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Israel left Lebanon 20 years ago. We’re still fighting for our liberation
Hezbollah were viewed as heroes for forcing the Israeli army out of southern Lebanon. Today, they are responsible for killing countless Syrians and Palestinians. Reflections by a Lebanese Palestinian on 'Liberation Day.'
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Joseph B.
May 25, 2020
You don’t need to mourn Qassem Soleimani to be deeply worried
Reflections of an Iranian dissident in exile.
By
Arash Azizi
January 5, 2020
Downstairs, from heavenly Aleppo
Aleppo, your stories will come back to my ears, like a child who sits on his grandmother’s knees. By Mati Shemoelof Aleppo, I, Matityaho Ibn Shifra, your old daughter, a grandson of your Arab-Jews, mourn the erasure of your city of poetry, Aleppo, how did they forget to save your libraries? Aleppo, was it not…
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February 18, 2017
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Palestinians and the Syrian Revolution: Lessons from the fight against fascism
One writer asserts that even if it were in the Palestinian’s interest for Assad to remain in control, they should not ask that of Syrians in the midst of a civil war. By Talal Alyan The lapse of support for the Syrian revolution amongst some segments of the Arab left will in retrospect be regarded…
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April 6, 2013
The Iranian nuclear standoff: Where does Turkey stand?
Despite its leaders’ efforts to broker an agreement, Turkey seems to be accepting the possibility of an attack on Iran as a last resort. Now its priority is to prepare for that eventuality, so that a military conflict does not take it by surprise. By Aylin Gurzel FAMAGUSTA – Turkey has tried to broker negotiations between…
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October 22, 2012
WATCH: Tensions mount on Turkey-Syria border
AKCAKALE, TURKEY — It has been nearly a week since a Syrian mortar shell landed on a Turkish home just across the border, killing five members of the same family. The incident brought a swift response from Turkey, and a promise by the government in Ankara that it would not hesitate to strike back, which…
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Roee Ruttenberg
October 10, 2012
Why is the Western left so obsessed with Israel?
It ain’t anti-Semitism. There’s no question – the evil perpetrated by Bashar Assad on the Syrians for the last year and a half makes the evils of the occupation during this time seem mild. So why does the Western left still seem so much more preoccupied with Israel, not to say obsessed, than it is with Syria? Or with Congo, or with Sudan, or with Afghanistan, or…
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Larry Derfner
July 27, 2012
On Wislawa Szymborska: A poet dies, a war is born
By Dahlia Shaham The morning I saw the obituary for Wislawa Szymborska, the Polish poet and Nobel Laureate, I was in a hotel room in Munich. I put the newspaper down on the small desk and left the hotel to attend the Munich Security Conference. Participation in this conference is limited to the global policy…
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February 14, 2012
Israeli Communist Party supports Bashar Assad – in Arabic only
The secretary-general of the ICP published an article denouncing the Syrian uprising. The piece did not appear in the Hebrew publications of the party Veteran journalist Yossef Elgazi (and former Israeli Communist Party member and activist) exposed (Hebrew) the fact that the ICP has taken a double stand on the suppression of the Syrian uprising. In the…
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Yossi Gurvitz
June 17, 2011
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