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It was perplexing to see the French Newspaper, Le Monde, publishing on 17 August 2022, an opinion piece by writer, Patrice Franceschi, and former French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner. The piece, which...
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August 18, 2022
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Reuters
In the hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Ilya Fomintsev, a 43-year-old oncologist and director of a medical charity, took to the streets of Moscow to protest. He...
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Article
August 18, 2022
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The "West" is not just a term, it is also a concept that acquires new meanings with time. To its advocates, it can be analogous to civilisation and benevolent...
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August 18, 2022
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Ramona Wadi
For Israeli officials who disagree with the meetings between Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, the latter's remarks during a press conference in Germany...
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Article
August 18, 2022
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Philip Bowring
The recent decision by a French court to award the supposed heirs of the Sultan of Sulu a ludicrous sum of money in an arcane case stemming from long-disappeared...
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August 18, 2022
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Reuters
It's a weekday, but 50-year-old Lebanese finance ministry employee Walid Chaar is not at work and hasn't been since June. He rushes to water the garden at his home...
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August 18, 2022
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Reuters
When Israeli missiles started landing in Gaza in early August, shattering glass and destroying buildings, Jouman Abdu put on headphones, covered her eyes with a blindfold and stretched on...
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August 18, 2022
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Ahmed Asmar
The latest example of Western hypocrisy is Germany's outrageous and unjustified campaign against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who described the ongoing Israeli onslaught against the people of occupied Palestine...
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Article
August 18, 2022
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Dr Sabri Saidam
A few days ago, a group of former British ambassadors and consuls published a letter asking Liz Truss, the current Foreign Secretary and the main contender for the leadership...
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Article
August 18, 2022
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri
It is not unusual for presidents in the third world to write their own constitutions, once in power. They commonly do so to extend their presidency or make way...
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Article
August 17, 2022
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Motasem A Dalloul
When five Palestinian children were killed during Israel's brutal three-day assault on the besieged Gaza Strip recently, occupation officials claimed that their deaths were due to a rocket fired...
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Article
August 17, 2022
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Omar Ahmed
The situation in Lebanon contains the main ingredients for another popular uprising: the dire economic and financial crisis; worsening food and fuel shortages; rampant corruption; and growing public disdain...
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Article
August 17, 2022
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Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed during a literary event in New York State last week. The attack was carried out by a young man born in the US whose...
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Article
August 17, 2022
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Yvonne Ridley
No doubt emboldened by US President Joe Biden's recent visit and matey fist bump with Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, a Saudi judge has just handed out the longest...
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Article
August 16, 2022
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Reuters
Ben & Jerry's legal battle with Unilever sheds light on an issue affecting a growing number of purpose-led brands: how to maintain their identity after being bought by a major...
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Article
August 16, 2022
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Haifa Zangana
More than 100,000 people signed a petition calling for the UK to review its foreign policy "in light of reports of Israeli apartheid". After obtaining the number of signatures...
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Blog
August 16, 2022
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Ramona Wadi
We expect better terminology from a diplomat, not uncouth jargon with no other purpose except to misrepresent a bad situation. US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides spoke out recently...
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Article
August 16, 2022
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Yvonne Ridley
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been in existence for one year now, but change has been agonisingly slow; early promises on women's rights are as yet unrealised; and...
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Article
August 15, 2022
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Dr Essam Yousef
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...
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Article
August 15, 2022
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
For years, Palestinians and Israelis have laboured to redraw the battle lines. The three-day Israeli war on Gaza, starting on 5 August, manifested this reality clearly. Throughout its military...
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Article
August 15, 2022
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Motasem A Dalloul
In a pre-dawn raid of the Palestinian neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab on the outskirts of occupied Jerusalem this morning, Israeli Special Forces burst into a home and opened fire...
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Blog
August 15, 2022
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Reuters
Whether or not Tehran and Washington accept a European Union "final" offer to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, neither is likely to declare the pact dead because keeping...
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Article
August 15, 2022
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Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal
Politics is at times compared to a game with Machiavellian actors and rogue figures who are out only for themselves. A former British Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston once said:...
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Nearly two years after the parliamentary election in Iraq, the parliament in Baghdad has still not been able to choose a new prime minister. This is primarily due to...
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Blog
August 15, 2022
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Ramona Wadi
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas has exposed how exploitative his role is within the coalition government formed by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. His political party, he claims,...
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Blog
August 15, 2022
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Reuters
Iran and the United States are struggling to overcome divisions on three major issues in indirect talks on revival of a 2015 nuclear deal while months of negotiations have...
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August 15, 2022
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Tomas MacDonagh
Shortly after 10pm on 15 August 2021, a small troop of Taliban fighters entered the Presidential Palace in Kabul
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Article
August 14, 2022
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Amina Khan
On 15 August 2021, the world looked on with trepidation as the situation in Afghanistan reached a critical juncture with the Afghan Taliban assuming power in the country. The...
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Article
August 12, 2022
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Elif Selin Calik
At least 12 million people have fled their homes since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UN has confirmed. More than five million are refugees in neighbouring countries, while seven...
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Article
August 11, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
When it was revealed last month that Israel had requested the United States to prevent a new Turkish military operation in northern Syria, it served as a necessary reminder...
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August 11, 2022
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Motasem A Dalloul
Israel launched yet another military offensive against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip last Friday. The initial target was an apartment in a high-rise residential building in Gaza...
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August 11, 2022
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri
Stephanie Williams left her position on the last day of July, eight months after being appointed as the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Libya. In her final statement...