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April 6, 2016 |Israel and BDS: Assassinating an idea?
Israel’s attempt at assassinating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction idea qualified to be included in the theater of the absurd; if it was not a very serious threat by a militaristic state that is trigger happy. At a March 28, 2016, conference held in Jerusalem, current Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz brazenly called for the…
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March 15, 2016 |US Presidential Election: the Pandering for Israel Festival!
On March 9, 2016 CNN hosted yet another Republican debate which witnessed the candidates outdueling each other in who is in support of Israel and is ready to embrace their agenda. Pandering to Israeli supporters is a full time job for politicians in the U.S., even more so during the presidential elections every four years…
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February 24, 2016 |Palestine: Where the Disabled Are Not Spared!
The video images of Majed al-Fakhouri, a Palestinian man in al-Khalil, who is 53 years old, disabled, and bound by a wheelchair of being thrown to the ground by an Israeli soldier is sickening and alarming to say the least. Majed’s “crime” was that he saw a youngster, 13 years old girl, Palestinian Yasmin al-Zaro,…
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February 3, 2016 |
Israel’s Grand Theft of Muslim Endowments in Jerusalem
On January 31, 2016, Israel’s right wing cabinet approved by a 15-5 vote the creation of a mixed-gender plaza to resolve the long standing dispute concerning women’s access to the Wailing Wall. The head of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky claimed that the building of the new plaza will not cause any structural damage to…
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November 9, 2015 | AlJazeeraThe Palestinian cause and international law
The Palestinian quest for international recognition took another major step forward when 107 nations voted to admit Palestine as a full member to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). At the meeting, the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel, and 10 other countries opposed the motion, while 52 countries, including Great Britain, abstained…
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October 31, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Al-Aqsa Mosque and Israel’s colonial bullying
The name of Hatem ibn Abdellah ibn Saad at-Taiy is recorded in Arab history as being the most generous of the Arabs, and is often used as a basis of comparisons and associated with many proverbs. The phrase: “More generous than Hatem,” is the most commonly used maxim when a person acts generously. The actual…
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October 22, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Intifada or not: Occupation remains intact?
News outlets are in overdrive, asking the question whether this is the third Intifada we are witnessing in Palestine or something else. Immediately, comparisons with the first or second Intifadas have taken center stage with a heavy focus on fear and the psychological condition of Israeli society, which is again facing “random” acts of Palestinian…
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October 12, 2015 | Turkey AgendaPalestine’s Wound
Palestine, a gnawing wound eating away at the exposed soul and flesh of Palestinians living under occupation, is facing, yet, another orchestrated episode of Israeli military and settler’s violence. Where to begin the story in this well-designed Greek tragedy! We have multiple beginnings, detours, reverses, but for sure, no end in sight. Even if, a…
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October 5, 2015 | Turkey AgendaPalestine, President Abbas and Challenges in Ending Oslo!
Palestinians are “no longer bound” by the Oslo agreement was President Mahmoud Abbas’ long awaited announcement at the United Nations General Assembly meetings underway in New York. Facing stalled and circular “peace negotiations” based on facts on the ground Israeli philosophy, massive expansion of settlements in the West Bank, mounting “price tag”, thuggish and racist…
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August 10, 2015 | Daily SabahWill AIPAC defeat Obama’s Iran deal?
The effort to win Congressional approval of Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal took a major hit this week when the third-ranking Senate Democrat, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, informed the White House and publicly announced his opposition to it. Senator Schumer, who is slated to lead Senate Democrats after the impending retirement of Harry Reid…
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