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Israel vaccinates 1 million Israelis against coronavirus, and zero Palestinians

07/01/202108/01/2021 - Leave a Comment

Israel has achieved the startling feat of being the fastest country to administer coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines. But as we would expect, the beneficiaries have been exclusively its own citizens, not the several million Palestinians …

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Oil-rich Kuwait faces looming debt crisis

24/11/202027/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking through hallways and spilling onto sidewalks. But unlike much of …

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How the Lebanese Diaspora Is Mobilizing Against Food Insecurity at Home

08/09/202011/09/2020 - Leave a Comment

Lebanon is facing a major food crisis. Struck by an unprecedented economic meltdown, nationwide protests, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, more than 3.7 million people in the small Middle Eastern nation, which …

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Local groups step up to lead Beirut blast response

18/08/202021/08/2020 - Leave a Comment

While attention has focused on promises of international aid from a France-led donor conference and a UN appeal, much of the initial help in the two weeks since a massive explosion …

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In post-blast Lebanon, farmers struggle as food shortages feared

11/08/202014/08/2020 - Leave a Comment

Without money to plant, Lebanon’s farmers were already in deep trouble before last week’s explosion. Far from being the solution to the country’s food shortages, the agricultural sector that is …

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Urban refugees in Turkey uniquely threatened by coronavirus and economic recession

01/05/2020 - Leave a Comment

Much has been published about the severity of the situation regarding Covid-19 transmission in different refugee camps such as Cox Bazaar and Lambasia in Bangladesh, Zaa’tari and Azraq in Jordan, Baddawi in Lebanon, Moria in Greece, and Matamoros in Mexico. All …

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The sharing economy helps women find new economic opportunities in Jordan 

06/03/202006/03/2020 - Leave a Comment

In Jordan, only 15% of women are engaged in the formal economy. Jordan is near the bottom of global rankings for economic participation and opportunity for women, ranking 145 out …

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Report warns oil industry’s increasingly unsustainable economics could derail global financial system

04/02/202007/02/2020 - Leave a Comment

A government research report produced by Finland warns that the increasingly unsustainable economics of the oil industry could derail the global financial system within the next few years. The report …

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The Lebanese Want To Fight Corruption, Not US-Iran Proxy War

16/01/202016/01/2020 - Leave a Comment

BEIRUT, LEBANON — When Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in a US Reaper drone strike in Iraq January 3, fear spread throughout the world that Iran might retaliate by …

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UN’s warning that Gaza will not be a “liveable place” by 2020 has been realised

15/01/202016/01/2020 - 1 Comment

The primary cause of this ‘unliveable’ environment is a highly restrictive Israeli blockade, now in its 13th year, which has reduced Gaza to the point of ‘systemic collapse’. In 2012, …

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