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Ra'am party leader believes government could yet serve out its term: 'All of the partners understand that there is a huge potential, that there is hope and something new'
Posted By Ruth King on December 29th, 2020 While Abbas is talking to the international community about his desire to achieve a peaceful settlement alongside Israel, his Fatah faction is sending messages to the Palestinians that glorify the “armed struggle” against Israel and that promise a “revolution until victory” — meaning replace Israel. The poster chosen by Fatah to celebrate the January 1, 1965 anniversary of the first terrorist attack against Israel depicts a map of “Palestine” superimposed over the entire state of Israel. It...
Rockets, ruins, and revenge: Clan violence spirals in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Three years after the fatal shooting of DVD shopkeeper Issa Jaafar, the killing risks igniting a tribal war that a weakened Lebanon appears powerless to prevent, reports Sunniva Rose in Baalbek Members of the Chamas clan investigate sounds of machinegun fire, thought to originate from the Noon family, following a clan meeting in Bouday, Lebanon, to discuss a response to the killing of family member Mohammad Chamas by a member of the Jaafar family on October 4, 2020. Elizabeth Fitt for The National Abbas Chamas talk...