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The King of Jordan has warned that Israel's position on the peace process increases the risk of instability in the Middle East. In an interview in the Wall Street...
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The final declaration of the Non-Aligned Movements' Ministerial Conference and Commemorative Meeting on Arab and Palestinian prisoners, which was held in Indonesia and attended by 120 countries, emphasised the...
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The Palestinian Authority's application for full membership of UNESCO has been agreed by the UN body at a meeting in its Paris headquarters. With 107 member states voting in...
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President Mohammed Morsi has used his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly to speak out on behalf of Arab and Muslim issues. Mr. Morsi also told world leaders...
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As the number of openly racist statements by Israeli politicians and officials grows daily, the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Information has said that Israeli terrorism "is the culmination of...
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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that he expects no progress in the peace process through negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Lieberman, sources in Israel claim,...
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The Palestinian Authority has expressed its readiness to deal with any Israeli government which is committed to the legitimate international resolutions related to the Palestinian cause. Hamas and the...
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The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) demanded on Sunday that the ICC investigate crimes against humanity being committed by Israel in the Palestinian occupied territories. The Russell Tribunal on...
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Following the demands made by Egypt's permanent representative at the UN, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, phoned Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to halt Israeli violations against...
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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it is refusing to accept a UN Security Council seat because the Council has failed to resolve the Palestinian issue, the...
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Canada's Foreign Minister has told North America's main pro-Israel lobby group that if the Palestinian Authority takes legal action against Israel at the International Criminal Court his country will...
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The EU foreign policy chief, Catharine Ashton, has said that the EU desires to see Palestine granted the status of a full-member state at the UN. "Achieving this is...
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The European Union has requested clarifications from Cairo in regards to the judiciary's recent decision to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and all its activities, as well as confiscate its...
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January 29, 2014
Hazel Cameron
Expressions of racial discrimination are multiple and widespread across Israeli society, and are particularly evident between Jews and Arabs. There is also evidence of racism between Jews themselves. May...
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January 28, 2014
John J. Mearsheimer
Barack Obama gave a major speech on the Middle East today and it is clear from the subsequent commentary that he impressed few people. The main reason is that he...
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January 28, 2014
Jihad el-Khazen
I am keeping a photograph that took up two pages in a London newspaper last week. It shows a noisy demonstration in New York against Wall Street and the...
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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
Abdul Hussein Shaaban
Three basic issues have been worrying Israel since its creation in May 1948; they are inseparable. The first relates to the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their...
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January 24, 2014
Middle East Monitor
By Asa'ad Telhami Israel is continuing with its diplomatic efforts to remove the Goldstone Report from the agenda of the UN General Assembly. The report gives details of the...
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January 24, 2014
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Samira Shackle
This week, Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Morsi has visited Brazil for the first time. In doing so, he has completed state visits to all of the so-called BRICS countries...