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November 18, 2015

UN official: Punitive demolition of Palestinian houses ‘inherently unjust’

A senior UN official yesterday described the Israeli policy of demolishing the houses of Palestinians who have allegedly committed crimes as “punitive demolitions” and said they are “form of...

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November 18, 2015

Arab MKs: Islamic Movement ban targets all Arabs in Israel

Arab MKs yesterday expressed their rejection of an Israeli decision of banning the Islamic Movement in Israel, considering it illegal and targeting all Arabs, the Anadolu Agency reported. They...

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November 18, 2015

Turkish authorities arrest ‘Daesh prison guard’

Turkey has arrested a man believed to have served as a guard at an Daesh prison holding foreign hostages in Syria, Anadolu news agency has reported. Security sources told...

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November 18, 2015

Iran offered Assad family safe haven, claims senior official

Iran’s deputy foreign minister has claimed that the government in Tehran offered to provide a safe haven two years ago for the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. However, Assad rejected...

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November 18, 2015

‘Italy will not participate in military operations in Syria’

Italy’s Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti yesterday ruled out her country’s participation in military operations against Daesh. Italian state television ANSA reported Pinotti saying: “I rule out an intervention in...

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November 18, 2015

Is Palestine the answer?

In the aftermath of the 9/11 atrocities, the then US President George W Bush convinced his fellow Americans that revenge was the only way to respond, and so he...

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November 17, 2015

Prominent New York-linked artists endorse cultural boycott of Israel

Leading artists with ties to New York have expressed their support for the cultural boycott of Israel in a new video from campaign group Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign...

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November 17, 2015

UNRWA’s institutional presence and neutrality

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on Decolonisation, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl gave a detailed overview of the restrictions faced by the organisation which,...

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November 17, 2015

Palestinian presidency: Israel’s policy will ignite a religious war

The Palestinian presidency condemned the “new crime” committed by the Israeli army in the Qalandia refugee camp saying the policy will “ignite a religious war”. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s...

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November 17, 2015

Dahlan helps launch Emirati news channel

In a bid to strengthen its influence on the political scene in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates is said to be launching a pan-Arab news channel. Al-Ghad Al-Arabi is...

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