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  • January 25, 2014

    Ahmad Obaidat: Corruption destroyed everything!

    In an interview for the Middle Eastern Studies Journal, former Jordanian Prime Minister, Ahmad Obeidat, has stated that the movement of political and social development being witnessed in some...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Netanyahu’s latest gambit to thwart Palestinian statehood

    Apparently worried about the potential impact on Israel of ongoing Arab revolutions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to be contemplating a new “peace plan” that will throw...

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  • January 25, 2014

    When will the world notice Israel’s Palestinian prisoners?

    Palestinian Prisoners’ Day was observed on April 17th with a series of events and functions across the West Bank and Gaza. Its commemoration this year stressed how important the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Sting of the Scorpion… Egypt’s Darkest Corner was the forerunner to Guantanamo

    “Welcome to Tora Land”, declared the headline on a magazine rack which caught my eye as I was swept along during the rush hour inside Cairo’s chaotic railway station....

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Syrian regime must change, or it will be changed

    It is with a heavy heart that I am writing about the saddening situation in Syria, the country often described as the beating heart of Arabdom. The scenes of the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Gaza is still the issue, despite the Arab revolutions

    The revolutions taking place across the Arab world have taken the spotlight away from an ongoing issue which Israel would like the world to forget: the siege of Gaza,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The price of freedom

    Yvonne Ridley in Benghazi A few short weeks ago I stood on a public platform in London and slammed proposals for Western military intervention in Libya. In my mind,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    “September entitlements” between reality and illusion

    There has been a flourish of diplomatic activity by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in preparation for what has become known as the “September entitlements”, accompanied by statements from his...

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  • January 25, 2014

    America’s pyrrhic victory over Bin-Laden

    The killing of al-Qaeda Chief Osama Bin-Laden by US special forces in Pakistan is likely to have more of a short-term psychological impact than concrete long-lasting political ramifications. While Bin-Laden’s death...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Cairo Agreement and Palestinian statehood

    After protests calling for the removal of dictatorial regimes broke out across the Arab world, Palestinians echoed them with their own protests.  However, they were not calling for the...

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