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Israel’s Encaging of Gaza

By Jonathan Cook In 1895 Theodor Herzl, Zionism’s chief prophet, confided in his diary that he did not favour sharing Palestine with the natives. Better, he wrote, to "try to spirit the penniless [Palestinian] population across […]

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Bush’s Legacy to America

By Tariq A. Al-Maeena    President George Bush should be out of office in a matter of months. “The sooner, the better”, mutter those Americans who view his two terms as president of the United […]

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Towards a World Parliament

On June 21, 2008  the author gave a 20-minute talk, followed by an hour-long Q and A period, to the Albuquerque Chapter of the United Nations Association.  The main subject was how the U.N. should […]

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Israel Keeps Gaza Crossings Closed

GAZA CITY –  For the third consecutive day, Israel kept commercial goods crossings into the Gaza Strip closed on Friday, June 27, as Hamas accused some "parties" of spoiling an Egyptian-brokered truce by firing rockets […]

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Occupation by Bureaucracy

By Saree Makdisi A cease-fire went into effect in Gaza last week, offering some respite from the violence that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and five Israelis in recent months. It will do nothing, however, […]

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You Don’t Mess With the Racism

By Remi Kanazi I love Adam Sandler. From Billy Madison to Happy Gilmore to the Chanukah Song, the predecessor of the Superbad generation has effortlessly conquered the domain of slapstick comedy and inappropriate jokes. But […]

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Wedding in Susiya

By Ron Taylor "White satin curtains flowed from the roof of the canopy, with attached golden sunflowers giving a most poignant backdrop as the sun sank slowly into the rocky, barren hills of Hebron …The […]

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The Coming War on Iran

By Aijaz Zaka Syed in Dubai History, language and culture might separate Iran from the rest of the Middle East. But physically and geographically, the Arab world and Iran are very close — closer than they […]

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Slippery-Slope Ceasefire

By Joharah Baker No ceasefire can ever hold if it is constantly being nudged towards the edge of a precipice. For the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, designed to sustain for six months, it has taken less than […]

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Book Review: Superclass

By Jim Miles Superclass – The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making.  David Rothkopf.  Viking Canada, Penguin Group, Toronto.  2008 This book is written by a person with the right credentials to […]

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Ilan Papp

By Frank Barat Frank Barat: Thanks for accepting this interview. Firstly I would like to ask if you are working on something at the moment that you would like to let us know about? Ilan […]