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  • September 14, 2017

    180,000 Palestinians in Nablus suffering acute water shortage since June

    Residents of Nablus in the occupied West Bank are suffering from increasing water shortages, according to a new report by B’Tselem. The rights group reported: “Israel prevents the Palestinians...

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  • September 14, 2017

    US drone strikes kill 6 in Somalia

    The United States blasted three separate drone attacks in southern Somalia yesterday, killing six, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported. The precision drone strikes were executed at 02:15 local...

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  • September 14, 2017

    Israel seizes money meant to rebuild Palestinian home

    Israeli occupying authorities confiscated 48,000 shekels ($13,500) earlier today from the family of an imprisoned Palestinian, which was meant to fund the construction of his family’s demolished home, according...

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  • September 14, 2017

    ‘Increasing risks’ for Palestinian children under occupation, say Save the Children, UNICEF

    At least 56 Palestinian schools in the West Bank currently have pending demolition or stop-work orders from the Israeli occupation authorities, children’s rights groups have claimed. In a joint...

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  • September 14, 2017

    Controversial Saudi Prince detained

    Saudi Prince Abdulaziz Bin Fahd has been placed under house arrested by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the behest of his mother, informed sources told MEMO. Speaking on...

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  • September 14, 2017

    Saudi security: detained preachers are members of spying cell

    A number of prominent Saudi preachers, who were arrested earlier this week, are members of an espionage cell, AlKhaleejonline.com reported yesterday. Saudi security services have announced the arrest of...

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  • September 14, 2017

    Morocco Islamist group calls on Saudi to release detained scholars

    The Moroccan Al-Tawhid Reform Movement has called on Saudi authorities to immediately release scholars, preachers and intellectuals as well as peaceful reform advocates who have been detained for their...

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  • September 14, 2017

    PA withdraws UN tourism agency membership bid

    The Palestinian Authority (PA) withdrew its bid for membership of the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO) yesterday, according to various media reports. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported that the chair...

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  • September 14, 2017

    Saudi Arabia: Not the time for independent commission of inquiry in Yemen

    Saudi Ambassador in Geneva Abdulaziz Al-Wasil said that time was not right to form an independent commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen. Commenting on a call...

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  • September 14, 2017

    Hamas opens office in Cairo

    The Egyptian government agreed to allow the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, to open an office in Cairo and appoint a permanent representative there. Egyptian sources stated that the Hamas...

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