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MIFTAH reports on Israeli settler violence against Palestinian women
Apr 5, 2022MIFTAHMIFTAH released a report on Settler Violence against Palestinian Women in the West Bank. It provides a legal analysis…
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Towards a new Middle East Cold War
Mar 28, 2022Marwan BisharaLike the Ukrainians, the Palestinians are sacrificed on the altar of a new, albeit regional, Cold War, featuring Israel…
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Why Would Hezbollah Never Integrate in the Lebanese Army?
Mar 23, 2022Imad K. HarbHezbollah’s militia cannot be absorbed into the LAF because of its confessional nature, its deeply religious, pan-Islamic ideology, its…
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Where refugees become settlers
Mar 22, 2022Raef ZreikFor the Jewish refugees who have been arriving in Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport over the past several weeks, fleeing…
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The world is united on Ukraine, divided on America
Feb 27, 2022Marwan Bishara“In terms of a Cold War… you have the vast majority of the rest of the world in total…
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Israel’s apartheid and the myth of the democratic Jewish state
Feb 8, 2022Marwan BisharaLast week, the London-based Amnesty International joined the New York-based Human Rights Watch and the Jerusalem-based B’Tselem in calling…
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Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity
Feb 1, 2022Amnesty InternationalAmnesty reports that Palestinians are treated as an inferior racial group and systematically deprived of their rights. The investigation…
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Biden’s Foreign Policy Dilemmas
Jan 20, 2022Marwan BisharaAfter a strong start that included rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization, both of which Trump…
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Brief Report on the Population of Palestine at the End of 2021
Jan 3, 2022 Ola AwadFourteen Million Total Number of Palestinians in the WorldThe estimated number of Palestinians at the end of 2021 was…
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Biden (and Putin)’s nostalgia for the Cold War
Dec 8, 2021Marwan BisharaOver the past 10 years, American and European reactions to the Arab Spring have demonstrated why Western democracies cannot…
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Systematic Discrimination and Fragmentation as Key Barriers to Palestinian Health and Healthcare
Dec 1, 2021Medical Aid for PaestineWe would like to encourage you to read the latest paper by Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP). Their new…
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Why Iran may become a latent nuclear state
Nov 29, 2021Marwan BisharaAs the negotiations to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement resume in Vienna, it is a déjà vu all over again.…
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Israeli hyperbole: The art of deception
Nov 9, 2021Marwan BisharaIsraeli hyperbole is as old as the Israeli state. It is tautological, serving as the raison d’être and modus operandi…
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Pyrrhic victories ring hollow in the Middle East
Oct 25, 2021 Marwan BisharaOver the past half a century, the Greater Middle East has witnessed more war than any other region. Even…
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Will Trump run again … and win?
Oct 4, 2021Marwan BisharaThe fear and rage that gripped the US capital under the presidency of Donald Trump have left the country…
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The Biden-Bennett summit: A US-Israeli reset?
Aug 25, 2021Marwan BisharaThis week’s US-Israeli summit will certainly be overshadowed by the Afghan fiasco. Less certain, however, is how US President…
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The US, the Taliban and the stunning defeat in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2021Marwan BisharaLast week’s turn of events in Afghanistan has been utterly shocking but hardly surprising. The Taliban’s blistering takeover of…
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The Feats, Fiats and Failures of American News Networks
Feb 10, 2021Marwan BisharaThe three main US news networks, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, have enjoyed a roller-coaster ride over the past…
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Saudi Arabia: Time to face the music
Dec 9, 2020Marwan BisharaParticipants at a regional security conference in Manama over the weekend must have been surprised to see former Saudi…
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Trump vs Biden: And the winner is…?
Oct 9, 2020Marwan BisharaThe coronavirus pandemic and the Trump presidency that preoccupied the United States and much of the world this year…
