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April 22, 2016

We can learn from Italy and Israel

We Arabs may be the people in the world who write the most poetry and romantic odes about human virtues such as brotherhood, justice, equality and the need to...

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April 22, 2016

US, Iran to meet to discuss lifting sanctions

US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, today to discuss lifting the sanctions imposed on Iran, Washington confirmed yesterday. State...

News
April 21, 2016

EU body disowns antisemitism ‘definition’ endorsed at NUS conference

A European Union body has disowned a ‘definition’ of antisemitism credited to it at the National Union of Students (NUS) conference yesterday. Motion 404, proposed by student representatives from...

Blog
April 21, 2016

Facilitating Israel’s widespread practice of targeting journalists

Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists has veered into selective collective punishment against the profession. According to the Ma’an news agency, Israel has now banned Arab and international organisations from...

Blog
April 21, 2016

When medicine is polluted by Israel’s occupation

When Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to the Israeli-American donor Haim Saban against the popular and peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, she described “the Jewish state” as...

Article
April 21, 2016

Palestinians pay for own road repair, despite paying taxes to Israel

Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem have paid out of their own pockets for a local road to be resurfaced despite paying taxes to the local Israeli-led municipality. The...

News
April 21, 2016

Report: Middle East is world’s biggest prison for journalists

Middle Eastern governments are some of the world’s worst offenders when it comes to the repression of freedom of speech, the annual Freedom Index issued by Reporters without Borders...

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April 21, 2016

Benkirane calls for tackling Morocco’s social inequalities

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has called for the country’s social inequalities to be tackled and for the differences between people to be reduced. Benkirane made his remarks during...

News
April 21, 2016

Israeli court prevents electricity company from cutting power to Palestinians

The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday issued a temporary order to ban the Israeli Electricity Corporation (IEC) from cutting power supplies to the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The...

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April 21, 2016

Algeria criminalises recruitment for terrorist organisations

The Algerian Parliament yesterday approved a bill criminalising joining, recruiting or funding the activities of terrorist organisations, the Anadolu Agency reported. Algerian National Popular Council, the first parliament chamber,...

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