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June 28, 2022
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Ramona Wadi
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may well be operating with a permanent financial deficit. UNRWA's Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini warned...
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June 28, 2022
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Anadolu Agency
Rahma Khairallah conveys to the world an inspiring message of hope with a smile that does not fade despite living with a rare condition. Khairallah, 36, who was born...
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Article
As soon as it was announced that Israel is heading for yet another General Election, and the visit of US President Joe Biden to the region next month was...
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Article
The blood of Arab citizens has become cheap in the eyes of the Arab leaders, and the images of the Palestinians murdered at the hands of the criminal Israeli...
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June 27, 2022
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Kadir Ustun
As we fast approach the NATO Summit in Madrid at the end of June, one of the most anticipated agenda items will be Finland and Sweden's membership applications. NATO...
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I was one of those who concluded very early on that there is little difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. I still believe this to be true. Although...
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June 27, 2022
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Anadolu Agency
Israel is gearing for its fifth election in less than four years, as the controversial and equally multifaceted Bennett-Lapid consensus ends in the Knesset (Israel's Parliament). The governing coalition...
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June 27, 2022
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Roisin McCarthy
Ten bags of flour are stacked against the wall of a compact bakery in downtown Beirut. "One of these bags used to cost 25 thousand ," says Anwar. He...
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June 27, 2022
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Wafa Aludaini
Each year on 26 June the world marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, yet turn a blind eye to the ongoing systematic torture and mistreatment...
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Article
This is, said Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the "interregnum"; the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and when new...
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Most Palestinian, regional and international bodies have marked the 15th anniversary of the stifling Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip – assuming that the blockade started in the...
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June 24, 2022
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Eman Abusidu
In Colombia, where some 13,000 Palestinians reside, the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro has won the presidential election after he defeated his far-right rival Rodolfo Hernandez. The 62-year-old's victory represents...
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June 24, 2022
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Gilbert Achkar
Naturally, one of the consequences of the sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia is to stimulate the latter's search for ways to bypass the restrictions. Since the actions...
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June 23, 2022
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Ramona Wadi
Out of hundreds of UN Resolutions on Palestine, Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has recently said he only wants one resolution implemented, digging a deeper hole for himself in...
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June 23, 2022
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Mansoor Adayfi
Held in the infamous torture prison for 14 years, Mansoor Adayfi says his experience is nothing like the sanitised images released from the camp by the US
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June 23, 2022
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Anadolu Agency
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, by the Hebrew name, Haredim, are known for keeping their distance from technological devices such as smart phones, internet and television. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, speaking to Anadolu Agency...
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Article
June 23, 2022
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Jeff Halper
Israel is in the midst of a political stalemate. Bennett's centre-right government has resigned and new elections will be held in late October/early November. It does not really matter...
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Every week at the Haj Youssef stadium in the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, hundreds of people gather to watch Nuba wrestling, a tribal practice going back thousands of years....
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In a statement issued in the earlier hours of 20 June, Stephanie Williams, the United Nations Special Advisor on Libya, drew the curtain on the Cairo talks between Libyan...
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Iran said, this week, it will soon put on trial what it said were three Mossad-linked agents arrested in April amid simmering tensions between the Islamic Republic and arch-foe,...
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June 22, 2022
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Dr Hossam Dajani
Israel has allocated time and space for illegal Jewish settlers within two major mosques in occupied Palestine: Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. There's nothing...
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June 22, 2022
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Amelia Smith
Over the weekend Sudanese authorities handed over 21 government dissidents to the Egyptian authorities, accusing them of taking part in a terror act in the Jabra neighbourhood of Khartoum....
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June 22, 2022
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Dr Ali Abo Rezeg
The weary Gaza Strip has been languishing for more than 15 years under an inhumane land, sea and air blockade imposed by Israel. It was put in place following...
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Blog
On Sharm el-Sheikh's sandy beaches, many of the sun loungers lie empty. At a central promenade packed with shops, cafes and nightclubs, crowds are thinner than usual. The resort...
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Article
June 21, 2022
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Anadolu Agency
Globally, mass migration and refugee concerns provide a significant challenge to countries and international organisations. Turkiye, on the other hand, is praised for its ability to host the largest...
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Blog
June 21, 2022
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Ramona Wadi
The two-state compromise facilitates the international community's alienation from the repercussions faced by Palestinians as a result of Israel's ongoing settler-colonialism and violence. Imagining Palestine through the imposed (and...
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June 21, 2022
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Nasim Ahmed
The UK Labour Party is under pressure to investigate allegation of a "vicious and misogynistic" campaign against Poplar and Limehouse MP, Apsana Begum. The 32-year-old faces the prospect of...
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June 21, 2022
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Safa News Agency
Palestinians living in Jerusalem have been facing relentless Israeli economic war consisting of oppressive high taxes targeting traders and shopkeepers amidst very weak markets. Israeli occupation authorities are putting...
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A decline in relations between Israel and Russia has been noticeable recently after a few developments that cast a shadow on both countries. These include Israel's bombing of Damascus...
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US President Joe Biden's first visit to the Middle East is scheduled for 13-16 July after he has already made five overseas trips elsewhere. This illustrates the declining position...
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June 21, 2022
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Burak Elmalı
The Russia-Ukraine War has lasted for four months and counting. It has raised various questions about new waves of refugees, energy resources, food prices and the revision of national...
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June 21, 2022
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Yvonne Ridley
It must be rather humiliating when you claim to be a world leader in security and surveillance systems but have your own headquarters breached frequently by a disparate group...