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July 27, 2023
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Yvonne Ridley
Headlines and photographs of the singer Sinéad O'Connor told us that the iconic star had died. What followed have been well-deserved eulogies, despite some glaring omissions. Sinéad was beautiful,...
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Article
July 27, 2023
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Yvonne Ridley
The arrogance and ignorance of the Western media were highlighted a few days ago when a former British army officer-turned-politician was accused of making himself a "useful idiot" for...
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Article
July 27, 2023
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Eric Goldstein
When Kayed Abu Awwad sold his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois, in June, he never imagined that he and his family would be homeless a few weeks later. Like...
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Article
July 27, 2023
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Huseyin Ozdemir
Some experts argue that Turkiye's approval of Sweden's NATO membership will strain its ties with Russia. However, a more nuanced approach is needed to understand the issues at stake....
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Article
If you ask any Libyan citizen about the biggest obstacles hindering political solutions in the country, the most likely answer is: external interferences and the disputes of local de-facto...
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President Joe Biden is in a political bind as he crafts a US response to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, defiantly pushing through the first part of a divisive...
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Article
Early this week, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that his country's independence would never be complete as long as Palestine is occupied. Echoing the words of the late South...
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Article
July 26, 2023
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Yvonne Ridley
I was reminded of my favourite joke the other day by a heroic group of American Jews who want to bring an end to US support for Israel's brutal...
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Article
A day after Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, pressed ahead with contentious changes to the judiciary, an ad covered the front page of all Israel's leading newspapers in black, reading...
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Blog
The crisis sweeping Israel has become a focal point for its enemies across the Middle East, who have convened top-level meetings to weigh the turmoil and how they might...
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Article
July 25, 2023
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Amelia Smith
Egypt has warned the population not to use lifts for 20 minutes, each hour, whilst it implements power cuts so that it can conserve energy as a gruelling heat...
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Blog
July 25, 2023
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Ramona Wadi
The BRICS Summit in South Africa has given further unwarranted validation to the two-state compromise for Palestine-Israel. The Palestinian Authority's official news agency Wafa promoted the reaffirmation by international...
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Article
July 25, 2023
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Mahmoud Hassan
From time to time, Egypt wakes up to the news of a collapsed building and the death of dozens of people. The news is usually accompanied with a government...
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Article
Egypt has just celebrated the 71st anniversary of the coup of 23 July, 1952; or revolution, call it what you will. It is generally agreed that this changed the...
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Article
July 25, 2023
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, added nothing of great value in his speech at the United States Congress on 19 July. His was the typical language. He spoke of a...
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Article
July 24, 2023
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Anadolu Agency
In mid-July, the EU finalised a much-anticipated agreement with Tunisia to cooperate on curbing a surge in migration flows to Europe's Mediterranean shores, but international law experts and humanitarian...
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Article
"But don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality." (Haruki Murakami) In the coming weeks and months, I imagine that Europeans and North Americans who concern themselves...
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Blog
On 9 March 2021 we were arrested by the Police before we could reach Elbit's Shenstone factory where some of us intended to occupy the roof and decorate the...
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Article
July 24, 2023
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Tony Greenstein
On 3 July the Israeli military, with the support of helicopter gunships and drones, launched a devastating attack against Jenin's civilian population and infrastructure, killing 12 Palestinians, including four children. British...
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Blog
July 22, 2023
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Ramona Wadi
Israeli President Isaac Herzog's address to the US Congress on Wednesday was a mix of melodrama and colonial nostalgia. Attempting to conceal the politics of settler-colonialism and collaboration, Herzog...
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Article
July 22, 2023
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Sanja Skov Vedel
Sweden has allowed people to burn the Quran claiming it is their 'right' to do so, but does this outweigh the possible incitement such actions can cause?
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Article
Over the last ten days of June, hundreds of armed extremist Israeli Jewish settlers rampaged through Palestinian towns and villages in the occupied West Bank. They set fire to...
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Blog
July 20, 2023
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Nasim Ahmed
The two major political parties in the US have waded into the debate about whether or not Israel is a racist state by passing a non-binding resolution pledging loyalty...
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Article
Oil has always been at the heart of the Libyan crisis ever since it erupted in 2011, and it remains to be a decisive factor in any long-term agreement...
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Article
July 19, 2023
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Elif Selin Calik
Last week was, by all standards, a historical turning point for the relationship between Turkiye and its NATO allies. Three important developments were witnessed at the Vilnius summit. First,...
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Article
Security tension continues to increase along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with the level of provocations increasing with every passing day, in light of Israeli expectations that Hezbollah wants to preserve...
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Article
July 19, 2023
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
It is a new era in Palestine. It is taking shape before our very eyes, through the blood, tears and sacrifices of a brave generation that is fighting on...
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Article
It is very difficult for most people, no matter where they are from, to imagine that anyone would call for war to continue in a country already exhausted by...
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Blog
July 18, 2023
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Ramona Wadi
The Palestinian Authority's abhorrence for journalists was, once again, highlighted with the security services' arrest of Akil Awawdeh last week. Awawdeh had spoken out against the PA's security services'...
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Article
July 18, 2023
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Talal Okal
Israel has an extreme far-right government which makes no secret of its racism and neofascist tendencies. Even US President Joe Biden has described it as the most right-wing government...
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Article
July 18, 2023
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Mahmoud Hassan
In the very early hours of the morning, before sunrise, a well-groomed man crept, shyly, towards the rubbish bin, searching for something, moving quickly from one bag to another...
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Article
July 18, 2023
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Eman Abusidu
In full view of the world, Jenin refugee camp was subjected to an extensive military offensive that resulted in the martyrdom of 12 Palestinians, including four children, as well...