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June 1, 2017

Imposed fragmentation of Palestinians exacerbated by misleading concepts

“Fragmented Lives” is the title chosen by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHAoPt) for its annual report on the...

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June 1, 2017

Trump delays moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

President Donald Trump today signed an order to keep the US Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv instead of relocating it to Jerusalem, despite his campaign pledge to go...

News
June 1, 2017

Israel, PA discuss increasing economic ties

Israeli Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon, and Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, met in occupied Ramallah yesterday to discuss increasing and deepening economic ties. The rare meeting comes after an...

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June 1, 2017

Russia vows to block Daesh from escaping Raqqa

Russia has promised to prevent the escape of any Daesh militants from the group’s de-facto capital, Raqqa. An email sent by the Defence Ministry in Moscow today said that...

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June 1, 2017

Sudan, Egypt FMs to meet Saturday to ease tensions

Foreign Ministers from Egypt and Sudan will hold a political consultation meeting this Saturday in Cairo in a bid to diffuse the growing diplomatic rift between the two countries,...

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June 1, 2017

New UN Sahara envoy receives approval from both sides

Morocco has given its green light for the appointment of former German President, Horst Kohler, as the new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara. Kohler will...

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June 1, 2017

Calls on Britain to stop arms exports to UAE

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) has called on the UK government to stop exporting arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of its role...

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June 1, 2017

Unemployment in Jordan rises to 18.2%

Unemployment rates in Jordan have increased to 18.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared to 15.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016. Jordan’s...

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June 1, 2017

Lebanese writer Elias Khoury accuses Israel of stealing his novel

Lebanese writer and novelist, Elias Khoury, yesterday accused the Israeli theatre festival, Merkaz Habama, of stealing his novel Yalu and turn it into a play without his permission. In...

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June 1, 2017

Israel soldier shoots Palestinian girl

Israeli soldiers today shot and injured a Palestinian girl near the entrance to the settlement of Movo Dotan. Fifteen-year-old Nouf Iqab Abdel-Jabbar Infeiat from Yabed village near occupied Jenin...

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