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April 16, 2017

Israeli minister warns new conflict with Hamas

Israel is likely to enter a new conflict with Hamas over the coming summer in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Construction and Housing Minister, Yoav Gallant, said on Sunday....

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April 16, 2017

Legitimacy of referendum open to debate, Turkey opposition head says

The legitimacy of Turkey’s referendum on an executive presidency is open to debate, the head of the main opposition party said on Sunday, as he criticised the High Electoral...

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April 16, 2017

EU Commission calls on Turkey to seek national consensus

Turkey should seek the broadest possible national consensus in its constitutional amendments, given the closeness of its referendum, the European Commission said on Sunday. Unofficial results showed that 51.3...

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April 16, 2017

Turkey barely votes 'Yes' to sweeping presidential powers referendum

Following a tense campaign filled with diplomatic spats with other countries, heated domestic exchanges and the trading of political barbs between the “Yes” and “No” camps, the “Yes” campaign...

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April 16, 2017

Gaza's sole power plant shuts down

The sole power plant in the Gaza Strip was shut down on Sunday due to lack of funds needed to buy fuel. In a statement, the Hamas-run energy authority...

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April 16, 2017

Greater polarisation on the cards, as Turkey referendum neck and neck

Turkish media sources and sources close to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has told MEMO that the vote looks like a “Yes” win, but only barely. Turkish...

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April 16, 2017

Thousands of Palestinians gather in in Netherlands

Thousands of Palestinians living in Europe gathered in the Dutch city of Rotterdam for a now-annual conference on Palestinian issues. Around 5,000 people from across Europe attended the one-day event which...

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April 16, 2017

Gazan Christians celebrate easter

Many Palestinians from Gaza have been also been given permits to attend Easter celebrations in Jerusalem...

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April 16, 2017

Rivals reach 3-day ceasefire in south Libya

A three-day ceasefire has been reached between forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government and East Libya-based military commander Khalifa Haftar in south Libya. Hisham Abushkiwat, a member of...

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April 16, 2017

Erdogan: 'I believe in people’s sense of democracy'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cast his vote in the constitutional referendum in Sunday and said he believed in the people’s sense of democracy. Erdogan voted alongside his wife Emine...

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