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The Arab Spring: Tribute to People Who Value History

By Jamil Toubbeh In his review of Margaret MacMillan’s book, Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History (2009), David Kennedy writes: humans live in history, a few write it, others read it; some are made or broken by it, most try to make use of it, “usually by ransacking the past for analogies to […]

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US-Arab Disconnect: Revolutions Restate Region’s Priorities ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Palestine Chronicle | Aug 16, 2011 There is now no turning back. By Ramzy Baroud As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the US remains committed to its failed policies, misconceptions and selfish interests. Arabs may disagree on many things, but few disagree on […]

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Turkey Not Present For Annual Naval Exercises With Israel And US

Thursday August 04, 2011 13:12 by Katie Child – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group For the second year in a row, Turkey is not participating in the naval drill, Reliant Mermaid, with Israel and the US. This action taken by Turkey is a result of the killing of nine Turkish activists […]

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Hamas condemns Kalandia killings

[ 01/08/2011 – 02:18 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri has condemned the Israeli occupation forces raid in Kalandia near Ramallah that killed two young Palestinian men. Clashes broke out there after the IOF came in to make arrests. The army said the young men were killed by ”uncontrolled” gunfire. Abu Zuhri […]

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Noam Chomsky: ”The West Is Terrified of Arabic Democracies”

17.06.2011Ceyda Nurtsch | © Qantara.de 2011 Interview with Noam Chomsky about the Arab Spring”The West Is Terrified of Arabic Democracies” Noam Chomsky is one of the major intellectuals of our time. The eighty-two-year-old American linguist, philosopher and activist is a severe critic of US foreign and economic policy. Ceyda Nurtsch talked to him about the […]

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Little Chance for Peace, Says King Abdullah

  PNN – Palestine News Network -16.06.11 – 16:18 Amman – PNN – Jordan’s King Abdullah II told the Washington Post that the chances for peace between Israel and Palestine are low after various peace initiatives taken over the past month have fallen flat. Jordan’s King Abdullah II Abdullah told the Washington Post that the […]

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Gen. Gantz: Arab street a new player in region

[ 01/06/2011 – 03:42 PM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– IOF Chief of Staff Gen. Benny Gantz has stated that Israel may face new challenges as the Arab street has appeared as a new player in the Arab region. The fresh threats Israel currently faces pose a threat to the Israeli occupation forces as it becomes […]

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US, Israel dealt blow to Arab peace plan

PressTV | Wed May 25, 2011 6:22PM Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah secretary general has described the latest speeches by the US president and the Israeli prime minister as a final blow to Arab peace initiative. Addressing thousands of his supporters in the eastern village of Nabi Sheet on the occasion of “Liberation […]

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Just as well that Obama had no details about Middle East peace

Nadia Hijab, The Hill.com, May 21, 2011  | IMEU The Palestinian-Israeli conflict – temporarily pushed off the front pages by the killing of Osama bin Laden – is squarely back in the news as the Obama administration and Israel try to set the agenda in advance of the Palestinian plan to request full membership at […]

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Diana Buttu on President Obama’s Speech on Middle East & North Africa – video

Palestine Studies TV, May 21, 2011 | IMEU Diana Buttu, Research Fellow at Harvard University, spoke about President Obama’s May 19, 2011 speech on the Middle East and North Africa. She focused on his remarks pertinent to Israel and the Palestinians. Diana Buttu is a research fellow at Harvard University and a former adviser to […]

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The Arab Uprising Hasn’t Arrived in Palestine – It’s Always Been Here

This weekend, Israeli security forces engaged in a bloody crackdown on unarmed protesters. May 17, 2011  |  972 Magazine | Alternet Photo Credit: Joseph Dana  Demonstrations marking the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba – the anniversary of Palestinians’ displacement in 1948 – were held throughout the West Bank, Gaza and inside Israel this week. The focal point of […]

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Interviewing a Legend: Robert Fisk

Written by Sabine Saade | 16 May 2011 Fisk is “probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain”. Photography: Mohamed Nanabhay 14th of April, Down Town Beirut. Sitting next him, I am very aware that I am currently interviewing a legend; the rest of the clients at Paul café are too. They are looking at […]

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Israel no longer central actor in Middle East

Jews for Justice for Palestinians | May 6, 2011 Palestinian Unity and the New Middle East ‘Egypt is charting a new course in its foreign policy’. (Aljazeera) By Ramzy Baroud Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the Hamas-Fatah deal in Cairo was both swift and predictable. “The Palestinian Authority must choose either peace with […]

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Speech Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah | April 9, 2011

April 9, 2011 Brothers and sisters, [may the] peace and mercy of God be on all of you.  Despite the riskiness of events happening around us – in Palestine, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya – I [feel] that I should address Lebanese affairs. I will try to be short regarding the Lebanese developments. First, I […]

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Jordan, UN discuss Israeli settlements

PressTV – Thu Apr 7, 2011 1:1AM Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh Jordan says the continuous building of illegal settlements by Israel on occupied Palestinian lands is impeding efforts to resume talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA). The Palestinian cause is the core to resolving all regional conflicts, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told US […]

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