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May 26, 2015

Venezuela strengthens diplomatic ties with Palestine

Anadolu Agency has reported that Venezuela’s diplomatic representation in Palestine will be elevated to full embassy status. The news was revealed in the wake of a visit to Venezuela...

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May 26, 2015

Israeli terrorism needs neither evidence nor a court judgement, says Hamas

Hamas has criticised the decision by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters to refrain from labelling Israel as a “terrorist entity”. The judgement contradicts all of the facts and...

News
May 26, 2015

Palestine Festival of Literature: Here to stay

What is the role of an intellectual under occupation? This is one of the traditional questions that face writers, artists, and intellectuals who have lived under occupation or have...

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May 26, 2015

Why is the media ignoring Israel’s alliance with al-Qaeda?

Since January, I have been ploughing a lonely furrow in this column by covering what is certainly one of the most under-reported stories in the world right now: Israeli...

Article
May 26, 2015

Kuwait donates $2 million for industrial zone in Rafah

The mayor of Rafah, Subhi Abu Radwan, has announced that the Kuwaiti government is giving the municipality $2 million to establish an industrial zone in the city, which is...

News
May 26, 2015

US replenishes Israel’s arsenal with $1.9 billion in new weapons

Last week the US State Department approved almost $1.9 billion in new weapons for Israel. The approval came just weeks after the Israeli rights group Breaking the Silence collected...

Article
May 26, 2015

Cameron and Netanyahu move both new governments further to the right

On 6 May, just hours before the constitutional deadline, Benjamin Netanyahu assembled a shaky coalition government after heated negotiations with potential partners. The final agreement put together a cabinet...

Article
May 26, 2015

Israel blocks repair of electricity lines to Gaza

The Palestinian electricity distribution company in the Gaza Strip has said that the Israeli authorities are refusing to allow the repair of the main power line feeding the enclave....

News
May 26, 2015

Egypt summons Pakistan envoy over death sentences rebuke

Egypt has summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires in Cairo to express its displeasure with Islamabad’s criticism of a recent raft of death sentences handed out by Egyptian courts. In a...

News
May 26, 2015

PLO: Prisoners in Israel ‘on verge of exploding’

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) warned today that Palestinian prisoners currently held by Israel were “on the verge of exploding” as a result of maltreatment at the hands of...

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