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April 21, 2014

“A promise is a promise, a date is a date and on September 26 we start building again.”

US President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday (6 July) to discuss, among other things, ways of brokering direct peace talks with the Palestinian Authority....

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April 19, 2014

Washington’s dissonant voices on the flotilla affair

One month on, the fallout from Israel’s attack on the aid flotilla shows no sign of abating. Calls for an independent and credible inquiry continue to grow, not only...

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April 19, 2014

The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives by Gilbert Achcar

Tariq Ali applauds an attempt to analyse the Arab-Israeli conflict Since the fourth century after Christ,” wrote the late Raul Hillberg in his masterwork, The Destruction of the European...

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April 19, 2014

Israel and Europe’s yesterday men

Like a drowning man, Israel is grasping for a helpline. Condemned by the UN and Amnesty International for war crimes in Gaza, time has finally caught up with Israel’s...

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April 19, 2014

Israeli proposal to “ease” blockade on Gaza does not go far enough

Following a two-day meeting of its security cabinet, Israel has announced that it will “ease” the crippling blockade it has maintained against the Gaza Strip for almost four years....

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April 19, 2014

Israel’s whitewash inquiry unacceptable

It is no surprise, and perfectly understandable, that the Turkish Foreign Ministry has dismissed the internal inquiry set up by the Israeli government into its assault on the Gaza...

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April 19, 2014

Israeli “democracy” unmasked

“We are facing times like never before.” These are the words of Ahmad Tibi, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and member of its parliament (the Knesset). On 7 June,...

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April 19, 2014

Turkey deserves an apology from Israel

The Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara, one of the six ships in the aid flotilla off the coast of Gaza, in the early hours of 31 May marks a...

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April 19, 2014

Ex-UN Assistant Secretary General asks US State Department to rule on Israel’s use of US weapons

As the fallout continues to grow after Israel’s attack on and hijacking of the Freedom Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, an ex-Assistant Secretary General of the UN has written...

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April 19, 2014

MEMO’s clarification of legal issues surrounding the attacks on the humanitarian aid flotilla

1. Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip is illegal under international law Israel exercises “effective control” over the Gaza Strip since it imposed a siege of the territory, including...

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