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January 27, 2016

Israeli court rejects request for hunger striker’s release

The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a petition lodged by an NGO requesting the release from administrative detention of Palestinian hunger-striker Muhammad Al-Qeaq. “The court rejected a petition...

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January 27, 2016

Attacking churches in Palestine: An Israeli policy since 1948

Israeli documents have revealed that the Israeli army deliberately adopted a policy based on the destruction, vandalism and harm of the sanctity of churches in Palestine, during and after...

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January 27, 2016

What we forget about the Kindertransport

Today Britain marks the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of the Nazi death camps. We remember Britain’s response to the Jewish refugees and look at...

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January 27, 2016

Amnesty International condemns Iran’s plans to execute 160 minors

Amnesty International slammed Iran in a new report for its plans to execute 160 minors, stressing that the move “reveals Tehran’s hypocrisy”. The watchdog said in a report published...

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January 27, 2016

Danish Parliament approves controversial refugee legislation

Danish lawmakers voted Tuesday in favour of controversial legislation empowering authorities to seize cash and valuables from asylum seekers to pay for their upkeep. The law was passed in...

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January 27, 2016

New Israeli law targets Arab cultural institutions

The Israeli Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev is preparing a draft law which allows for the granting of budgets only to cultural institutions that declare allegiance to...

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January 27, 2016

Winter storm brings snow to Palestine

Under the weight of a 3 day winter storm Palestinian schools have been closed for 3 days. Fears of the very heavy snowfall that has hit the region over...

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January 27, 2016

Egypt discusses return of Russian tourists

Egypt’s Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal yesterday held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin in Cairo the possibility of resuming the flow of Russian tourists to Egypt. The...

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January 27, 2016

Israeli PM accuses UN’s Ban of encouraging ‘terror’

Israel has accused UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of encouraging “terror” by suggesting that alleged knife attacks by Palestinian youth were a natural reaction to Israel’s heavy-handed occupation. “The UN...

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January 27, 2016

Russia’s Lavrov denies Putin asking Assad to step down

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin had asked Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad to step down from power. “That’s false. There was no...

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