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Palestine

All violations of international law

UKRAINE: Rødt's former deputy, looks in this longer essay at the significance of International Law, not only Russia's so-called "unprovoked" violations of it, but also the West's many violations of International Law. Here follows a, seen from MODERN TIMES, timely criticism of both SV, Rødt, the left side, the media and the ongoing warmongering.
Marielle Leraand -

What happened to anti-Semitism?

FASCISM: Nazis attacked Jews, and they were therefore characterized as anti-Semitic – the cosmopolitan identity of the despised Jews. But what about Israel, which had carried out at least 2 extrajudicial killings? Menachem Begin and his group, which Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt described as fascists and terrorists, have ruled Israel for almost 700 years.
Ola Tunander -

Palestine, Portugal, pluralism

MANAGER: When is more independent identity important, and not?
Truls Lie -

Israel – a utopia?

Omar Boehm: Israel – a utopia?

ISRAEL: The German-Israeli author Omri Boehm has a past in Israeli secret services. He wants us to put the Nakba – the violent expulsion of around 700 000 Palestinians – on a par with the Holocaust.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Gaza: The causes need attention

ATTACK: The Western press and governments' coverage of the latest brutal Israeli attack on the Palestinians is historyless.
Rita Giacaman -

Mercedes without engine

Donald Trump's: "Deal of the Century" could, in the worst case, end up being a trigger for the original potential for conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
Lars Thor Smith -

Ittaf, Palestinian failed suicide bombings after many years in prison

Palestine Appendix: Ramallah (2014:
Truls Lie -

The creation of the academy in Ramallah

Palestine Annex: In the occupied West Bank, art became a form of knowledge based on research and free critical thinking. One of the founders of the art academy in Ramallah, tells here what happened – supported by Norway.
Khaled Hourani -

- We documented that we had everything in place for a Palestinian state

Palestine Annex: Salam Fayyad, former Prime Minister of Palestine, Ramallah 2014
Truls Lie -

A future Palestinian state can only be sustainable if it has a good relationship with Israel

Palestine Annex: Espen Barth Eide, former Foreign Minister, Jerusalem (2013)
Truls Lie -

Palestine in our century

Palestine Annex: The magazine Palestine in our century has both a current and historical perspective on # Middle East #'s long nuclear conflict over Palestine. Although it is well known, it is often with little detailed knowledge.
Truls Lie -

Unrestrained apartheid

Palestine Annex: Israel was quick to portray the Palestinians as carriers of the virus and as a health threat. Today, the Gaza crisis is territorial, demographic, political – and biological.
Nadia Othman -
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