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September 1, 2016

Situation in blockaded Gaza ‘grim’, UN official says

Robert Piper, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, has described current living conditions in the Gaza Strip — which continues to groan under a decade-long Israeli/Egyptian...

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September 1, 2016

Saudi FM: We will not allow Houthis to seize Yemen

Saudi Arabia will not allow the Houthis to seize Yemen, accusing Iran of seeking to spread turmoil throughout the region, the country’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said yesterday. With...

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September 1, 2016

1,900 Israelis raided Al-Aqsa in August, report says

Some 1,898 Israelis raided Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police and army officers, a report issued by a Palestinian NGO said yesterday. The Media Centre for Jerusalem...

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September 1, 2016

Lieberman accuses Abbas of harming Palestinian economy

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman attacked Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas saying that his “reign of corruption” harms the Palestinian economy, Haaretz reported yesterday. Israeli military officials have...

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September 1, 2016

Israel and the Western alliance with Al-Qaeda in Syria

Earlier this year, former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy granted a telling interview to Al-Jazeera’s Mehdi Hassan. In it, he confirmed much of what I have been reporting in this...

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September 1, 2016

Former Israeli general: ‘We are the world champions of occupation’

A former Israeli general lambasted the ongoing military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Wednesday, speaking at a conference in Herzliya. Maj. Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni,...

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September 1, 2016

US condemns settlement construction, as Israeli minister urges annexation

The United States issued strong condemnation of Israeli settlement expansion on Wednesday, even as Israeli ministers vowed to further boost the settler population and even annex the West Bank....

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September 1, 2016

Syrian regime warplanes wage intensive raids on Hama

Syrian regime warplanes yesterday waged intensive raids against armed opposition factions in the areas north of Hama. Opposition factions launched strikes against two military checkpoints south of Halfaya, according...

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September 1, 2016

MEMO Comment: We should feel sorry for Yiftah Curiel; he has an impossible job

We should feel sorry for Yiftah Curiel. He is a spokesperson at the Israeli Embassy in London and has the unenviable task of trying to justify the repulsive policies...

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September 1, 2016

Egyptian military court jails 104 pro-democracy activists

An Egyptian military court yesterday sentenced 104 opponents to 25 years in prison on charges dating back to 2013, lawyers said. The Assiut military court also sentenced 36 defendants...

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