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June 15, 2014

Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror

In George Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston Smith, whose job it is to edit historical documents so they reflect the party line, reads from Goldstein’s book. “In accordance to the...

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June 15, 2014

Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy

Janan Abdu is a Palestinian social and feminist campaigner and researcher. Her husband Ameer Makhoul is also a human rights activist on behalf of Palestinians living in Israel; imprisoned,...

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June 15, 2014

Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza

Meticulously researched, Hamas and Civil Society: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector (Princeton University Press, 2011) is a significant study of Hamas and Gaza’s social institutions. The evolution of Hamas...

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June 15, 2014

The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker

Every week, inmates at the Israeli prison of Beer Al-Sabe’ hold political debates inside their cells. What are the benefits of negotiations with Israel; how useful is the Palestine...

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June 15, 2014

Israel arrests 80 Hamas leaders in the West Bank

The Israeli army arrested 80 Hamas leaders in the West Bank Sunday morning, the Israeli Channel 7 reported. According to the Israeli army’s radio channel, the army rounded up...

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June 15, 2014

Haftar’s forces attack Benghazi Islamists

Forces affiliated to renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar on Sunday attacked with heavy weapons areas controlled by the Islamist Ansar Al-Sharia militia in the eastern city of Benghazi. Haftar’s...

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June 15, 2014

Hamas slams Netanyahu’s accusation over missing settlers

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Sunday rejected Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusations of abducting three Jewish settlers from the West Bank. Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri dismissed Netanyahu’s...

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June 15, 2014

Netanyahu ordered covert operations in Egypt after the revolution, report

The Israeli Channel 10 revealed that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had issued a number of decisions since the outbreak of Arab Spring revolts to carry out covert operations...

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June 15, 2014

Ex-Iraqi PM: Baghdad belt has fallen

Former Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi said that the areas surrounding Baghdad had already fallen and that Iraq is heading to the “partition” scenario. In an interview with CNN‘s...

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June 15, 2014

Egypt: Tourism revenues dropped by 57.3% since military coup

Revenues from the tourism sector in Egypt dropped by 57.3 percent in the period between July 2013 and March 2014, coinciding with the July 3 military coup against president...

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