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Israel is Unlikely to Yield

By George S. Hishmeh Top aides of the Obama administration have this month been quietly stoking the peace process fire, raising expectations that the American president, whose  popularity remains relatively high, may now be willing […]

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Waging War on Students

By Stuart Littlewood – London If there’s one thing the Israelis are good at it’s making war on women and children. They killed 952 Palestinian children in their homeland between 2000 and the start of […]

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We Need More Erdogans

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Turkey’s Ottoman Empire died an unwept death nearly a century ago. But the country continues to enjoy a unique eminence of leadership across the Middle East and in much of […]

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Gaza: The Forgotten Story

By Aditya Ganapathiraju Why are people on Gaza so unhappy? Well, if you had to live in a prison, wouldn’t you be unhappy?— Former CIA officer Robert Baer It’s the most terrifying place I’ve ever […]

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Israel ‘Cutting Palestinian Water’

Israel is denying Palestinians adequate access to clean, safe water while allowing almost unlimited supplies to Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, human rights group Amnesty International has said. "Swimming pools, well-watered lawns and […]

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Israel Denies Illegal Diamond Trade

Israel has criticized a UN report which accuses Tel Aviv of involvement in illegal diamond trade from the Ivory Coast that could be helping re-arm rebels there. Israel’s Diamond Controller Shmuel Morderchai dismissed the accusations […]

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‘Nuke Gaza’

By Jeff Gates Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more. Israel’s "legitimacy" will not last. Of course, that assumes its legitimacy was deserved. That issue also is now […]

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‘Defend Al-Aqsa’: Haniyeh

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged Arab and Muslim leaders to take practical steps to end the Israeli assaults on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem (al-Quds). On Sunday, Haniyeh, who is the democratically elected […]