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  • September 23, 2015

    Expect more delusional rhetoric from Abbas at the UN

    A lot of speculation has gripped the media with regard to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s forthcoming speech at the UN General Assembly on 29 September. Reports in the...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Two-thirds of Palestinians support Abbas departure

    An opinion poll has suggested that two-thirds of Palestinians believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should resign. They also think that his resignation from the PLO Executive Committee...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque with police protection

    Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning under Israeli police protection. Officers prevented Palestinian Muslim worshippers from entering the sanctuary. A mosque guard told Turkey’s...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Tunisian government raises public sector salaries

    The Tunisian government has signed an agreement to raise the salaries of 800,000 public sector employees for the second time this year. Reuters said that the agreement was signed...

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  • September 23, 2015

    McDonald’s supports UN efforts to feed Syrian refugees

    McDonald’s is leading a group of companies to provide assistance to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) which seeks to secure food aid for millions of Syrian refugees. Instead...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Iraqi PM assassination attempts foiled

    Information leaked by the US embassy in Baghdad has helped to foil two assassination attempts on Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, a senior Iraqi official has revealed. According to Al-Sharq...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Israel, Jordan and the issue of Al-Aqsa

    Although no one knows the nature of the Jordanian response to the “assurances” made by the Israeli government to King Abdullah II on Thursday, and the renewal of its...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Yemeni president returns to Aden after six months

    Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in the city of Aden on Tuesday from the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he has been in exile for the past six...

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  • September 23, 2015

    The makings of a pilgrim

    It is now Hajj season in Saudi Arabia, where pilgrims are performing the pilgrimage, and Muslims around the world increase their prayers and supplications. Palestinian children in kindergartens and...

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  • September 23, 2015

    Down with Mahmoud Abbas and the security coordination authority

    When Saladin decided to execute his plan of liberating Jerusalem, he started by “cleaning up” the internal home by eliminating any forces that cooperated with the nation’s enemies. When...

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