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| OPINION: Unsustainable Israeli Politics of Exclusion in Jerusalem |
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While the history of the world is moving decisively toward a culture of inclusion, diversity and pluralism, Israeli politics seems to challenge history by moving in the opposite direction of exclusion and unilateral self - righteous monopoly of geography, demography, history, archeology and culture, especially in Jerusalem. It is sowing the seeds of imminent conflict and foreseeable war by strangling a city that has historically been of diversified and pluralistic character.
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| OPINION: Thoughts on the Importance and Role of Civil Society in Libya |
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‘I am not afraid to die. I am afraid to lose the battle!’ We will win or we will die trying. Win what, you may ask? Freedom? Freedom to do what? This is where I feel the role of civil society fills in the blank. Freedom is not purely freedom from unjust persecution and rampant corruption. It is the ability to make a difference and solve problems and find a road that both unites us and rewards us for that unity. Libyans are awakening from a horrible collective coma full of torment and nightmares.
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| OPINION: 2011: the Year Tyranny Collapsed |
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Though many will groan inwardly when they see another article about the events of the last year I wish to say to them to please humour us, for it is the year we set ourselves free from abuse, oppression, ignorance, neglect, hopelessness... and so many other negatives. I could go on and on. The list is endless.
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| OPINION: What Do We Know about Sharia? |
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Sharia law, a religiously based approach to legislation, is a scary term for many of us in the US. We often associate it with a conservative, oppressive, and perhaps brutal form of governance that subjugates the rights of the people.
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| Palestine: Those Who Inspired Us in 2011 - By Ramzy Baroud |
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Mustafa Tamimi was a 28-year-old resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. His meticulously trimmed beard served as the centrepiece of his handsome face. In December 2009, when an Israeli soldier shot him from a short distance with a tear gas canister, half of Mustafa’s face went missing.
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| Embellishing the Iraq War: Moral Victory, and Selective Body Counts - By Ramzy Baroud |
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Someone ought to let mainstream news producers know that the nearly 4,500 US soldiers killed in the Iraq war were not the only victims. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have also been killed as a result of the unwarranted US invasion, and many more have been wounded and/or forever maimed.
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| OPINION: Are the Israeli’s an Invented People? |
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US Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich seems to be laying the groundwork for ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Greater Israel, calling them “an invented people” who “had a chance to go many places.” But an Israeli scholar offered a contrary view.
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| Masked in Gaza: The Untold History of Palestinian ‘Militancy’ - By Ramzy Baroud |
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Essam Al-Batsh and his nephew, Sobhi Al-Batsh, are the latest in a long line of reported Palestinian ‘militants’ killed by Israel. They were both targeted while driving in a car in downtown Gaza on December 8.
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| OPINION: Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Sustainable Peace in Libya |
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The issue of transitional justice in post-conflict Libya is increasingly important in the last few weeks with the capture of Seif Gaddafi, and the reports of 7000 foreign prisoners held in Libya with no proper legal processes taking place yet.
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| OPINION: Weapons and Tripoli |
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The sound of firing might have faded away recently but the display of weapons seems never ending. The first reaction on hearing such distinctive firing is to optimistically consider it as a celebratory fire and move on with the daily chores or to call a friend to make sure everything is alright.
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| Memories of a Libyan Child - by Zaineb Shebani |
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Born to parents who left Libya in the late seventies and couldn’t return due to my uncle’s involvement in the 1984 Libyan opposition movement, I spent my childhood years not knowing the country I was originally from. In fear that their children would grow up not knowing their country, my parents made sure that they brought us up to love Libya.
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| Towards a True Paradigm Shift in Palestine - by Ramzy Baroud |
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The Palestinian Uprising or Intifada of 1987 remains the single most significant triumph of popular mobilisation in Palestinian history.
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| OPINION:: Oil Sector Reform in Libya |
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Will Prime Minister Keeb’s interim government grasp the historic opportunity to reform Libya’s lucrative oil industry? There are good reasons why it should.Libya’s new government has a historic opportunity to match political accountability with business transparency. The size and importance of the oil and gas sector makes it a natural focus for this task.
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| On Freedom and Imperialism: Arab Spring and the Intellectual Divide - By Ramzy Baroud |
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The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries.
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| OPINION: The Libyan Transitional Government: Challenges and Recommendations |
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Effective transitional governance is one of the most pressing challenges facing the reconstruction and stabilisation in Libya, post February 17 Revolution. However, absent functioning institutions of governance will be an obstacle on the way of securing lasting peace by the recently appointed new government.
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