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March 3, 2016

Israel prevents Belgian MPs from entering Gaza

The Israeli authorities have prevented six Belgian MPs from entering the Gaza Strip to visit NGOs and see for themselves the dire humanitarian situation and suffering of the Palestinians,...

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March 3, 2016

Official: Israel obstructs Jordan agricultural exports to the OPT

Israel has been obstructing Jordanian agricultural exports to the Occupied Palestinian Territories under the pretext that Jordanian products do not conform to Israeli specifications, leading to exports completely stopping...

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March 3, 2016

Egypt’s parliament expels lawmaker for meeting Israel’s ambassador

The Egyptian Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to revoke the membership of MP Tawfiq Okasha after he hosted the Israeli ambassador in his home in Cairo last week. The parliament’s...

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March 3, 2016

Barclays Bank plans to leave Egypt

Barclays Bank announced on Wednesday its intention to pull out of Egypt as part of a wider Africa exit plan to focus on the group’s core British and US...

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March 3, 2016

Egyptian deficit rises to $21.4bn in six months

Egypt’s total public deficit rose to 167.8 billion Egyptian pounds ($21.4 billion) during the first half of the fiscal year 2015/2016, the Ministry of Finance reported yesterday. According to...

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March 3, 2016

Turkey slams Russia’s call to close border with Syria

The Turkish foreign ministry has criticised Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after he called for the closure of the Turkish-Syrian border, claiming that weapons were reaching “terrorists” via humanitarian...

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March 3, 2016

Former Nidaa Tounes MPs establish new party

Tunisian MPs who resigned from the Nidaa Tounes party last year yesterday announced the establishment of their new part, the Tunisia Project. Party members, led by former Secretary-General of...

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March 3, 2016

Israeli bill that seeks to suspend Arab MKs approved

The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday approved the so-called “suspension bill” that targets Arab lawmakers in the Israeli parliament. The bill will be presented to the...

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March 2, 2016

The Knesset Speaker denies political freedom to non-Jews but is still feted in Westminster

Yuli Edelstein is a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party as well as the Speaker of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset; he also happens to be addressing British MPs...

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March 2, 2016

Israel and friends battle the boycott in Britain – part two

This is the second in a two-part report on how Israel and its friends are battling the boycott. The first part was published yesterday and can be read here....

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