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Adel Safty
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Adel Safty is author of From Camp David to the Gulf (Montreal); Democracy and Governance (Istanbul); Leadership and Democracy (New York); Might Over Right: How the Zionists Took Over Palestine (England); and the Cyprus Question: Diplomacy and International Law (USA). |
Recent Articles
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Monday May 20
The culpability of Zionist leaders
The struggle for Israel’s national conscience, waged by its leaders to avoid accountability and block international support for Palestinian refugees’ right of return, has reached a critical juncture
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Sunday May 5
Many ironies of the Palestine conflict
Netanyahu claims he wants peace, but he will not halt colony-building activity in the Occupied Territories or return the land of Palestinian refugees
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Sunday Apr 21
Two-state solution: Another opportunity for Palestinian-Israel peace goes to waste
Changing attitudes and misconceptions in Washington about Israel’s actions is critical to ensuring the success of the two-state solution
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Sunday Apr 7
Astute dispossession of Palestinian land
Annexing Arab territory is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology usually at the expense of Arab farmers, who are banned from working on Jewish land
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Sunday Mar 24
US President Barack Obama appeals to young Israelis
Obama’s address to university students in occupied Jerusalem indicates that he believes that Netanyahu’s electorate has the power to change his thinking if they understand the importance of a two-state solution
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Sunday Mar 10
Palestinians deserve justice, not apathy
The Obama-Kerry team must remember that the occupation, the dispossession, and international law are the fundamental foundation of a two-state solution
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Sunday Feb 24
Egyptians playing into Zionist hands
Israel’s designs call for the reoccupation of the Sinai, supporting the creation of a Coptic state in upper Egypt and two Sunni states in the North and in the South
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Monday Feb 11
All Egyptians want is to live free
Democracy is not about the tyranny of the majority, but about the protection of the rights of the minorities
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Sunday Jan 27
Turning social justice into a reality
The forces of opposition in Egypt should abandon the policy of negative participation and engage instead in one of positive contribution
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Monday Jan 14
Egypt’s constitution: The lingering doubts
Instead of making the document the supreme law of the land, its authoritative nature has been diluted by requiring consultations
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- Abdel Bari Atwan
- Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdullah
- Abdullah Al Shayji
- Adel Safty
- Aijaz Zaka Syed
- Professor As'ad Abdul Rahman
- Faisal J. Abbas
- Faisal Al Qasim
- Farhan Bokhari
- Fawaz Turki
- Francis Matthew
- George S. Hishmeh
- Ghada Al Atrash
- Gordon Robison
- Jamal Al Shehhi
- Jaswant Singh
- Dr. Joseph A. Kechichian
- Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
- Khalaf Al Habtoor
- Kuldip Nayar
- Linda S. Heard
- Luc Debieuvre
- Manik Mehta
- Dr. Marwan Al Kabalan
- Mishaal Al Gergawi
- Dr. Mohammad Abdel Raouf
- Mohammad Akef Jamal
- Dr Mohammad Al Asoomi
- Muna Al Gurg
- Nasim Zehra
- Nidhal Guessoum
- Osama Al Sharif
- Patrick Seale
- Rahimullah Yusufzai
- Ramzy Baroud
- Sami Moubayed
- Shakir Noori
- Shashi Tharoor
- Sobhi Ghandour
- Stuart Reigeluth
- Sulaiman Al Hattlan
- Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
- Tanvir Ahmad Khan
- Tariq A. Al Maeena
- Tariq Osman Hyder
- Dr. Tariq Ramadan
- Vimala Madon
- Yasser Hareb
- Yuriko Koike
