IS DUBAI HELPING ETHNIC CLEANSING IN PALESTINE?

IS DUBAI HELPING ETHNIC CLEANSING IN PALESTINE?
Is Dubai helping ethnic cleansing in Palestine? From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem. The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores

Hamas talks out of both sides of its mouth
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Qtel raises QR7m for Palestinians
Ghanim Al Ali Al Meideed, Secretary General, Qatar Red Crescent, in the presence of Kassem Radwan, Charge d’affairs, Palestine Embassy and Talal Al Abdullah, manager of the corporations and charities in Qatar Charity Works Authority. ‘I extend my thanks

Israel/Palestine: Openings and Disruptions
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Terrorism” & “Islamo-Fascism” Propaganda Campaigns A Lecture By Dr. Hassan Ali El-Najjar
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Foreign Matters
to The Bulletin. 15. Would a President Obama continue the Clinton/Bush policy of ignoring the fact that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) never ratified the Oslo Accord and never canceled the PLO charter? [The Clinton and Bush administrations

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Carter says Hamas would accept deal with Israel
other words, Hamas is not abandoning its long-term ambition to establish an Islamic state in the whole of Palestine. Mr Abu Zuhri also insisted that the referendum must include the Palestinian diaspora. That would diminish the chances of a yes vote,

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