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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has potentially achieved one more seat in Parliament following his speech in the United States according to a poll conducted by the Israeli television...
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Citing Iran as an existential threat to Israel is to don a mask which conceals what many Israelis perceive to be the real danger arising from internal policies that...
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Demanding Iran's capitulation is no way to get a nuclear deal with it, US Secretary of State John Kerry warned yesterday. Kerry's remarks were seen as veiled criticism of...
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Hamas is ready to eliminate any obstacles ahead of regaining ties with Egypt, Palestine newspaper reported the movement's Deputy Chief Ismail Haniyeh saying yesterday. In a telephone call with...
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No Arab town in Israel has been listed for new low-cost accommodation units by the Ministry of Housing, a move which has been condemned by Adalah, the Legal Centre...
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A senior officer from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has been killed in Syria by rebels fighting President Bashar Al-Assad's regime, it has been reported. According to Anadolu, the Iranian...
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Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) officials began a two-day meeting on Wednesday to review the movement's relationship with Israel. They are expected to take a decision on the suspension of...
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More than 350 Israeli soldiers who took part in last year's assault on the Gaza Strip have received psychiatric counselling for post-traumatic stress, an Israeli report revealed yesterday. The...
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Turkey has stopped 10,000 people who intended to join armed groups in Syria and Iraq from entering the country, the defence minister said yesterday. During a meeting with his...
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Britain has one of the oldest democracies in the world, having been largely run by a parliament since the 1600s. However, there are those who believe that Westminster politics...
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Opinions differ regarding the possibility of an Egyptian attack on the Gaza Strip. There are those who believe that it is possible, while others rule it out. As the...
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The Iraqi Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ahmed Abdullah Al-Jubouri yesterday called on the people of the Salahuddin province to join the government's forces for the purpose of...
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Article
March 4, 2015
Wahid Abdul Majid
Religious extremism is no longer the sole factor that drives youth to terrorism and into the arms of the world's current most dangerous organisation. While ISIS can be considered...
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US magazine Forbes on Monday published a report on the world's richest people for this year, in which it pointed out that the 40 Arab billionaires on the list...
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that US President Barack Obama's remarks regarding his country's nuclear programme are meant to appease the American public and to counter...
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PA employees have not received their full salaries for the second month in a row after Israel froze $127 million in Palestinian tax revenues in response to the PA's...
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Article
March 4, 2015
Yasser Al-Banna
At first glance, the decision made by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters to label the Islamic resistance movement Hamas a terrorist organisation seems to be completely farcical. However,...
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The Egyptian foreign ministry has criticised the UN's Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, after he called for the Rafah Crossing with the Gaza Strip...
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An Israeli court in Tel Aviv ruled on Sunday that Jewish Israeli settlers have to get police protection when they storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest place for Muslims....
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Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday that Iran is taking international talks seriously in order to reach a permanent agreement over its nuclear fuel programme, Anadolu has reported. "I...
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Turkey is ready to mediate a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, local Palestinian news agency QudsNet reported a senior Hamas leader as saying yesterday. Senior Hamas leader Osama...
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Baraa Al-Sousi, a 19-year-old from Gaza, has been independently working on collecting artefacts that span seven different civilisational eras in Palestine. Throughout his life, Baraa has re-located from one...
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The Palestinian Authority should put an end to all forms of political, economic and security relations with Israel, jailed political leader Marwan Barghouti has said. Barghouti called on President...
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A senior Hamas official has called on Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to set the date for presidential and parliamentary elections, Anadolu reported today. Mousa Abu-Marzouk announced this...
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Article
March 4, 2015
Abdul Khalil Al-Marhoun
Geography, in its fundamental nature, points out to us that European security is often linked to the fate of the Middle East – and in particular of Syrian and...
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The European Union's foreign policy chief yesterday said significant steps had been made in nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries, the Anadolu Agency reported. " the talks...
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The Israeli forces are reported to have killed two Palestinians and arrested 280 more, including 36 children, across the Palestinian territories last month, a human rights centre reported. 36...
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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad cannot be part of any political solution to resolve the crisis created by his regime, the Anadolu Agency reported United Nations Security Council President François...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday warned the United States against signing a "bad deal with Iran" that could spark a "nuclear nightmare" and put Israel at risk, the...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday warned the United States against signing a "bad deal with Iran" that could spark a "nuclear nightmare" and put Israel at risk, the...
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March 3, 2015
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Samira Shackle
Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to accept a Republican invite to address Congress without consulting the White House plunged US-Israel relations to new lows. More than 50 Democratic lawmakers, outraged at...
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The Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Monday that the number of needy Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip has increased by 80,000...