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Items by Dr Essam Yousef
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Erdogan’s third term victory: Achievements and challenges ahead in completion of ’New Turkiye’ Project
There has been a proliferation of diverse analyses running in parallel with the Turkish electoral scene, from its inception to its conclusion, with the “historic” victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This could be attributed to the political and economic reasons that govern the Turkish, regional and international landscapes, in…
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The Turkiye-Syria earthquake raises important questions about humanitarian aid
The earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria recently was heart-breaking, given the loss of life, the injuries and the devastation caused. It also raised some important questions about humanitarian aid in the modern world. It seems that aid is being politicised and made conditional. With a staggering death toll 40,000…
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More is required for Gaza by the Arab and international community
It has almost become inherent in the minds of Gazans that sudden Israeli attacks or wars, from time to time, have become part of the monotony of life, even if they do not have enough time to catch their breath and try to carry on with normal life and routine.…
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Pompeo’s ‘BDS is anti-Semitic’ diktat is a disgrace
As he counts down his final days in office, US President Donald Trump is continuing to reward human rights violations committed by Israel. Ignoring the apartheid state’s crimes against the people of occupied Palestine, he is instead criminalising those who try to stop such crimes taking place. In doing so,…
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There’s a crisis of extremist ideology in Europe, not a crisis of Islam
The voices of the vast majority of Muslims in Europe have been marginalised, not least when very serious crimes drag them into a cycle of analyses and demonisation. This suggests that people with isolationist ideologies are organising such incidents for use as political cards, with total indifference to the multiculturalism…
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Zionism threatens all Arab states, and normalisation is part of the plot
There are insistent voices pointing to the decline of the Palestinian cause amongst Arabs and Muslims and its loss of its centrality within the Arab world. Such voices are only being heard because we are living in a time of serious weakness and fragmentation. Too many people, though, seem to…
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There are winners and losers in normalisation with the occupation state
Official statements from Israel and the United Arab Emirates regarding their agreement to normalise relations are intended to make the deal acceptable in terms of its objectives, who benefits from it and the strategic implications for the Palestinian issue and the region. “Security” is obviously pushed as the most important…
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Palestinians in the face of occupation and a pandemic
The recent statements made by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov reveal that the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) income is on the brink of collapse, as it decreased by 80 per cent. Meanwhile, the magnitude of the economic deterioration experienced by the Palestinian people in the…
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Jerusalemites caught up in annexation plight
Jerusalemites live in a complex situation, amid an immense sense of suffering and concern about the current stage, as headlines of escalating violations, whether by the occupation authorities or extremist Jewish groups, prevail in the media scene. On the other hand, the spectre of the annexation plan of the lands…
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Opposition to Israel’s annexation plans must be followed by an end to its favoured status
The Israeli occupation authorities’ plan to annex most of the West Bank is but another form of the oppression that the Palestinians have been suffering for decades. It is reminiscent of the way that international law is used and abused, and ignored by Israel on a daily basis, to ensure…
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Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi: tolerance and moderation in theory, thought and practice
Although his detractors paint him as an extremist, Egyptian-born Dr Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is, in fact, a moderate scholar whose flexible approach to Islamic Law has actually pitched him against extremists in many different fields, including politics. He has been consistent and regular in his warnings about falling into extremist…
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Israel’s occupation mindset and lust to kill has to be ended
The history of the Palestinian cause since the 1948 Nakba has been linked to a lengthy list of legal and moral violations against innocent people; a lot of their blood has been spilt. This has produced arguably the greatest level of human suffering of modern times, to which the international…