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March 29, 2014

Carving Palestinian land

Yesterday, seven men from the village of Anata in the West Bank stood in court. While the specific charges against them were unknown, the crime that has put them...

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March 29, 2014

What next after the domination of religious extremists in the Israeli army?

Over the past three decades, the Israeli army has undergone a restructuring of its elite as a result of economic, social, demographic and political shifts. This has influenced the...

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March 29, 2014

We are all responsible for Al-Maliki’s monopoly of power in Iraq

Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has attempted to deal a blow to the weak Iraqi parliament by saying that he will start spending and won’t wait for the 2014 budget...

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March 29, 2014

By making impossible demands, Netanyahu seeks to paint the Palestinians as intransigent and deflect international pressure

“Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, where the civil rights of all citizens, Jews and non-Jews alike, are guaranteed,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a...

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March 29, 2014

Hamas, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and the Saudi terrorist designation

Saudi Arabia’s decision to criminalise the Muslim Brotherhood and place it on a terrorism watch list will undoubtedly have serious implications. The Saudi designation will be a new chapter...

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March 29, 2014

Al-Sisi follows Mubarak in dancing to Israel’s tune

One of the main reasons for the eruption of the 2011 revolution in Egypt was the people’s rejection of Israel’s control over the Hosni Mubarak government, particularly the police,...

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March 29, 2014

A revealing Likudist moment

If we judge by the official statements saying that Egypt’s only problem is Hamas, and that the Cairo government’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and its embrace of the...

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March 29, 2014

Does popular peaceful resistance work for Gaza?

The relative success of armed resistance to the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip has led many people to believe that all other forms of resistance are futile. Some...

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March 29, 2014

Saudi Arabia threatens to lay siege to Qatar: cooperation or confrontation?

Saudi Arabia has threatened to blockade its neighbouring Gulf State Qatar by land and sea unless it cuts ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, closes Al Jazeera, and expels local...

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March 29, 2014

American aid is political not developmental

The US Vice Secretary of State for Eastern European Affairs, Victoria Nuland, did not leave any room for doubt when she confirmed that America and Europe financed the popular...

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