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February 17, 2014

4,600 Palestinian men, women and children in Israeli jails

Palestinian researcher Abdul-Naser Ferwaneh has revealed that Israel is holding 4,600 Palestinians spread across 17 of its prisons. The specialist in prisoners’ affairs said that 83 per cent of...

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February 17, 2014

South African ambassador to Palestine visits Gaza

The South African ambassador to Palestine visited Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza on Tuesday. His Excellency Professor M. W. Makalima congratulated Mr. Haniyeh on the Palestinians’ victory in...

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February 17, 2014

Freedom Flotilla participants refuse Israeli compensation for personal belongings

Participants in the 2010 Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israeli have rejected an offer of compensation for their personal belongings. Israeli commandos boarded the flagship of the Flotilla in international...

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February 17, 2014

Israel releases lawyer straight into house arrest so she can’t attend brother’s trial

Palestinian human rights sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that the city’s Magistrates’ Court has released lawyer Shereen El-Issawi on bail, only to place her under house arrest. She...

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February 17, 2014

New approval for yet more settlement units in occupied Jerusalem

The Israeli-led Jerusalem Municipality has approved a scheme to build more than 2,600 new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Givat Hmreis, south of the Old City of...

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February 17, 2014

Mass wedding in Gaza

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A mass wedding ceremony organised by the Islamic National Committee for Social Solidarity has been held in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The ceremony...

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February 17, 2014

Ghannouchi expects announcement of new government in Tunisia soon

The leader of Tunisia’s Al-Nahda Party, Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi, has said that he expects a new Tunisian government to be announced shortly. The member of the Board of Trustees of...

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February 17, 2014

Jordanian authorities fear Brotherhood takeover of Syria

Official sources in Jordan have expressed the government’s fear of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in neighbouring Syria. “The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is concerned about the rise of Brotherhood...

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February 17, 2014

UN Agency says 100,000 Palestinians have fled from Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria

Lisa Gillian of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has announced that about 100,000 Palestinians have fled from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria due...

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February 17, 2014

Minister oversees export of Gaza strawberry harvest

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Minister of Agriculture in Gaza, Ali Al-Tarshawi, has joined strawberry farmers to pick this year’s harvest and witness the filling and loading of shipments in...

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