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  • May 4, 2014

    Turkey and Israel’s half-hearted apology and compensation

    A meeting has been held in Geneva between Turkish and Israeli delegations trying to resolve the differences between the two countries. The Israelis in particular hope for a return...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 4, 2014

    Israeli rabbinical racism is no longer the lunatic fringe

    When Samuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Safed, issued an edict in October calling on Jews to refrain from renting or selling apartments to non-Jews many dismissed him as...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 4, 2014

    London is the hub of justice, not hate

    An article in the Jewish Chronicle, London’s hub of Israel hate, coincided with a disturbing report from the Guardian’s correspondent in the Galilee. The former is based on a...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 4, 2014

    British Jewry reeling from the apartheid analogy

    One week on, the controversy triggered by Mick Davis, Chair of United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA) shows no sign of abating. When he criticised the policies of the Israeli...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 4, 2014

    Student activism and the pro-Palestinian movement gains momentum

    Activism and protest have long been a part of a student’s passage through university. From fighting for women’s right to vote, to equal rights for African Americans; from standing...

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  • May 4, 2014

    MEMO’s open letter to the Deputy Prime Minister

    Dear Mr. Clegg, Were we wrong about you? Your speech to the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel signalled the end of your relationship with the British electorate. It marked...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 4, 2014

    The American guarantees are more dangerous than the settlements

    It appears the United States efforts to resume direct negotiations between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Israeli Government has started to bear fruit. This comes amid widespread...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • May 4, 2014

    The Palestinians of Israel are poised to take centre stage

    In a quiet street in the Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied East Jerusalem 88-year-old Rifka al-Kurd is explaining how she came to live in the house she and her...

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  • May 4, 2014

    Gaza: breaking the stranglehold of dependence

    It is not often that a mainstream British newspaper reports a positive story from Palestine and the Gaza Strip in particular. The respected Financial Times did just this in...

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  • May 4, 2014

    It’s Time to Dismantle the Palestinian Authority

    From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Ahmed Moor was published in the...

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