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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Trump’s Expected Green Light To West Bank Annexation: Grounds, Obstacles
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Trump’s Expected Green Light To West Bank Annexation: Grounds, Obstacles

Tuesday 23 June 2020
Friedman advocates the idea, others in the administration are conservative about it. Even Secretary of State Mike Pompeo proved cautious about the plan after returning from a visit to the occupied territories to discuss the annexation with the Israelis in mid-May. However, he has lately moved close ...
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As Israeli Annexation Looms, US Remains Undecided
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As Israeli Annexation Looms, US Remains Undecided

Sunday 28 June 2020 ،
Friedman, White House Special Envoy Avi Berkowitz and mapping expert Scott Leigh held several days of meetings in Washington that also involved Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser.  He said the discussions were “productive” but inconclusive, ...
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Israeli Settler Groups With Ties To the US Are Evicting Palestinians in Mass
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Israeli Settler Groups With Ties To the US Are Evicting Palestinians in Mass

Saturday 23 January 2021 ،
Friedman, left, talks to casino magnate Sheldon Adelson at an event in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan. Tsafrir Abayov | AP   Close analysis of IRS reports from 2014-2019 by MintPress News reveals American philanthropists gave large sums to these organizations. The Hertog Foundation ...
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What’s behind UAE’s Support for Dahlan in Palestinian Politics?
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What’s behind UAE’s Support for Dahlan in Palestinian Politics?

Wednesday 10 February 2021 ،
Friedman, told the Israeli newspaper Hayum that the US saw Dahlan as a possible rival to the Palestinian president. Authoritarian stability strategy and hostility to Muslim Brotherhood Another goal of bin Zayed in supporting Dahlan is driven by his antipathy to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist ...
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Rights Group Condemns Use of FIFA as Tool to Whitewash Israeli Crimes
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Rights Group Condemns Use of FIFA as Tool to Whitewash Israeli Crimes

Monday 18 October 2021 ،
Friedman Center for Peace through Strength.” The museum is built over the historic Muslim cemetery, which  is a flagrant violation of international law, human rights and the feelings of millions of Muslims in the world. In the ceremony, Infantino raised the possibility of holding the 203 ...
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Biden Admin’s Reluctance to Spend Geopolitical Capital Greenlights Israeli Settlement Push
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Biden Admin’s Reluctance to Spend Geopolitical Capital Greenlights Israeli Settlement Push

Saturday 18 December 2021 ،
Friedman, Foundation for Middle East Peace  Last week, Israel bowed to American pressure and scrapped the controversial Atarot settlement in the Palestinian neighborhood of Qalandiya just north of Jerusalem. But on the heels of that decision, the state advanced another Jewish settleme ...
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Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel lobby’s Attempt To Cancel Lowkey
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Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel lobby’s Attempt To Cancel Lowkey

Thursday 31 March 2022 ،
Friedman, journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Journalist Hussain Manawer, Poet, Writer, Mental Health Advocate, Leanne Mohamad, British Palestinian Student Activist Huda Ammori, activist, Palestine Action Majed Abusalama, researcher and activist Catherine Chiniara, senior lecturer, University of We ...
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Remembering Zionists’ Massacre in Deir Yassin 75 Years on
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Remembering Zionists’ Massacre in Deir Yassin 75 Years on

Sunday 9 April 2023 ،
Friedman-Yellin, a criminal himself, found the Deir Yassin massacre to be inhumane. He was a joint commander of the Jewish Stern Gang in 1948, yet he could not swallow his colleagues' actions. A member of the UK delegation to the United Nations (UN), in a letter dated 20 April, 1948, confirmed ...
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Israel’s Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High Scholl Students as Trolls against Palestine
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Israel’s Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High Scholl Students as Trolls against Palestine

Tuesday 13 June 2023 ،
Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), told MintPress News that the program is just another futile attempt by Israel and its lobby to dissuade criticism. Friedman continued, This is consistent with the longstanding talking point of much of the U.S. pro-Israel ...
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How Are Egyptian Ports Helping Israeli Economy Survive War?
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How Are Egyptian Ports Helping Israeli Economy Survive War?

Friday 30 August 2024 ،
Friedman, CEO of the company, said that they transport goods such as food, plastics, chemicals and electrical goods from the ports of the UAE and Bahrain via Saudi Arabia and Jordan to Israel.  Also, Abu Dhabi has recently approved $10 billion for direct investment in the occupied territories ...

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