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Nine countries are expected to vote in favour of an independent Palestinian state at the UN Security Council. The figure was announced by Nabil Shaath, a member of Fatah's...
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Middle East,
News
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The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Dr Muhammad Bade'e has called on the British authorities to respect international conventions, especially human rights, and to immediately expedite...
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Middle East,
News
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has rejected assassination as a tactic in a response to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US troops. The group also confirmed that...
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Middle East,
News
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The spokesman for the Islamic movement in Israel, Zahi Nujeidat, has described the legal case won by Sheikh Raed Salah as "a victory for the major principles being held...
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Middle East,
News
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has condemned the latest Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza, saying that the support given to Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to Washington...
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Middle East,
News
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The social networking website Facebook has closed down accounts opened by Palestinian-Israelis to commemorate the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948. Pages established by the Jaffa Youth Movement were targeted specifically....
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Middle East,
News
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that negotiations with the Palestinians have reached a deadlock and are not progressing. Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported in its Friday issue that...
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Middle East,
News
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Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli newspaper, has reported that "Israel and the Israeli lobby in the United States have spent intense efforts to urge the US Congress to reject the...
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Middle East,
News
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Monday 18th July, Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, was released on conditional bail after winning his appeal last week. He...
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Six leading pro-Palestinian organisations have written to the BBC's Director General asking for answers over the pulling of a documentary which claims that the mass Jewish exodus from Jerusalem...
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Britain's Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office with responsibility for the Middle East has warned Israel about growing international pressure and isolation if the current peace efforts...
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It is widely known that Israel and its allies spend millions of dollars to promote Zionism on college and university campuses across the US. Zionist organisations fund student groups...
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Activism,
Article
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Last month, the Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad staged a protest at Al-Quds University that sparked an international controversy, leading two American universities to take the decision to sever ties...
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Activism,
Article
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January 30, 2014
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Ben White
With Israeli elections just around the corner, Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to retain his position at the head of a coalition government. Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister and...
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Article,
Debates
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January 30, 2014
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Ben White
Two weeks ago, Israel's outgoing ambassador to the US Michael Oren was interviewed by Fareed Zakaria on CNN. In the context of discussing renewed negotiations, Zakaria asked Oren about...
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Article,
Debates
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January 30, 2014
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Ben White
As students begin a new academic year, there are signs that pro-Israel propaganda initiatives at Britain's universities are being given a boost. The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) has...
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Article,
Debates
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January 29, 2014
Alison Weir
Thirteen years ago I knew very little about Israel-Palestine. Like most Americans, this seemed to be a distant, confusing conflict that had little to do with me. I was...
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January 29, 2014
Amira Hass
In recent years I've developed a habit: anytime I am in America (invited to various lectures and conferences), I read about the indigenous peoples who have lived wherever I...
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January 29, 2014
Revd Dr Stephen Sizer
At least one in four American Christians surveyed recently by Christianity Today magazine said that they believe it is their biblical responsibility to support the nation of Israel. This...
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January 28, 2014
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Samira Shackle
The BBC is well-used to accusations of bias from many quarters, not least on its coverage of the Israel-Palestine issue, where it appears unable to please anyone. More than...
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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 27, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
The negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians that are being held under American patronage are ironic, and their purpose seems to be buying time and spreading the delusion that...
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Africa,
Article
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January 25, 2014
Faris Al Khattab
The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, knows very well that when he described Zionism before the UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum held in Vienna late last February as...
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January 24, 2014
Middle East Monitor
Israeli research and study centres, as well as the Zionist lobby, are working overtime studying Israel's opponents in the Middle East, primarily Syria, Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas....
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January 24, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
It has become a tradition amongst American presidents to begin their period of office by visiting Israel, especially over the past three decades during which time the Israel Lobby...
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January 24, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
All of the major pro-Israel Lobbyists, including Barack Obama just a few days ago, have used the word "delegitimisation" to condemn critics of the State of Israel and its...
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January 24, 2014
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Dr Adnan Abu Amer
This year's Herzliya Conference in Israel was held amid the state's fears of the rapid political changes in the region. This prompted the organisers to invite many Israeli officials...
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January 24, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
In the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, the Israelis have the most compliant of "partners for peace" ready and willing to make huge concessions and yet illegal settlements continue to...
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January 24, 2014
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Ramona Wadi
For two days at the end of May, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the "Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism" to discuss the "global challenge" of such racism. In...
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January 24, 2014
Zaki Bani Rsheid
Perhaps the Jordanian regime believed it had escaped from the bottleneck and survived the reform process that has swept the Arab region acting as an inevitable fate that can...
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January 24, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
The world has been transfixed by events in Egypt and Syria, with the West's moral conscience missing over the former but resurfacing on the latter thanks to the use...
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January 24, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
Negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians are, we are told, getting nowhere. It's taken some people 20+ years to understand that simple fact, but there you go. Ever since...