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‘Ugly moral questions will hang over the stadium’

  • World football champion Lionel Messi has found himself in the middle of a big Middle East mess this week after his Argentinian team was invited to play in a World Cup warm-up match at Teddy Kollek Stadium in West Jerusalem on Saturday. Since he was a young child in Argentina, all Messi wanted...
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‘Biden Arabs’ should be given a voice

  • April is designated as Arab American Heritage Month in the US and this past month has showcased not only the many heritage month festivals and events that have been held, but also the personalities that headline Arab American activism. One of the most promising recent developments for the comm...
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World needs to hear more about Israel’s serial murders

  • In the rare instance that an Israeli Jew is brought to trial for committing an act of violence, the accused is given every benefit, including a defense lawyer, a public hearing and the benefit of any doubt. But when a Palestinian is accused of violence, they are usually shot dead first and then...
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Women surface as powerful icons in the Palestinian struggle

  • Women like Rosa Parks empowered the American civil rights movement, earning compassion for the civilian protesters who clashed with police and soldiers. Women are also playing a powerful role in the fight for civil rights in “apartheid" Israel, where ethnic cleansing policies seek to go be...
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Without Arab action, Kerry’s truths mean nothing

  • Although you have to tip your hat to Barack Obama for at least trying to expose the lies of Israel’s government, the real hero in his fast-ending presidency is Secretary of State John Kerry, an American hero in every sense of the word. He was a military hero whose record was trashed by well...
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Will the ghosts of Lifta come back to haunt Israel?

  • Every Palestinian knows the story of Lifta, a small village on a hillside near the city of Jerusalem. During its war to conquer Palestinian-majority areas of Palestine in 1947 and 1948, Israel ethnically cleansed and eventually destroyed more than 530 Palestinian villages. Today, Lifta is one ...
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Why West responds so differently to murders in Palestine, Iran

  • Do the issues of who you are and where you are murdered impact the coverage given to your case by the mainstream American news media and US politicians? It seemingly does have relevance when you compare the tragic recent killings of two women, one a Palestinian and another an Iranian. Mahsa Am...
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Why we should end all contact with Israel

  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may not have the best communications team to convey his words and deeds, but he has been consistent from day one....
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Why Trump is lower risk for Palestinians than Biden

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump announce Trump’s Middle East peace plan. (AFP) No American president is ever really going to support true justice when it comes to the Middle East. They all end up in the same place: Israel’s back pocket, fle...
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Why Palestinians should try to change Israel from the inside

  • As a child, my father told me that, if I want to change something, the most effective way to do so is from the inside. I was reminded of that memory as Israelis returned to the polls on Tuesday in a bid to break the electoral deadlock that has gripped the country for the past two years. This we...
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