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Other Issues February 13, 2007

Failure of American foreign policy and the diminishing imperial influence

Local and international pressures are mounting on the US administration regarding the occupation of Iraq and what the American forces are facing there. In a conspicuous development 79 US Senators
Other Blogs February 13, 2007

Israeli historian: “blood libel” not completely unfounded

A prominent Israeli Jewish historian has revealed that the medieval canard about Jews killing Christian children and using their blood in making pasta for the Jewish holiday of Passover is
Palestine February 13, 2007

Hamas: Before and after Makkah

Does the landmark national reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas in Makkah signify a certain transformation in Hamas’s political outlook? Is Hamas becoming more pragmatic, whatever that means in real
Other Blogs February 13, 2007

A Dangerous Moment in American History (Part 1&2)

A Dangerous Moment in American History (Part 1) Top Democrats have the support of most Americans in saying that the war in Iraq should end as soon as possible, even if
Reform IssuesWorkers February 13, 2007

Workers’ strikes against corruption and savagery of the market

This report is issue no. 54 of LCHR’s Economic & Social Rights series. The report monitors a wave of workers’ strikes and protests during the second half of 2006, which
Lebanon February 13, 2007

Al-Masri: We Condemn the Bombing, Syria Can Solve Lebanese Crisis

Commenting on the bombing that occurred in Beirut, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Masri, the UnderSecretary-General of the Islamic Group in Lebanon, said that although this spate of assassinations have been repeatedly committed
Reform Issues February 13, 2007

Work Strike in Tanta Company for Linen & Derivatives

More than one thousand workers in the Tanta company for linen and oils, Gharbiya  north of Cairo, staged an open work strike, protesting at reducing incentives by about half and
Human Rights February 13, 2007

Death wish in Vain: Father Died without Seeing His Detained Son

Despite repeated calls of the family of the student Hani Mohamed Bakr, detained on Al-Azhar students case, to the Interior Minister, that Hani must be released to see his ill
MB in Arabian press February 12, 2007

Mubarak and Democracy

There was a time when President Hosni Mubarak had a strangle hold on Egyptian politics, almost choking the life from it. With mounting pressure from inside and outside of Egypt
Palestine February 12, 2007

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

A Review of Ilan Pappe Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and senior lecturer at Haifa University. He’s also Academic Director of the Research Institute for Peace at Givat Haviva