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02.06.2010, 14:40
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Israeli soldiers who shot Freedom Flotilla activists did not intend to use arms, and were carrying paintball guns while boarding the ships. That is according to the Israeli Ambassador to Russia.
29.05.2010, 17:26
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Yesterday the Freedom Flotilla was waiting for the last group of campaigners to get onboard. A group of European parliamentarians was to set out from Cyprus to join the fleet, but Cyprus authorities would not let them.
18.03.2009, 19:54
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It is widely believed that the Dalai Lama fled Tibet once Chinese troops gained control over the region. Actually, these two events have nine years between them.
25.05.2009, 17:59
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Moscow should maintain contact with Hamas, especially now that the group has adopted a more realistic approach to the peace process in the Middle East.
27.07.2010, 09:15
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US author, academic and outspoken Palestinian supporter, Norman Finkelstein accuses the US of coddling Israel and is lobbying to speak at the United Nations to promote progress for a Middle-East Peace Process.
30.05.2010, 15:24
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One of the prominent orientalists, Bulgarian diplomat Kiriak Tsonev, says that the Middle East conflict has reached a dead end.
11.10.2009, 13:27
Armenia and Turkey have signed a historic agreement to open their shared border. It has been closed for 17 years and the feud between the countries has been ongoing for nearly a century.
02.09.2009, 11:53
Israeli settlements on the West Bank are not the stumbling block in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, believes former Israeli Justice Minister and prominent left-wing politician Yossi Beilin.
16.09.2009, 10:35
Enjoying the anonymity of the web, more people in the Middle East are going online to share their political opinions, but authorities are tightening their grip on users’ activities, with reports of arrests and torture.
21.03.2010, 22:17
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The Middle East Quartet mediators have called on Israel to freeze settlement activity in East Jerusalem. They have also urged the sides to return to the negotiation table.
Published: 21 June, 2009, 21:50
A “mega-truce” proposal that would end Gaza’s isolation, restore Palestinian unity and expedite a long-stalled prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas has been put on the table by Egypt.
When the needs must do you do a treaty with the devil?? This proposal comes from a reactionary president of Egypt who would marvel if he had 70% voter support in an election for the presidency - and an avowed hater of everythng Palestinian in Netanyahu. On the otherhand - the properly elected Premier of the West Bank and Gaza Hanaye - with 75% of the total vote - is still to be denied his lawful place - whilst Abu Masen [Abbas}is de facto president of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza - his term having expired many months ago. Seems to me that this is another false "Olive Branch" for Peace and the restoration of Human Rights of all Palestinians whether in Gaza Lebanon or the West Bank of Jordan. The Palestinian factions are still unable to reach a political compromise with Fatah zealots asassinating Hamas stalwarts in Ramallah and other locales most recently - or - were such zealots agents of Mossad acting on orders of whom? It is timely for Fatah and Hamas to agree to bury the hatchet and focus on how best jointly to defeat Israel politically in the arena of the Middle East and to cease squabbling amongst themselves. Is this current Egyptian/Israeli/US proposal the catalyst to acheive that truce and Palestinian politicaj unity in the ultimate interests of the long suffering and impoverished people they both claim to represent?? Whilst each Palestinian faction is seeking greater cuedos over the other in the international arena both are ignoring the reality before them to their detriment. ///snowyone.