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July 28, 2017

Jordan should stop bowing to Israel

With the Israeli-induced crisis over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem this past week it may have been easy to miss a deadly incident that took place in Amman,...

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July 28, 2017

I Can Only Tell You What My Eyes See: Photographs from the Refugee Crisis

“They asked me to follow my heart.” With a simple statement that rings only truth, Giles Duley embarked upon a photography project commissioned by the UNHRC titled “I Can...

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July 28, 2017

Israeli rabbis call on Jews to storm Al-Aqsa

Dozens of prominent rabbis have called on Israeli settlers to storm the Al-Aqsa compound to reinforce Jewish ties to the area, according to the Jerusalem Post. The statement, signed...

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July 28, 2017

Tortured body of Egyptian teen found 2 days after arrest

The body of an Egyptian teenager was discovered this week bearing extreme “torture marks”, in another case of alleged police brutality. Nineteen-year-old Tharwat Sameh was arrested before his body was discovered...

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July 28, 2017

Israeli soldiers remove Palestinian Flag from Al-Aqsa rooftop

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July 28, 2017

Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missile near Makkah

Yemen’s Houthi armed group executed a ballistic missile towards a Saudi air base just 69 kilometres from Islam’s holiest site Makkah yesterday, France24 Arabic reported. Saudi defence systems intercepted...

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July 28, 2017

Saudi Arabia: King Salman helped reopen Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Saudi Royal Court said that Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz’s efforts with world leaders have led to the reopening of Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday. “The Custodian of the Two...

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July 28, 2017

Israel releases Shireen Issawi from solitary confinement

The Israel Prison Service (IPS) has ended the 36-day long solitary confinement of Palestinian lawyer Shireen Issawi, according to a statement released yesterday by the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’...

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July 28, 2017

HRW calls for clarity on ex-Saudi crown prince’s status

Saudi authorities should “immediately” clarify whether they have imposed movement restrictions on the former crown prince, Mohammad Bin Nayef, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded in an official letter...

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July 28, 2017

Israel is sleepwalking towards tyranny not practising democracy

Let me start by acknowledging that democracy is in short supply in the Middle East. However, only one state claims to be a democratic state. In fact, Israel claims...

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