August 2, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Israeli racist settlers, burning toddlers and ‘price tag’

A year ago, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was burned alive by Israeli terrorists in Jerusalem in a “price tag” revenge killing. The horrific burning of an 18-month-old toddler, Ali Saad Dawabsheh, due to an arson attack by racist settlers on the family home in the village of Duma, marks Abu Khdeir’s one…

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July 19, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Netanyahu’s Congress and Iran’s nuclear deal

The Iran-P5+1 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement is a major breakthrough in international diplomacy and points to a hopeful outcome for a region that has become accustomed to disappointment and chaos. After three years of long, intense multiple negotiation sessions, the concluded agreement provides for a pathway to resolve issues related to Iranian…

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July 12, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Gaza: The never-ending war crime

Palestine’s calendar is pierced by endless lists of traumatic and painful anniversaries. Now there is another important date that has been permanently affixed to it: the third Israeli battering of Gaza. One year has already passed since Israel’s sadistic summer assault on Gaza, which according to the U.N. Independent Commission of Inquiry’s report killed 2,251…

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June 28, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Israeli war crimes and bringing an end to impunity

On June 22, 2015, and almost a year after Israel’s assault on Gaza, the U.N. Human Rights Council independent commission of inquiry issued its report concluding that “serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law by Israel and by Palestinian armed groups” occurred during the war. The report, like many earlier internationally…

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May 17, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Vatican’s recognition a signal of the global shift on Palestine statehood

The recent Vatican announcement that it will soon sign a comprehensive treaty to recognize Palestine as a state is an important development and signals a shift in policy not only for the Holy See but also reflects a movement across the world to embrace a new approach. In the Annuario Poniticio, the official Vatican yearbook,…

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May 11, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Breaking the silence on Israeli crimes in Gaza

A firestorm has erupted after Breaking the Silence, an Israeli nongovernmental organization, released soldiers’ testimonies from Operation Protective Edge, describing what amounts to war crimes. The testimonies shed light on orders and details from front line Israeli soldiers that provide firsthand accounts of violations of the 4th Geneva Convention and the treatment of civilian populations…

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April 6, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Should Israeli nuclear bombs be inspected?

Israel is a nuclear power was the conclusion of a Department of Defense report prepared in 1987 and kept secret until its release this past March. It was brought to light through a Freedom of Information lawsuit by Grant Smith, an investigative reporter and author affiliated with the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy, who…

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March 23, 2015 | Daily Sabah

Netanyahu is dismantling peace and entrenching apartheid

Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby was personally confident that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shift to the right was only an election campaign ploy and will “not be the policies of the future Israeli government.” In making this observation, Elaraby was sending a comforting statement to Arab leaders that Netanyahu did not really mean…

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March 20, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

Netanyahu Wins Elections, Israel Loses Creditability

Results from Israeli elections indicate a victory for Benjamin Netanyahu and the right wing Likud party. The early announcement after 99.5% of the ballots were counted showed Netanyahu’s Likud wining 29-30 seats, the Zionist Union in second place with 24 and the United Arab List in third place and 13 seats. Polling data three days…

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March 5, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

Netanyahu’s Speech: A Theater of the Absurd

Netanyahu’s speech on March 3, 2015 to a joint Congressional Session was a frontal assault on President Obama’s Iran policy. The speech was a direct attempt at derailing the on-going negotiations and the desire to prevent Obama and the US from signing a nuclear deal with Iran. According to the Prime Minister such a deal…

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