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February 17, 2014

Ongoing siege of Gaza “threatens stability in the region”

The newly-appointed Director of Operations for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip has warned that the continuing blockade “threatens the stability of the region”....

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February 17, 2014

Human rights groups call for immediate transfer of hunger strikers to civilian hospitals

As organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights, the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations (PCHRO) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) are gravely concerned for...

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February 17, 2014

Erekat calls Mofaz statement about borders and security “unfounded red herring”

A senior member of the executive committee of the PLO has called a statement made by Israel’s first Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz an “unfounded red herring”. Saeb Erekat...

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February 17, 2014

One hundred thousand Egyptian expats have cast their votes in the election run-off

A spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Amr Rushdie, has said that around 100,000 Egyptian expatriates have already cast their votes in the presidential election run-off. Minister Plenipotentiary Rushdie...

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February 17, 2014

Erdogan says end of siege on Gaza and apology will end crisis with Israel

Media sources are reporting that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country’s demands for an end to the political crisis between Israel and Turkey. “Restoring good...

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February 17, 2014

Red Cross spokesman: “No information about Gaza prisoners’ visits”

The International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip has said that it has not received any information from the Israeli authorities regarding visit schedules for Gazan...

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February 17, 2014

Netanyahu vows to reinforce settlements in “the fatherland”

Israel’s Prime Minister has vowed to continue the construction of Jewish settlements in all occupied Palestinian territory. Benjamin Netanyahu was responding to the angry reactions of settlers and far-right...

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February 17, 2014

PLO and Hamas call on UNRWA to seek new funding sources

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have called on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to seek new funding sources....

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February 17, 2014

Political detention in the West Bank doesn’t help reconciliation

The official spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Fawzi Barhoum, has said that the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah is responsible for the lives of political prisoners in its...

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February 17, 2014

Minister warns that legitimising settlements will lead to international isolation of Israel

Israel’s Minister of Public Works, Michael Eitan, has warned his government that the consequence of legitimising settlements on private Palestinian land will be the “isolation of Israel internationally”. Eitan’s...

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