Joseph Massad
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Morocco's revived claim to Ceuta and Melilla is not a demand for decolonisation (opens the original)
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The recent wave of tens of thousands of Moroccan and other African economic refugees attempting to reach the Spanish settler colony of Ceuta has renewed Moroccan demands that Spain return Ceuta and Melilla, known in Arabic as Sabtah and Maliliah, to Morocco. At least 141 people died in the crossing, while most of those who made it across were forcibly or "voluntarily" sent back. Travel from Ceuta or Melilla to mainland Spain by air or sea requires passing through Spanish passport and travel-docu
Bangladesh could join Mecca pact, official suggests (opens the original)
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Bangladesh may be joining the defence agreement signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan earlier this month. Bangladeshi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir told reporters on Monday that his country has been invited to participate in what has become known as the Mecca pact, but did not say who extended the invitation. Reuters news agency, however, cited an unnamed source saying Riyadh had reached out to Dhaka. "If there is a security arrangement among Islamic nations in the Middl
Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact? (opens the original)
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The recent Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, has reinvigorated longstanding US ambitions for a subcontracted "Middle Eastern", "Arab" or "Muslim" Nato to serve US regional security interests. Some pro-American and pro-Israeli analysts have misconstrued the agreement as an alliance against Israel, while others see it as a sign that the Saudis are seeking new security guarantors in light of US failures to fully protect the kingdom and its Arab neighbours.
Israel is waging animal warfare against the Palestinian people (opens the original)
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Earlier this month, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced that Israel would use Nile crocodiles as prison guards for Palestinian political prisoners. The programme will begin at Ketziot Prison, Israel's largest, in the Naqab (Negev) desert. The prison served as a concentration camp where thousands of Palestinians were incarcerated between 1988 and 1995 during the First Intifada. Palestinians knew Ketziot as Ansar III camp. To facilitate this plan, Environmental Protection
Arab recognition of Israel rewards its relentless land theft (opens the original)
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One of the most intimidating aspects of modern US relations with the Arab and Muslim world is Washington's insistence that all Arab and Muslim-majority countries normalise relations with the state of Israel as a reward for its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. These demands have intensified since the US and Israel launched their war of aggression against Iran in February. Washington's long-standing push for Saudi normalisation continues unabated, as does its pressure on Qatar, Ira
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