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Israel Defies US on Settlements

The Israeli prime minister had defied US demands to suspend a settlement construction project in East Jerusalem, sparking what Washington calls "intense" negotiations between the allies. Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not […]

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Thomas Friedman Paints Iraq

By Belen Fernandez In a July 14 column on the New York Times website entitled "Goodbye Iraq, and Good Luck," Thomas Friedman informs us that he is in Kirkuk "tagging along" with Admiral Mike Mullen, […]

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Europe Raising Its Ire

By George S. Hishmeh – Washington Some key European governments, unlike the Obama administration, have now come up with some tangible steps to start the ball rolling towards a peace settlement between an anxious Palestinian […]

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Dangerous Wastewater in the West Bank

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago B’Tselem is the Jerusalem-based independent Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (OPT) with a well-deserved reputation for accuracy and integrity. It was founded in 1989 to […]

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PLO official Stands by Abbas Claim

Farouk Kaddoumi, a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official, has told Al Jazeera he stands by documents that he says show that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, was involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Yasser Arafat, […]

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Israel/West Deal: Iran for Peace

Israel and Western countries are shaping a deal for an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in return for "concessions" on the construction of Jewish settlements on occupied Arab territories and peace talks. "Israel has […]

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Freedom Song in Xinjiang

Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Xinjiang does not exist. For nearly a century, China has done everything to help the world forget about the existence of its large and once vibrant Muslim region. Like Arthur […]

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Obama Assures US Jews on Israel

US President Barack Obama has assured the leaders of 16 American Jewish groups about America’s unbreakable relations with Israel, asserting that he is applying equal pressure on Arab countries and Palestinian leaders to achieve peace. […]