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January 23, 2014

King Abdullah placates his American audience and angers many at home

By all accounts, Jordan’s King Abdullah II prides himself on being blunt. That is certainly in evidence in Jeffrey Goldberg’s long profile in the Atlantic, which was based on...

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January 23, 2014

What does Israel’s apology mean for future relations with Turkey?

In May 2010, the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship, led a flotilla bound for Gaza, which planned to break the Israeli naval blockade. It was a humanitarian mission protesting...

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January 23, 2014

Arab League and Iran differ over Syria, making solution ever more unlikely

Two years down the line and the bloodletting continues in Syria. Despite the fact that the opposition to the Assad regime consists of many different groups with wildly varying...

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January 23, 2014

Examining Israel’s claim to ‘unilateral action’

Benjamin Netanyahu has once again created a hodgepodge consisting of the holocaust, the ‘Iranian threat’ and anti-Semitism in order to justify the possibility of Israel taking unilateral action against...

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January 23, 2014

Extension of Israeli nationality law entrenches racial discrimination

Security concern continues to usurp collective consciousness and Jewish identity. Last Sunday, the Israeli government approved a proposal by Interior Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, to extend the citizenship law by...

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January 23, 2014

An exhibition of historical oppression

British approval for Israel to temporarily display the Balfour Declaration during the inauguration of a museum in 2015 has met with verbal condemnations from the Arab League and leading...

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January 23, 2014

Sectarian violence continues to divide Iraq

Throughout his reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein played up ethnic and sectarian tensions at every opportunity. He spearheaded a long campaign of violent oppression against Shi’ites (who make up...

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January 23, 2014

What’s behind the proposed visit of Qatari royal to Israel?

Qatar’s foreign policy is nothing if not enigmatic. Since the Arab Spring, the small Gulf state has drastically upped its diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, the culmination of...

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January 23, 2014

Palestine’s search page on Google ‘harms peace’

Israel’s furore at Google’s decision to replace Palestinian Territories with Palestine in its localised search pages led foreign minister Ze’ev Elkin to issue a statement addressed to Google’s CEO,...

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January 23, 2014

Stephen Hawking’s boycott decision elicits Zionist hatred

Academic boycotts seem to resonate deeply within Israel, veering towards the dynamics of vengeance. Cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott the Israeli Presidential Conference sparked a furore on social...

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