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UN Reaffirms the Safeguards for Civilians in Times of War
“Accountability for breaches of international humanitarian law and for human rights violations, as well as respect for human rights, are not obstacles to peace,...
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
The Middle East is the only region where all three kinds of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) have been used and developed. Accusations, allegations,...
Through the eyes of a holocaust survivor
The independent news media is often silenced into submission with howls of ‘anti-Semitism’ whenever a writer criticises policies or tactics of the Israeli government....
Hypocrisy is not a four letter word
A South African court banned the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir from leaving the country after he had come to attend the African Union...
Impotent leadership at the United Nations
The United Nations, an organization of governments created in 1945 following World War II, was meant to foster international cooperation between members and prevent...
The American Drone ‘Apartheid’: Global Reactions to U.S. Technical Dominance
There is growing dissent across the Middle East and beyond at what is perceived to be a total lack of transparency, ethics, and scrutiny...
How the parliamentary snap elections changed so little on Israel
Israel parliamentary elections of March 17 were won by Likud (centre-right party) that was able to conquer 30 mandates (out of 120) on an...
Israeli Parliament: Arena for tribal politics
This year, for the first time, the leaders of Israel's political parties took part in a televised pre-election debate. While this innovation should be...
Conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism
Between the 23rd and 27th of February, students and staff at SOAS, University of London took to the ballot box in a school wide...
Israeli and Palestinian Business Leaders Urge Two-State Solution
Nearly 200 leading Israeli and Palestinian business people and executives of some of the largest companies called today for their respective governments to urgently...