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May 4, 2014

To abstain is to deny Palestinians their rights

The Palestinian Authority’s failure to get the required support in the Security Council for admission to the UN is not surprising. The perfidious US veto was always going to...

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May 4, 2014

Netanyahu is a liar… but so are the leaders of America and the West

A media frenzy followed the publication of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s description of Benjamin Netanyahu as “a liar” during a private discussion with US President Barack Obama. The exchange...

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May 4, 2014

Go on, Abbas; dissolve the Palestinian Authority

The fierce attack by Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, is reminiscent of the assault (in every sense) launched by Ariel Sharon against the late...

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May 4, 2014

When judges follow politicians, not the law

The immigration tribunal ruling against Raed Salah is a classic example of what happens when judges follow politicians instead of the law. Contradictions and double-speak abound as they drag...

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May 4, 2014

Netanyahu tore up the rule book to deliver release of soldier

He may be the only foreign leader to humiliate a serving American president publicly and still receive standing ovations in Congress; he may continue to defy international calls for...

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May 4, 2014

Ofcom’s ruling on the Palestine papers offers hope to the Middle East

Nine months ago, when al-Jazeera and the Guardian jointly published the Palestine papers, revealing the scale of concessions secretly made by Palestinian negotiators in a decade of talks with...

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May 4, 2014

A week the British judiciary might wish to forget

It was a week like no other, one which the proud guardians of British justice will probably wish to forget. Three high-profile events confirmed the existence of a malaise...

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May 4, 2014

A happy day for Yemen

That a Yemeni political activist should win the Nobel Peace Prize is indeed unprecedented. The award for Tawakkul Karman confirms the importance of the role that Arab women have...

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May 4, 2014

Britain’s new law makes it harder but not impossible to prosecute war criminals

Although it passed through unnoticed in Britain, last week’s change of the law on universal jurisdiction was received with smug euphoria in Israel. The change marks the fulfilment of...

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May 4, 2014

Abbas did it; he hasn’t backed down

Al Quds al Arabi It was with a sigh of relief that we watched Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announce that he is going to the UN Security Council to...

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