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February 17, 2014

Islamic University of Gaza celebrates first medical graduates

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) is preparing for its 31st graduation ceremony; this year’s theme is “creativity and distinction”. Students from different faculties at the university,...

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February 17, 2014

The untold story of higher education for Palestinian students

The denial of unhindered access to education is one of the untold stories of the suffering of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank. While thousands...

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February 17, 2014

Jordan’s Islamists: reform must deliver power to the people

Jordan’s Islamic Action Front Party has condemned the government’s spokesman, Samih Maaytah, for a recent statement in which he asserted that the level of reform achieved in Jordan thus...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli court orders the demolition of 29 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem

An Israeli court has issued a ruling which allows the municipal authorities in Occupied Jerusalem to destroy 29 Palestinian homes in the Silwan district of al-Bustan, south of the...

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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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