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June 27, 2016

Ban Ki-moon to visit Tel Aviv and Ramallah today.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to the Middle East to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas today, PLS48.net reported. Ban’s term as...

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June 27, 2016

UN refugee agency slams Israel’s punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has condemned Israel’s policy of punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes. UNRWA says it is...

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June 27, 2016

Israel reduces fishing zone off Gaza coast

The Israeli authorities have reduced the fishing zone to only six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, Head of the Fishermen Syndicate Nizar Ayyash said on Sunday. “We were...

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June 27, 2016

Kuwait social security body divests from G4S after BDS campaign

Campaigners are celebrating after news that The Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) in Kuwait has decided to divest its funds from G4S, following pressure by activists in the...

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June 27, 2016

Official stats: ‘All prisoners jailed by Israel were tortured’

PLO’s Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Committee said yesterday that “all prisoners jailed by Israel were tortured,” including women, the elderly and children, Quds Press reported. In a statement, Abdul-Naser Ferwana,...

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June 27, 2016

Human rights groups urge global action to end ‘severe’ torture by Israeli authorities

Three human rights groups urged the international community to take action to end Israel’s torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children, on the occasion of the International Day in Support...

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June 27, 2016

Israel exerting ‘secret and public’ efforts to return soldiers lost in Gaza

The Israeli government announced on Saturday that it has been exerting “secret and public efforts to identify the fate of missing soldiers in Gaza”, Quds Press reported. The remarks...

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June 27, 2016

Turkey and Israel reach reconciliation deal

Turkey and Israel reached a reconciliation agreement late yesterday to normalise relations more than six years after Israeli troops stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters, a senior...

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June 27, 2016

Italian navy rescues 117 migrants in the Mediterranean

The Italian navy has released a video of its officers rescuing 117 migrants and refugees who were onboard an overcrowded boat crossing the Mediterranean on Saturday. Regional TV channel Sky...

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June 27, 2016

Israel resumes construction of Separation Wall south of Hebron

Israel yesterday resumed the construction of the Separation Wall south of Hebron to replace the barbed wire fence that was erected a few years ago. Witnesses told Quds Press that the...

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