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March 26, 2018

Despite Israel efforts, Inter-Parliamentary Union backs Palestinian rights

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) passed a resolution in support of Palestinian rights yesterday, at its 138th session in Geneva. According to reports, the IPU voted in favour of a...

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March 26, 2018

EU removes 6 people from Egypt asset-freezing sanctions list

The European Union has removed six Egyptians from its list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures. According to the documents published by the EU official newspaper...

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March 26, 2018

Israel government moves to gag professors who back BDS

An Israeli government panel for higher education headed by Education Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday adopted “a code of ethics…that moves to bar academics from calling for a boycott of...

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March 26, 2018

Yemen workers held in dire conditions in Saudi prison

Yemeni activists have circulated images showing hundreds of Yemeni expatriates being detained in dire conditions in a Saudi prison. The activists said on Saturday that the photographs were taken...

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March 26, 2018

The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story

“On the first day of their journey, they walked for twenty long hours. On the second, they walked from eight in the morning until three the next morning. No...

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March 26, 2018

Teachers in Kurdistan, Iraq, demand payment of salaries

Dozens of teachers in the provinces of Sulaymaniyah and Erbil in northern Iraq protested yesterday against the austerity measures and demanded the Kurdistan Regional Government pay their salaries in...

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March 26, 2018

FM: Israel security central to Germany foreign policy

Solidarity with Israel and standing against anti-Semitism are at the heart of Germany’s foreign policy, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday. Speaking ahead of a two-day trip to Israel...

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March 26, 2018

Huge uptick in number of Bedouin structures demolished in Israel last year

The number of structures demolished in Bedouin Palestinian communities in Israel nearly doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to a report in Haaretz. Official government data...

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March 26, 2018

Switzerland returns $33m to Egypt

Switzerland has returned $33 million in frozen assets to Egypt. Some $700 million were frozen as a precaution following the overthrow of long-term dictator Hosni Mubarak in popular protests...

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March 26, 2018

27 ancient Egyptian artefacts to be sold in US auction

Twenty-seven unique antiquities from ancient Egypt will be sold at auction in New York next month. The globally renowned auction house Christie’s will be hosting the auction on 18...

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