26, 2014

    Khaled Mesh’al lays out new Hamas policy direction

    This is the most recent interview with Khaled Mesh’al who, since 1996, has been the Chairman of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Political Bureau. After the assassination of Hamas...

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  • January 26, 2014

    The attack on Islam in the West Bank

    By Dr. Abdel Sattar Qassem  It was not anticipated that the ‘autonomy’ which emanated from the Oslo Accord would spread Islam, support it or make quantum leaps in endorsing Islam’s...

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  • January 26, 2014

    The refugees are the crux of the matter

    By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit hinted recently that Palestinian refugees would receive $50 billion dollars as a compensation for giving up the right...

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  • January 26, 2014

    When they shout: “We strongly condemn…”

    By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban On August 29, 2010, Martin Indyk wrote an op-ed in The New York Times entitled “For once, hope in the Middle East”.  When I read...

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  • January 26, 2014

    28 Years After the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila

    Munir’s Story By Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refuge Camp, Beirut. The untreated psychic wounds are still open. Accountability, justice and basic civil rights for the survivors are still denied....

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  • January 26, 2014

    On the current phase of the Middle East peace process

    By Angelina Harutyunyan The protracted peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has made both parties and the international community sceptical about its chances of success. Although the two...

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