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January 4, 2018

The EU response to Israel’s ‘death penalty for Palestinians’ bill is painfully weak

Israel is planning a law which allows its military courts to sentence Palestinians to death. The bill to bring this about has passed its first reading in the Knesset,...

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January 4, 2018

Pro-Israel editor’s joke about Iran-Iraq War provokes Twitter anger

The editor of a prominent Jewish community newspaper has come under strong attack for making a joke about a war in which more than a million Iranians and Iraqis...

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January 4, 2018

How did Twitter react to Trump’s threats of aid cuts to the PA?

In a series of tweets on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump threatened to withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being “no longer willing to talk peace”...

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January 4, 2018

Security coordination kept confidential to protect interests, says PA official

Despite newspaper Israel Hayom revealing details of security activity carried out by Israeli and Palestinian security forces to prevent Iranian attempts to infiltrate the West Bank and Gaza Strip,...

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January 4, 2018

UAE-backed Egyptian forces arrive in Eritrea

Following coordination with the United Arab Emirates, Egyptian forces arrived in Eritrea today, Al Sharq has reported. The forces are armed with modern technology and heavy armoured vehicles. Sources...

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January 4, 2018

Saudi writer says fall of Iranian regime is not in region’s interest

The former General Manager of Al-Arabiya News Channel, Saudi writer Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, has said that the fall of the regime of President Hassan Rouhani in Iran is not...

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January 4, 2018

Israeli military police open formal investigation into killing of Abu Thurayya

Israel’s Military Police Investigations Division (MPID) has opened an investigation into the 15 December killing of Palestinian protester Ibrahim Abu Thurayya, Haaretz reported Thursday. The decision to open an...

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January 4, 2018

Egyptian court delays verdict on presidential hopeful

An Egyptian court has postponed its verdict on presidential hopeful Khaled Ali, judicial sources have revealed. The move is creating more uncertainty about whether he will be allowed to...

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January 4, 2018

16 Israeli soldiers committed suicide last year

The Israel Defence Forces have revealed that 2017 witnessed the highest number of suicides among its soldiers since 2011, Al-Resalah reported on Wednesday. A spokesman for the IDF said...

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January 4, 2018

Majority of Jewish Israelis back Trump’s Jerusalem declaration

A clear majority of Jewish Israelis back US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a new poll has shown. According to the monthly ‘Peace Index’ by...

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