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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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April 21, 2016

Israel prevents UNDP official from returning to Gaza

The Israeli authorities have prevented Basil Nasser, the head of the UNDP’s Gaza office, from returning to the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian source told Sawa news agency. The sources...

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April 21, 2016

On speaking truth and voting: Free expression and Palestine

New Yorkers went to the ballot box this week in what is likely to be the most important vote in the US presidential primaries so far. As opinion polls...

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April 21, 2016

Ecuadorian students in UK raise funds for earthquake survivors

Ecuadorian students in the UK have set up a crowd funding page in the hopes of raising much needed funds to support humanitarian efforts following last Saturday’s earthquake. Some...

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April 21, 2016

EU official says refugee crisis bringing EU and Turkey together

The European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva has said the refugee crisis has reminded the EU of how much they share with Turkey, adding “we hope to strengthen our...

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