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Items by Motasem A Dalloul
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The Egyptians will not forget…
The military coup in Egypt had a number of results, the most difficult of which for a nascent democracy is the return of the military to the political scene. It created events which the people of Egypt will not forget in a hurry: The Egyptians will not forget the image…
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A stable Egypt is not in Israel’s interests
Media reports in Israel suggest that the government there would be very happy to see the back of Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi. One Israeli commentator on Arab issues told Israel Army Radio this week that it doesn’t take a genius to see that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “looking to…
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New ban of Muslim Brotherhood is hardly a game-changer
After the second hearing session into the case, an Egyptian administrative court in Cairo has issued a decision to ban the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s biggest and most organised social and political group, with branches all over the world. The decision includes a ban on any entity affiliated to…
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Politicians should admit Israel’s real intentions, which are nothing to do with peace
In recent days, Israel has been embarrassed by remarks made by senior officials, which appear to contradict the commonly-pushed government stand on the conflict with the Palestinians. One official went so far as to call on the government to stop misleading the Palestinians, and the rest of the world, regarding…
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Should the Islamists be punished for being the most organised?
In 2006, the US, Israel, Arab countries and the Palestinian Authority (PA), dominated by the secular Fatah movement, decided to end the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation. They planned to drag Hamas into the PA which is itself a creation of the notorious Oslo Accords. The argument then was…
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Despite the tunnel, Israel is far from being an innocent victim
Israel announced on Sunday that it has discovered a tunnel under its border with the Gaza Strip. The end of the tunnel is about 300m inside occupied Palestine. Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon immediately announced that the government had stopped delivery of all construction material to Gaza, claiming that it…