Gamzu: All gatherings should be barred – Uman and Balfour alike
“Too much politics” was the burden of the complaint by Israel’s coronavirus director Prof. Ronni Gamzu’s in a wide-ranging radio
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Politics
Netanyahu Reshapes Likud, Builds Shadow Cabinet
Former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, energized by more than two years in opposition, is launching his Likud party into Israel’s
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Gone Missing in Iraq – $1.3bn
Ibrahim Jaafari’s government in Baghdad has issued arrest warrants for 27 senior officials, members of the preceding interim government headed
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The Iraq Voter Has Opted for a Shiite-Kurdish Coalition in Baghdad
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s United Iraqi (Shiite) Alliance of 16 parties pulled ahead of the pack in Iraq’s first democratic
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Allawi Scores in First 15% of Tabulated Iraqi Votes
By Thursday night, February 3, 15% of the 8 million ballots (representing a 57% turnout according to official figures) cast
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Initial Breakdown of Iraq’s First Exercise in Democracy
Iraq’s epic general election for a 275-member national assembly Sunday, January 30, was a success by the very fact of
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Iraq’s Kurds Feel Cheated – Twice
The UN Security Council resolution that stamped Iraq’s provisional government with international approval threatens to confront that government with its
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Qureia Lineup Reflects Disintegrating Palestinian Leadership
The Palestinian legislative council set their faces to confirm the new cabinet presented by Ahmed Qureia Wednesday out of a
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Or Commission Milestones Israeli Jewish-Arab Alienation
Israeli governments have never formulated any clear, consistent policy towards the country’s Arab citizens, who today number some 1.3 million,
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Israeli Election Is over – Even the Shouting
Israel’s Labor Party, whose walkout from Ariel Sharon’s national unity government on October 31 forced the early election taking place
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