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No artificial solution can liquidate the just Palestinian cause

  • Less than 48 hours after US President Donald Trump made the vague but outrageous suggestion that Jordan and Egypt should consider taking in more than a million Gazans “temporarily, or could be long term,” hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans on Monday made the long and arduous journey from...
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How Gaza became Israel’s Achilles’ heel

  • Gaza has been a thorn in Israel’s side for decades. That narrow strip of land, home to more than 2.4 million people — 70 percent of whom are refugees — would not exist if it were not for the creation of Israel in 1948. Its very existence is, in fact, a daily reminder of the tragedy that has bef...
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What comes after a Gaza ceasefire deal

  • A long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas appears imminent, according to US, Israeli, Qatari and Palestinian sources. After months of fruitless negotiations, the two sides are now closer than ever to sealing a multi-phased agreement that would bring an end to the bloodletting, allo...
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History will not be kind to Biden’s presidency

  • In less than two weeks, President Joe Biden will leave the White House, ending his one-term presidency, which analysts agree has left the long-time US politician frustrated and disillusioned about his legacy and achievements. Biden, now 82, has already set many personal records that he would ...
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The year Israel became a pariah state

  • There is a famous quote that states: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” This, I believe, best describes 2024 — a year of tumult, political upheavals, unyielding atrocities, apocalyptic devastation and historical legal precedence. For the Middle...
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Carter was a man of peace and integrity

  • The Palestinian people have this week lost one of the most outspoken champions of their cause. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US, died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter will be remembered as a man of integrity and courage. His readiness to move away from the more orthodox foreign pol...
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Gaza war may soon end, but the calamity will last years

  • A pivotal moment could be close for the 14-month-old war on Gaza, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians, destroyed almost 80 percent of the enclave and left more than 2 million Gazans internally displaced. There have been many such moments, only for all hopes of a cea...
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Gaza’s ‘lost generation’ faces bleak future

  • UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini this week made a fresh appeal to the world community to save Gaza’s children from becoming “a lost generation.” He was referring to the fact that more than 600,000 children in the Strip have had no access to formal primary education since October 20...
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US hastening the shift to a multipolar world

  • Nothing speaks of the US applying double standards when it comes to respecting international law and UN bodies than its reaction to the International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on war cr...
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With Gaza war, Israel has normalized genocide

  • To say that the world has failed the Palestinians for decades is an understated fact. To admit that it has turned its back on the people of Gaza is tantamount to complicity in an ongoing massacre, the crime of the century, which is yet to end. Now in its 14th month, Israel’s war on Gaza is an u...
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