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Israeli soldiers fire at Palestinian demonstrators during clashes in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on October 5, 2015 after Israel’s army shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

Opinion: Israel’s fascists are pushing Palestinians towards a third intifada

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 15, 2015 | Opinion

The Arab world is not a happy sight these days. Iraqis are not relaxed in a fragmented country dominated by Tehran and “cherished” by Washington. The Libyans are not so sure about their future in the midst of internal division and feverish grabbing of religious...

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A image grab taken from Palestinian TV shows Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas delivering a speech on October 14, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah during which he said he favors “peaceful, popular resistance” against Israeli occupation, amid a two-week wave of violence that has killed more than 30 people on both sides. (AFP PHOTO/PALESTINIAN TV)

Abbas says Israeli crackdown on Palestinians will ignite “religious conflict”

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 15, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Wednesday that Israel’s “aggressive offensive” against Palestinians and their holy sites could “ignite a religious conflict” in the entire world, insisting that no changes to the status quo...