Daily Archives: 2nd May 2017

Why Palestinian President Abbas fears the prisoners’ hunger strike

2nd May 2017   Home, Palestine, Highlights
Marwan Barghouti in handcuffs Jonathan Cook explains why the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike, and possible mass disobedience that may flow from it, threaten to undermine Abbas’s approach of reliance on Israel’s Western friends to achieve Palestinian statehood. Read more [...]

The Pope in Egypt: Tiptoeing through a minefield

2nd May 2017   Home, Egypt, Highlights
Pope Francis and President Al-Sisi James Dorsey explains the religious and political complexities of Egypt as Pope Francis visits in the hope of improving the fragile position of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East, North Africa and the larger Muslim world. Read more [...]