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Conflict

End impunity: No peace in Libya without justice

by Alessandra Bajec May 19, 2015

In the face of atrocious crimes being committed against the civilian population in Libya, justice comes as a critical part of peace in an effort to push forward the political dialogue between …

May 19, 2015 459 views

Will ISIS’s foothold in Libya stay a ‘transit station’ or expand?

by Alessandra Bajec April 1, 2015

As the Islamic State is using the chaos in Libya to set up local bases and hit the country’s crucial oil revenue since the takeover of Sirte, it is yet unclear whether …

April 1, 2015 405 views

Egyptians back from Libya stuck in limbo: to stay or go back?

by Alessandra Bajec March 6, 2015

CAIRO, Egypt- As more Egyptians have fled Libya’s violence in the past weeks, for some, returning to poverty in Egypt makes the option of going back to a war zone preferable to …

March 6, 2015 377 views

Jewish nation-state bill calls what Israel is already at the wrong time

by Alessandra Bajec January 1, 2015

The Israeli cabinet approved on 23 November a bill that would officially define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, thus reserving national rights for Jews only. A move that’s been …

January 1, 2015 356 views

Jerusalem unrest, a question beyond Al-Aqsa

by Alessandra Bajec December 1, 2014

Last month, the shooting of a young Palestinian in Kufr Kana, near Nazareth, triggered a new wave of rioting in Palestinian towns and villages inside Israel amid sharp tensions after months of …

December 1, 2014 382 views

Babies Born From Prisoners’ Smuggled Sperm, in Palestine

by Alessandra Bajec November 7, 2014

HEBRON, Palestinian Territories- More cases of Palestinian prisoners becoming fathers via sperm smuggling have come out since the first successful artificial insemination of its kind was reported in 2012. Just over a month …

November 7, 2014 432 views

West Bank’s boycott of Israeli products does not last long

by Alessandra Bajec October 20, 2014

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza triggered an unprecedented boycott of Israeli products across the West Bank, as many Palestinians opted for local equivalents in response to the Israeli military …

October 20, 2014 372 views

Egypt Talks on Gaza: An Open-Ended Ceasefire?

by Alessandra Bajec September 16, 2014

CAIRO, Egypt- About three weeks have gone by since the signing of a ceasefire agreement ended an almost two-month war that left around 2,143 Gazans dead and over 12,000 wounded. Hostilities halted …

September 16, 2014 375 views

Arsal Struggles to Deal with the Syrian Refugee Overflow

by Alessandra Bajec May 5, 2014

ARSAL, Lebanon- In early April 2014, the UN High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) claimed that the number of Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon passed one million, amounting to a quarter of the …

May 5, 2014 503 views

Churches on the Frontline

by Alessandra Bajec April 25, 2014

TRIPOLI, Lebanon- Father Arabius knows his city well. He serves St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Ebbe, a district of Lebanon’s second city, Tripoli. Ebbe is bordered by two rival neighborhoods where a …

April 25, 2014 463 views