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Saudi removes ‘Muslims only’ signs from highway to Madinah
Saudi Arabian authorities appeared to have replaced the “Muslims only” phrase from traffic signs leading to…
The British Cabal Behind a Gulf Dictatorship By Phil Miller
Senior figures in the British establishment have secretly served as “privy councillors” to a highly repressive…
Saudi crown prince backed Israel plan to overthrow Jordan king
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is said to have supported an Israeli plot to overthrow…
Attack on Iran’s Natanz plant muddies US-Iran nuclear talks By MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility is casting a major shadow over…
The Debt We Owe Edward Said By Kaleem Hawa
A conversation with biographer Timothy Brennan about the enduring political and intellectual legacy of the Palestinian…
The Nakba of Sheikh Jarrah: How Israel uses ‘the law’ to ethnically cleanse East Jerusalem
Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists lift banners and placards during a demonstration against Israeli occupation and…
Moves to readmit Syria’s Assad into Arab League Exposes tragic state of affairs of Middle East politics. By Latheef Farook
Reports emerge of moves to readmit Syria, tyrant Bashar Al Assad, into Arab League which is…
On British colonialism, antisemitism, and Palestinian rights Avi Shlaim
From the ‘original sin’ of 1917 to the government’s more recent adoption of the controversial IHRA…
Saudi authorities arrest female scholar for teaching Qur’an at home
The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested well-known scholar Aisha Al-Muhajiri, reportedly because she has continued to preach…
சிரியாமக்கள் சுதந்திரத்தையும் கௌரவத்தயுமேவேண்டினார்கள் : ஆனால் இஸ்ரேலும் அதன் அமெரிக்கமற்றும் ஐரோப்பியபங்காளிகளும் அவர்களுக்குமரணத்தையும் அழிவையும் வழங்கின
லத்தீப் பாரூக சுன்னாஹ் இனத்தவர்களைப் பெரும்பான்மையாகக் கொண்டசிரியா, 12 வீதம் உள்ள ஷீஆ சிறுபான்மையினரால் ஆழப்படுகின்றது. 2011 மேமாதத்தில் அரபுவசன்தபுரட்சிக் காலத்தின்…
Israeli settlers leave Palestinian children bloody and bruised in latest attack By Akram Al-Waara in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank
Alaa Sawafta’s sons, aged six and three, wounded as unchecked violence against Palestinians in the West…
Why calling Israel an apartheid state is not enough By Lana Tatour
B’Tselem, a leading human rights group in Israel, recently released a report concluding that Israel is an apartheid…
Of Sabra-Shatila By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi
IT is impossible not to think of the gruesome Sabra-Shatila massacre 38 years ago, when one…
A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid By B’Tselem
More than 14 million people, roughly half of them Jews and the other half Palestinians, live…
‘I refused to join the Israeli army, it justifies violence and inequality’
19-year-old Hallel Rabin spent 56 days in jail after refusing to complete military service she believes…
The ICC’s Indefensible Decision on Alleged UK War Crimes in Iraq By Craig Murray
The International Criminal Court’s detailed report on alleged UK war crimes in Iraq is shocking, but…