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  • January 23, 2014

    Israel opens dam gates to increase suffering in Gaza

    As the storm Alexa leaves the region, its catastrophic effects have started to appear in the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave which has been under strict Israeli siege since...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Lebanon’s black market in refugee organs

    Today kidneys are sold in Beirut for 1 million Lebanese Pounds; that’s around $670, a very tempting sum for desperate Syrian refugees. Three years down the line of the...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Gaza and Hala’s story

    I have just visited the Gaza Strip. Before leaving for my solidarity visit I was well aware of the statistics of the territory, which has been under siege since...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Migrants take care of Israel’s elderly and in return are exploited as “infiltrators”

    Today is the second day of a three-day strike in Israel with some 30,000 African asylum seekers protesting against detention and demanding refugee status. The furore rolled up yesterday...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Iranian man goes 60 years without a bath

    An Iranian man has broken the world record for the number of years spent without bathing. He spent the last 60 years without a bath. The Iranian News Agency...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Final Words on Sharon by Miko Peled

    I never understood how people could rejoice at the news of a person’s death. I happened to be in the UK when Margaret Thatcher died so I witnessed the...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Flag of paradox

    All my life, the flag of Palestine has been ingrained deeply into my brain. From news reports that my father used to consume incessantly to the many protests I...

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  • January 23, 2014

    DCI-Palestine emphasises torture of Palestinian minors in Israeli jails

    Children incarcerated in Israeli jails continue to face systematic abuse at the hands of Israel’s military. According to Defence for Children International Palestine, Israeli soldiers are responsible for violence...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Israeli settler violence mirrors the large-scale aggression implicit in land grabbing

    In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the entrance of a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya, in the occupied West Bank, was set on fire. The walls...

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  • January 23, 2014

    Cairo Year One: Nermine Hammam at The Mosaic Rooms, London

    At first glance Nermine Hammam’s work looks like beautiful Japanese prints hung on the lower floor of The Mosaic Rooms, a renovated Victorian townhouse that is now an art...

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