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Unyielding War

Underlying the religious sanctity conferred by the Islamists, there is an irreducible attachment not just to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but to the whole of Palestine. Reflective of this, the 1988 Charter of Hamas describes the Jewish state on Palestinian territory as an utter absurdity that will be inevitably destroyed. Destruction of Israel is not just the goal but the precondition of liberating Palestine.

Language logjam: Family in Limbo over death certificate in Arabic

Ever since the death of Jehad Sheikh in 2013, his family members have been running from pillar to post in order to claim compensation and for other reasons but none of the government offices allegedly accepted the death certificate because the content of the certificate was in Arabic.