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VIDEO | Stanley Cohen (@StanleyCohenLaw) speaking at The Meeting for Justice in Egypt

Published on Sep 2, 2013 by IHH IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation has hosted “The Meeting for Justice in Egypt” on 31 Aug and 1 Sept 2013 in Istanbul with attendance of more than 50 jurists and activists from 20 countries such as USA, Spain, France, Sweden, Belgium, South Africa, Libya, Tunis, Egypt and Turkey including […]

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Israel, instigator of crisis in Mideast

The open debate session of the UN Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, New York, August 19, 2013 PressTV | Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:57AM GMT The Israeli regime imposed land, aerial, and naval blockades on the Gaza Strip in June 2007, after the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas took over […]

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Hussam Khader condemns Fatah marches supporting al-Sisi

[ PIC 28/07/2013 – 07:31 PM ] RAMALLAH, GAZA, (PIC)– Fatah prominent leader Hussam Khader denounced the marches organized by his movement in the occupied West Bank in support of the Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Khader considered in a press statement on Saturday that these marches represent interference in the internal affairs […]

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PHOTOS | The Rabaa Adaweya Massacre, Egypt July 27, 2013 ~ by @mosaaberizing

I went to Rabaa at 2 am last night after I heard the sit-in might be dispersed. When I got there, the shooting had already started. (1) — Mosa'ab Elshamy (@mosaaberizing) July 27, 2013 It was unclear to me who 'started' the attack. But the clashes were at the begining of Tayaran street, 100 metres […]

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The Lobby Never Sleeps ~ by Philip Giraldi

 Philip Giraldi | AntiWar | July 25, 2013 Developments in Syria and Egypt have been a godsend for Israel. The bloodshed and political turmoil have meant that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can continue with business as usual, with no one paying much attention to what is going on as he dismembers Palestine. Amidst all the […]

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OIC Chief: Israel sole beneficiary of regional tensions

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation PressTV | Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:41PM GMT The secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says the Israeli regime is the sole regional entity that benefits from tensions and conflicts in the Middle East. In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to […]

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Factions ask Egyptian authorities not to drag Gaza into their political disputes

[ PIC 06/07/2013 – 02:29 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– National and Islamic forces in the Gaza Strip held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the internal Palestinian situation, especially with regard to the end of the division and restoration of national unity. The factions stressed the need to accelerate the implementation of the reconciliation agreement, […]

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Divide and Conquer Games: Local and foreign parties target the Palestinian presence in Lebanon

[ PIC 18/06/2013 – 09:53 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Director of Hamas information office in Lebanon Ra’fat Murra said that local, regional and international parties have involved themselves in a media campaign targeting the Palestinian presence in Lebanon. “We have been watching for weeks an incitement campaign against the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon led by […]

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Uncivilized Relations: Israel Confronts its Neighbours

  by Brenda Heard | June 9th, 2011 | Dissident Voice The turmoil that has beleaguered the Middle East for decades has been described many ways.  On the 5th of June, however, the terminology turned vulgar.  This enduring conflict was publically characterised as a ‘war between the civilized man and the savage’.  Boldly announced with […]

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‘Israel planning new war on neighbors’

PressTV –  Wed Mar 2, 2011 3:44PM Israel is reportedly planning to launch a new war to strengthen its position in the Middle East, following recent political reforms in regional states. A Western diplomat in the Jordanian capital Amman said on Wednesday that Israel has decided to attack Syria and Lebanon following the downfall of […]

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J Street Urges Obama to Seize the Moment by Eli Clifton

by Eli Clifton, March 02, 2011 J Street, the Washington-based “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” advocacy group, drew a large crowd to its annual conference this year despite criticism over its controversial calls for the Barack Obama administration not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. In the end, the […]

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