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Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Ministers extraordinary meeting to discuss the Syrian crisis in Cairo, Egypt December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Arab League Calls for Protecting Arab Heritage amid Rising Regional Chaos

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Oct 19, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit called for the protection of Arab heritage in light of the chaos ravaging the region, stressing that “Al-Aqsa Mosque is purely related to Islamic and Arab heritage in accordance with the decision of the United Nations...

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The Arab League in session in an undated picture. Reuters

Arab Parliament to Call on Britain to Cancel 100th Anniversary of Balfour Declaration

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 10, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Arab Parliament Speaker Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami said he has decided to dispatch a correspondence calling on the British House of Commons to cancel the 100th celebration of Balfour Declaration, as it provokes the Arab world especially amid Israel’s...

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Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Palestine to Britain: Apologize or Face Trial over Balfour Declaration

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 29, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah-Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki has given Britain the option to apologize to Palestinians or head to court for its 1917 Balfour Declaration, which has backed a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Malki said on Thursday that “the issue will remain...

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Palestinians are silhouetted as they walk in front of a large national flag during a rally in Gaza City on December 7, 2013, marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Palestinian Marxist revolutionary organization established in 1967. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS

Opinion: When will we have a Palestinian vision for the future?

by Bakir Oweida | Dec 21, 2013 | Opinion

In the sci-fi film Land of the Lost, scientist Rick Marshall says in a sad voice that he is a coward who is afraid of declaring his scientific theory publicly. His smartest student, Holly Cantrell, replies: “No, you are not a coward, you are a man of vision,” and...