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  • February 15, 2014

    Al-Nahda chooses dual parliamentary system

    At the end of an extraordinary meeting of its Shura (Consultative) Council, Tunisia’s Al-Nahda Party has agreed on having a dual parliamentary system which balances the powers of the...

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  • February 15, 2014

    UN protests violation of Lebanese airspace

    The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has lodged a protest with Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by the country which carried out recent...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Jordanian parliament calls for the expulsion of Israeli ambassador to Amman

    The Jordanian Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo, and recalled the Jordanian ambassador to Tel-Aviv, Waleed Obaidat, Safa Palestinian news...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Israel detains senior Muslim officials in Jerusalem

    Amid strict security measures around the holy city of Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation detained on Wednesday morning two senior Palestinian religious officials and prevented Muslim worshipers from entering the...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Poverty rate among Palestinians in Jerusalem over 80 per cent

    The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has said that the poverty rate among Palestinians in Jerusalem is 79.5 per cent and 85 per cent among children. According...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Jordan rejects one of three scenarios for al-Assad departure

    A senior Turkish official has revealed that there are three scenarios on the table before the United States and its allies for the departure of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad....

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  • February 15, 2014

    Plan to seize 7 million square metres in Negev and displace 90,000 Palestinians

    The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation passed a draft law yesterday regulating Bedouin settlement in the Negev known as the “Prawer Plan”, which will allow the seizure of approximately...

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  • February 15, 2014

    9,500 Palestinian children detained by Israel since 2000

    Palestinian researcher and former prisoner Abdul-Nasser Ferwaneh released statistics on Tuesday showing that Israeli occupation forces have detained around 9500 Palestinian minors since the beginning of the second Intifada...

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  • February 15, 2014

    New settlement bloc established in Bethlehem

    Palestinians sources have stated that Israeli occupation forces have allowed settlers to establish a new settlement bloc in the town of Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem. This will mean...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

    More than 40 extremist Israeli settlers, including senior Likud officials, invaded Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Maghrabi Gate on Tuesday morning. They said they were commemorating the ‘unification’ of Jerusalem....

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