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  • January 25, 2014

    “The invention of the Jewish people”

    The Invention of the Jewish People was a book written by Shlomo Sand, an Israeli professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv. The author wasn’t probing a...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The propaganda machine

    There is, today, nothing louder than the voices of sabotage, destruction, and incitement in the Egyptian media. There has been a determined attempt to aggravate the relationship between the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israel has to plan the war to end all war

    The Middle East is in a state of constant tension, spreading from country to country. The cause is often Israel and its policies, including the main focus of the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    From death row to prime minister

    While wearing his prison clothes and awaiting his execution in 1987, the man now charged with forming a new government in Tunisia could never have dreamt that his political...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Salutations from Samer Al-Issawi

    Samer Al-Issawi has been on hunger strike for almost 220 days, and he is still determined to continue, making his protest the longest in history. As much as he...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The Intifada and its Signals

    Since the last war on Gaza, the media has abounded with forecasts and the predicted signals of a third Intifada in Palestine, particularly in the West Bank. These expectations...

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  • January 25, 2014

    The third intifada and the decisive year

    The Israeli military has warned about the outbreak of a “third intifada” in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. I have also warned of this before now, as there...

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  • January 25, 2014

    How the Graffiti Boys ignited the Syrian Revolution

    “Ashaab yureed isqat annidham.” This phrase is ringing in the ears of tyrants and despots around the Arab world and means quite simply that the people want to bring...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Palestine Spring in the making?

    A third Palestinian uprising is simmering slowly, fuelled by the denigrating policies of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. With the chances for a political resolution steadily diminishing, and lacking other options,...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Livni is being used to polish Netanyahu’s image

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was keen to draw attention to his success in incorporating the Movement Party, led by former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, in his latest coalition...

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