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May 4, 2014

Britain’s unfortunate surrender to Israeli blackmail

Israel’s right-wing government has exercised the ugliest forms of extortion by postponing strategic dialogue with Britain until it changes the law that allows the prosecution in its courts of...

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May 4, 2014

Why the talks were always destined to fail

Key Points: The recent stalemate in talks is not surprising as they followed a failed formula. No peace settlement can ever be reached if:– Israel continues to plan and...

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May 4, 2014

Mr. Hague, this is what you should say to the Israelis next week

If Israel wants to be accepted as a normal state among the family of nations then it must abandon its dangerous flirtation with apartheid-like policies. This week’s clashes in...

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May 4, 2014

Are peace negotiations without Palestinian national reconciliation viable?

Key points: Palestinian national reconciliation is indispensible to the conclusion of a just and lasting peace settlement and the implementation of any two-state solution. Any efforts to secure a...

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May 4, 2014

Abed Rabbo and his alternative options

The view of Al-Quds Al-Arabi The Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s executive Committee has said that the Palestinian Authority is giving serious thought to ending its commitment to...

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May 4, 2014

Living next to the settler neighbors from hell

MEMO’s Renee Boyer comments on Sharmine Narwani’s article “Israel’s Human Shields and Live Bait” in the Huffington Post, 8 October 2010. Sharmine Narwani is a Senior Associate, St. Antony’s...

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May 4, 2014

Another BBC stunt to polish Israel’s image?

Reports in Haaretz say that the BBC’s Top Gear team has been seen entering Israel from Jordan. “Viewers,” said the newspaper’s Daniel Schmil, “will be able to hear exactly...

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May 4, 2014

Another formula to domesticate Hamas

Ever since Hamas came to power in 2006, calls have come from across the political spectrum stressing the necessity of engaging with the democratically elected Islamic movement. In the...

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May 4, 2014

The blackmailing of American democracy

As the US mid-term elections draw tantalisingly closer the battle lines have been drawn. At the centre of them all is the Palestine issue. This is the message from...

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May 4, 2014

My Loyalty Oath

By Jonathan Cook In all likelihood, I will be one of the very first non-Jews expected to swear loyalty to Israel as an ideology rather than as a state....

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