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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
When political protesters are arrested by "oppressive regimes" around the world, human rights organisations are the first to rally the call for justice. In practically every issue of Amnesty...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Sarah Colborne (Campaign Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign) arrived at Heathrow airport this morning clearly tired and shaken but steadfast and determined. She was the only one aboard...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
This afternoon a press conference was held in the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office between Foreign Secretary William Hague and Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu. The two men seemed...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
More than two weeks after British Prime Minister David Cameron likened Gaza to a "prison camp" during a speech in Turkey, he is still facing a backlash from the...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
It is a legal maxim in this country that justice must not only be done but it must also be seen to be done. Unfortunately, for many of those...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Harsh sentences deliveredOn Friday morning last week the waiting room inside Islington Crown Court started to fill with some of the protesters who had taken part in the London-Gaza...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
The increasingly cosy relationship between the extremist, racist EDL movement and the ultra-racist Zionist movement in the UK is becoming more and more visible with each passing demonstration that...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
In a major step towards promoting justice and human rights, Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) voted this week in favour of a campaign to boycott companies that profit from...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
It seems as though the Israeli scandal that emerged following the assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh 10 months ago will simply not go away; nor should it. The...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
In an attempt to improve political relations and strengthen existing ties between Arab states and the UK, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been on a tour of Gulf states...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Richard Falk for a series of events this week including a parliamentary briefing on the issue of Universal Jurisdiction....
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
2011 looks set to be a year for increased awareness and discussion on the major issues surrounding the conflict in Palestine. 2010 ended in mixed fortune for the Palestinian...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
The first anniversary of Israel's horrific assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is fast approaching. As most people will remember, nine peace activists were killed by Israeli commandos when...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Sheikh Raed Salah has been the target of a vicious and concerted smear campaign by the pro-Israel lobby in the UK and unfortunately our government has now weighed in...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
With what is appalling timing, given the arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah a week ago on the order of the Home Secretary Theresa May, a certain Major General (ret.)...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
In the time since his shocking arrest in London on 28th June, Sheikh Raed Salah's name has been the focus of vicious and potentially libellous headlines in the British...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Following the Middle East Monitor's report on Tuesday 7th July that Israeli Major General (ret.) Danny Rothschild – was due to speak in the Houses of Parliament later the...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
There is no doubt that attempts to whip up Islamophobia are on the rise and there certainly seems to be an atmosphere of intolerance and racism gaining traction here...
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January 28, 2014
Dr. Hanan Chehata
Maxim Shevchenko is an immensely well-respected editor, journalist and presenter on television and radio in Russia. He is a staunch advocate of the Palestinian cause, a member of the...
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Since the release of Peter Oborne's Dispatches documentary, The pro-Israel lobby in Britain, public interest in the subject has grown considerably. With the approach of the 2010 general elections...
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The long overdue Saville Report into the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland has been received with mixed reviews. While Unionist spokesmen regard it as an important step...
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January 28, 2014
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The leaked documents known now as the "Palestine Papers" have been picked over and analysed extensively by Al Jazeera and the Guardian; at least, most of them have. The...
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January 28, 2014
Emile Badarin
It goes without saying that almost every news network claims to report truthfully and objectively. The BBC, for example, portrays itself to be " independent, impartial and honest." This...
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January 28, 2014
Hani Shadi
The Russian Foreign Ministry said at the beginning of July that it will take a "balanced" position on the isolation of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi. This has also...
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During its early renaissance stages, modern Turkey was subjected to violent shocks, some of which were neither justifiable nor understandable. However, the Turks' only option was to deal with...
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On the heels of the British parliament's refusal to sanction a military attack on Syria, US President Barack Obama drove the issue of a possible intervention to a dead-end...
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Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been allied with liberalist groups and the influential Fethullah Gülen movement since its rise to...
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January 28, 2014
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Amelia Smith
For the last two weeks Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine has been the stronghold of anti-government protests; thousands have gathered in temperatures as low as minus fifteen to express...
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By Ahmed AomrabiIn a high-level international gathering, Turkish Prime Minister, Rajab Tayyip Erdogan, shouted in the face of Israeli President Shimon Peres saying: "You know how to kill people"....
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Dr Abdel Sattar QassemProfessor of Political studies, Al Najah National University Europe's recent announcement that Jerusalem is the capital of two states to be achieved through negotiations between Palestinian...
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By Yvonne Ridley I have never met Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit but he thinks that I am a very bad European; that's me and 1400 other peace...
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By Mehmet Nedim Aslan There is a common belief in the Muslim world that US foreign policy is biased towards Israel thanks to the Israel-Jewish lobby. Ever since the...