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A call for "million-man" marches in support of the Palestinians has been made by Egypt's Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution. The first march, to be held in Alexandria...
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The Hebrew daily, Ma'ariv, today confirmed that Israel has rejected an Egyptian request to send additional Egyptian troops into the Sinai to deal with growing threats in the area...
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A former official in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned of Israeli intentions and efforts to reoccupy the Sinai Peninsula. Ambassador Hassan Issa, the former Director of...
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A Cairo court has thrown out a lawsuit calling for the abolition of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The court ruled that the issue is a "matter...
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A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has said that a new Israeli war against the people of Gaza will be "an adventure with consequences". Although Zaki...
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In the wake of his televised dismissal of the right of return for Palestinian refugees, a former close ally has accused PA President Mahmoud Abbas of compromising on national...
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Researchers at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) have advised Israeli politicians to allow the opening of the Rafah Crossing and lift the Gaza siege to avoid a...
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that the Israeli army has deployed tanks on the border with Egypt following clashes near the Kadesh Barnea settlement. The move breaches the...
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Israel's Minister of Defence has said that any political agreement with the Palestinians will exclude a number of settlements in the occupied West Bank. Ehud Barak claimed that the...
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Media reports claim that Israel and Jordan are against the project to build a bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Israel is taking the issue so seriously that it...
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Two days ahead of John Kerry's visit to the Middle East in an attempt to jumpstart peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis, a member of Israel's ruling coalition has...
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A recent Israeli study accused the deposed Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi, of planning to annul the Camp David peace Accords signed in 1978 between Egypt and Israel. The study...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has described US President Barack Obama's remarks to the UN General Assembly about Egypt as "positive" and reflective of "an objective treatment of the...
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January 25, 2014
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Dr Daud Abdullah
The chief Palestinian negotiator appears disconnected from his own people and his wider Arab and Muslim constituency. One of the most shocking revelations of The Palestine Papers obtained by...
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January 25, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
Democracy, to paraphrase writer and comedian Alexei Sayle, allows you to march up and down the street and elect new dictators every few years. Here in the West, we...
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January 25, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
Once again Muhammad Rashid has returned to the forefront of the political scene, first through programmes on satellite television under the title "political memory", and second through the Palestinian...
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January 25, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that if all attempts to return to the negotiating table fail then the Palestinian Authority will approach the UN General Assembly seeking recognition as...
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January 25, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
Post-revolutionary Egypt should make a distinction between the peace treaty with Israel on the one hand, and partnership and complicity with it against the Palestinians on the other. We...
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January 25, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
Benjamin Netanyahu's election coalition partner has said that it is "impossible" to solve the conflict with the Palestinians. "It is possible to manage it – and it is important...
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January 24, 2014
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Feras Abu-Helal
There is an ongoing discussion in the media and social media about the Arab-Israeli conflict going back to centre stage in the Arab world. What's new is that the...
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January 24, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
There should be no other way to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nakba in Palestine than to call for the liberation of Sinai because of the close connection...