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Israel

“Bad News for the Peace Pigeon” {Cartoon}

As the Israeli election ends in a dramatic deadlock, a badly weakened Netanyahu is now forced to cobble together a coalition of parties from both camps. Scroll down for the cartoon.
by Mohammad Ali Ziaei
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Economy
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Problems in the Pipeline: Violence in the Sinai Peninsula

The 7th July attack on the Egyptian North Sinai gas pipeline constitutes just one of a dozen such attacks since the removal of Mubarak. Worryingly though, this was the boldest and most carefully planned to date, providing an om...
by Marc Scarisbrick
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Europe
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The Death And Gloom Of Donetsk And Gaza

There were two headline-grabbing events on Thursday, July 17: the downing of Malaysian Flight MH17, presumably by separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the beginning of Israel’s ground assault into the Gaza Strip. While the for...
by Sean Guillory
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Human Rights

Israel’s Blind-Eye on Social Media Backfires with Harlem Shake

Over the past two weeks, Israel’s image has been smeared because of the use of social media, both by international activists and by one of its very own soldiers. Joining the viral craze of The Harlem Shake, and the exponentia...
by Yara Al Wazir
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Israel

Palestinian Activists Break Through Israeli Wall To Commemorate 25 Years Since Fall Of Berlin Wall

A group of young Palestinian activists have sledgehammered a hole into a separation barrier between the West Bank and Israel to mark 25 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
by Heenali Patel
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Israel

An American In Palestine: The Power Of Positionality In Understanding Conflict

There is an urban legend within the US State Department of a US Senator who, upon his first trip to Jerusalem, was so shocked by the violence between Palestinians and Israelis within the holy city that he demanded a briefing fr...
by Andrew Ferguson
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Israel

Palestine’s Version Of The Ice Bucket Challenge

Over the last couple of weeks the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has created a storm on social media, with thousands of people posting videos of themselves being soaked in ice water as a campaign to create awareness about the amyotr...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Human Rights
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An Innovative Approach To Human Rights.

Scores of non-governmental organizations sprout every year in Geneva. Many of them dedicated to Human Rights in one way or another. So when a new NGO is established on the same theme, it draws little or no attention because it ...
by Nadim Souss
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Israel

More Than A Fair Share: A Jewish State For Jewish Citizens

Another national identity crisis surfaced last month, stoking the recent global wave of national struggles to carve out “true” values and recognise “true” citizens. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a n...
by Gustav Isherwood
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