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June 4, 2014

Remember the USS Liberty? The US and Israel wish you didn’t

It is often assumed that Israel was on the defensive in the Six-Day War of June 1967. That is testimony to the success of its propaganda, because the reality...

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June 4, 2014

Israeli academic conferences hit by boycott as speakers withdraw

Two conferences taking place in Israeli universities this month have lost keynote and plenary speakers, following the Palestinian boycott call. The Oral History Conference set to take place at...

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June 4, 2014

Al-Sisi pledges to achieve ‘freedom, human dignity and social justice’

Egyptian coup leader Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi said on Tuesday, after being officially announced as Egypt’s new president, that he is working with the Egyptian people to achieve “freedom, human dignity...

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June 4, 2014

New survey: Food insecurity affects 1 in 3 Palestinian households

A third of Palestinian households in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, around 1.6 million people, are food insecure, according to an annual survey by the Palestinian Central Bureau...

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June 4, 2014

The unholy security coordination

The formation of a new Palestinian government means nothing, even if it is a “national reconciliation government”, if a national programme based on equity (and not the division of...

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June 4, 2014

Pro-Sisi presenter says Egypt will strike Libya militarily before Ramadan

Below is a translated excerpt from the video: “This won’t do for the future. We are now talking about the future. We have problems in Libya and we will...

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June 4, 2014

Netanyahu ‘deeply troubled’ by US, EU recognition of Palestinian government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he is both “deeply disappointed” and “deeply troubled” by the US and EU’s recognition of the new...

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June 4, 2014

EU confirms its support for Palestinian unity government

The EU representative to the Palestinian territories John Rutter stressed the EU’s support for the new unity government during a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah yesterday. Hamdallah...

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June 3, 2014

Beggars

One would not automatically think about the people of Egypt when I refer to beggars; the Egyptian people who are sleeping on the streets and are unable to find...

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June 3, 2014

Egypt’s new Pharaoh

Since July 3 last year, i.e. since the brutal coup was staged in Egypt, the chorus of corrupt journalists who were walking in Mubarak and his two sons’ procession...

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