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January 23, 2014

J Street or AIPAC, the message remains the same

The power of lobby groups in Washington has been well-documented. Whether their interest is in oil, tobacco, or international affairs, these unelected bodies have significant power over both parties...

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January 23, 2014

It existed under a ban and yet it survived and spread while its executioners went to the junkyards

The Muslim Brotherhood, which was dissolved this week due to the issuance of a coup court injunction, is 85 years old (est. 1928). During this time it lived under...

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January 23, 2014

Insights into imperialism: Obama's UNGA speech

Obama’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly was replete with imperialist references based upon the mainstream interpretation of history. Commencing with a glorification of the UN within a...

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January 23, 2014

Abbas and the right of return

Ahead of Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the United Nations today, 100 US Jewish leaders wrote to the Palestinian president urging him to announce publicly that he is giving up...

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January 23, 2014

Iran's diplomatic offensive puts Israel in awkward spot

On Thursday 26 September, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met in New York. It was part of a wider meeting between...

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January 23, 2014

The same criminals from Daraa Syria to Dalja Egypt

The most recent actions carried out by the coup in Egypt involve raiding Egyptian cities and villages with tanks armed with cannons in order to protect the planes flying...

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January 23, 2014

Al Aqsa Intifada – pleas, remembrance and resistance

The Al Aqsa intifada was marked with escalating rhetoric of resistance by Hamas, overshadowing the attempt by Abbas to address violations embedded within the conflict since the Oslo agreements....

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January 23, 2014

Netanyahu risks isolation on the world stage

The last few weeks have seen a softening of rhetoric between the leaders of Iran and the USA. The new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has been on something of...

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January 23, 2014

For the coup to succeed Al-Sisi must ban the Brotherhood from hearts and minds

The judiciary which now takes its orders from General Al-Sisi and his coup leader cronies has issued a ruling to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood; that sums up all that...

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January 23, 2014

Iran and Israel trade accusations about spying

Tensions between Israel and Iran are a given, but have been in the news this week. This was because of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United...

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