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Article
February 29, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The 12th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has been a remarkable success, with more than 250 cities worldwide marking the week of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Although it...
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February 23, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Turkey must hold fast to its demand for Israel to ease the blockade of Gaza Dr Daud Abdullah In recent days, attempts by Israel and Turkey to normalise relations...
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February 15, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Four months have passed and the Quds Intifada shows no sign of coming to an end. None of the repressive measures adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities have proven...
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February 3, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The fact that the two largest Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, are speaking to each other is a welcome development. Put mildly, their relationship has been afflicted by mistrust...
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January 25, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Hot on the heels of the revelation that an Israeli mole has been operating from within the office of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, for the...
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Article
January 18, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s condemnation of Syria’s starvation policy is welcome. He was absolutely right to make clear that the use of starvation as a weapon of war is...
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Article
January 5, 2016
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Throughout the whole of 2015 the Rafah Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was open for just 21 days. On 31 December, the Egyptian authorities opened the border...
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December 9, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Diplomatic spats between Sweden and Israel have become a regular occurrence. Ever since the Scandinavian country recognised the state of Palestine in October 2014 relations between Stockholm and Tel...
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December 1, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Time is running out for Mahmoud Abbas, the embattled President of the Palestinian Authority. Israel and the US are outraged because after two months he has failed to end...
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November 24, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Three and a half years have passed since Archbishop Desmond Tutu refused to share a platform with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner believed...
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October 27, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Whatever political and practical weaknesses it may have, there are some things that will remain forever constant within the African National Congress (ANC). Opposition to apartheid is one of...
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October 19, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Israel's Minister of Public Security, Gilad Erdan, scored a spectacular own goal with his recent article in the Guardian. In doing so, he caused considerable damage to the credibility...
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Article
October 12, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
He has spent his entire political career preaching about threats to Israel’s security. When it was not “Palestinian terrorism” it was the Iranian nuclear programme. Now, Israelis are waking...
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Article
October 3, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch airstrikes against targets in Syria has effectively changed the rules of engagement in the war-torn country. In the long run, this may well...
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August 29, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
When the chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) called a meeting of the body for 15-16 September the date reverberated darkly, for it was on 16 September 1982...
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Article
August 17, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Do Tony Blair's shuttle visits to Doha for meetings with the leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas — mean that he is about to befriend the Palestinian...
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Article
July 30, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
From 1982 until 1990, he ruled his sub-Saharan desert country with an iron fist. Twenty-five years after he was overthrown, the ex-president of Chad, Hissene Habré, is being tried...
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Article
July 18, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Jeremy Corbyn's entry into the race to become the next leader of Britain's Labour Party was, initially, dismissed as a publicity stunt. With just over one month left before...
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July 10, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Over the past ten months, Israel's right-wing government has maintained a news blackout about the disappearance of two of its citizens in the Gaza Strip. However, on the first...
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Nothing that Israel does to stop the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign seems to be working, not even in Washington, where support for Israel is often taken...
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June 23, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Whenever the term "politicisation of the judiciary" is mentioned one immediately thinks of Iraq under Nouri Al-Maliki or Egypt under Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. This dangerous, and sometimes deadly, disease...
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June 12, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Palestinian and Egyptian media agencies reported this week that the outgoing Quartet Envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with Khaled Meshaal in Doha recently. Since neither...
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Article
For many observers, the fact that Sepp Blatter was re-elected as president of FIFA came as no surprise. As expected, he was determined to stay in office despite the...
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Article
The name Rosa Parks is one that is forever enshrined in the annals of Afro-American history. She was the courageous woman who refused to give up her seat for...
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When former US President Jimmy Carter offered to mediate between Fatah and Hamas two weeks ago, few observers expressed much optimism. While one of the parties, Hamas, welcomed the...
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Article
May 8, 2015
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Ibrahim Hewitt
The closest fought UK General Election for many years has produced an unexpected victory for David Cameron and the Conservative Party. With predictions of a hung parliament built around...
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April 24, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The conduct of public opinion polls may not be as well-entrenched in the Middle East as it is in the west but there are no doubt other credible means...
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Article
April 13, 2015
MEMO Comment
Social media has been awash with comments about the antics of the Quilliam Foundation's Maajid Nawaz since a Daily Mail article splashed details of his "stag night" held last...
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April 11, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The decision by Veolia to end its operations in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories sends a strong signal to similar multinationals that profiteering from Israel's occupation industry is...
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Article
April 2, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
Now that Palestine has formally become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), its political forces can no longer afford to delay national reconciliation. It has been overdue...
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March 10, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
In the same way that the "Seventh Cavalry" was the staple means for American settlers in the Old West to be rescued in the movies, calls for a multinational...
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February 5, 2015
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The resignation of William Schabas from his post as head of the UN commission to investigate possible war crimes during Israel's 2014 onslaught on Gaza was always on the...