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September 26, 2016

Israel’s attack on democracy for non-Jews from the river to the sea

If Israel is not lauding its army, the Israeli Defence Force, as the self-proclaimed “most moral army in the world”, it is claiming to be the “only democracy in...

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September 26, 2016

Ban Ki-moon’s legacy in Palestine: Failure in words and deeds

Ban Ki-moon’s second term as UN secretary-general is ending this December, he was the most ideal man for the job as far as the United States and its allies...

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September 26, 2016

Saudi injects $5.3bn into local banks

Saudi Arabia’s central bank announced that it injected 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) of time deposits into local banks “on behalf of government entities” to support monetary stability. In...

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September 26, 2016

Saleh demands direct talks with Saudi

Yemen’s ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday denied any alliance between himself and Iran, claiming Saudi used this as an excuse to intervene in the country. Speaking on his...

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September 26, 2016

HRW: FIFA sponsoring ‘games on stolen land’ in Israeli settlements

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused FIFA, the worldwide football association, of “holding games on stolen land”, in a new report on Israeli football clubs based in illegal West...
September 26, 2016

Erdogan refuses to join coalition with ‘terrorists’ in defeating Daesh

President Recep Erdogan reiterated Turkey’s opposition to joining a coalition with the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and its political arm, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), in efforts to push...

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September 26, 2016

US and its allies walk out of UN after row over war crimes

Russia has been accused of committing war crimes during an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council in New York. The meeting, which was held yesterday at the request...

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September 26, 2016

South African Muslim group refuses to host Egypt’s Grand Mufti

The South African Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will no longer host Egypt’s Grand Mufti Dr Shawki Allam in South Africa in protest against his endorsement of the death sentences handed...

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September 26, 2016

Houthis impose tax on Yemeni civilians

Houthis are forcing Yemenis to pay 500 riyals ($2) in an effort to raise much needed funds after the Yemen Central Bank was moved to Aden by the international...

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September 26, 2016

A Sword of Damocles hangs over the PA

The US government has essentially bailed out the Palestinian Authority. In a recent story for The Electronic Intifada, my colleague Charlotte Silver detailed the case here. A US “federal...

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