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  • January 30, 2014

    We long to have our judges back

    Many have warned that politics and the law don’t mix, and that judges shouldn’t seek the limelight in the media. The judiciary should rise above such foolishness and keep...

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  • January 30, 2014

    The time of false leaders

    We live in a time of media and moral laxity so, in Egypt, we must expect the illogical in every aspect of life; yesterday’s friend is today’s enemy, and...

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  • January 30, 2014

    We have forgotten Palestine!

    We Arabs have unwittingly fulfilled the dreams of the Zionists. We have regressed and become distracted with our own internal issues and foolish disputes within the borders of our...

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  • January 30, 2014

    Oh Jerusalem!

    It has been 46 years since we lost East Jerusalem; Israel seized control of it in 1967, annexing the eastern half of the city illegally almost straight away. Israel...

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  • January 30, 2014

    British citizens are killed by Israel, but the UK does nothing

    At the end of August, a civil suit brought by the family of Rachel Corrie came to an end with a Haifa judge ruling that the State of Israel...

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  • January 30, 2014

    Academic boycott has to be part of the BDS campaign

    As the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement, launched by Palestinian groups in 2005, has grown, some strategies and targets have attracted more controversy than others. The academic boycott campaign...

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  • January 30, 2014

    It’s time to focus on Israel’s separation policy, not just the siege

    Israel’s approach to the Gaza Strip has never been static; it changes according to the government’s priorities and short or long-term strategic goals. As early as 1991, Israel implemented...

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  • January 30, 2014

    An anonymous source

    Anyone who denies that the Egyptian media, in both its visual and written form, is suffering from a professional and moral crisis is either too stubborn and proud or...

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  • January 30, 2014

    Objection to right of return sheds light on uncomfortable truths

    The right of return of Palestinian refugees is often presented as a stumbling block to peace, a ‘final status issue’ that will require a great and painful ‘compromise’. But...

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  • January 30, 2014

    Racism and discrimination key to Jewish hegemony in Jerusalem

    Imagine if the mayor of a major British city declared it official policy to keep the number of ethnic or religious minority residents as a proportion of the population...

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