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February 10, 2014

UNRWA employees go on general strike in Gaza

Members of the Union of Arab Employees of the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have gone on general strike in UN-affiliated institutions across the Gaza...

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February 10, 2014

Israeli minister rejects US proposals on Jordan Valley

Israel’s Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, said on Sunday that the government in Tel Aviv rejects the “concessions” proposed by the United States with respect to...

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February 10, 2014

Palestinian MP criticises US-proposed framework agreement

Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghouthi has criticised the US-proposed framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, which more or less adopts the Israeli position on security, borders, Jerusalem and the...

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February 10, 2014

Human rights group says dozens of children killed by Syrian army in Aleppo

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has accused forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad of a new wave of violence against Aleppo and the surrounding area. The organisation says that...

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February 10, 2014

Five MSF doctors kidnapped in the north of Syria

Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) announced on Friday that five staff doctors have been kidnapped from one of their houses in the north of Syria. MSF said in a statement...

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February 10, 2014

More Israeli demolition in Nablus

Israeli occupation forces have demolished Al-Taweel Hall in Aqraba, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, as soldiers delivered further demolition notices for a mosque and 5 homes...

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February 10, 2014

Proposed law undermines negotiations over Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees

Israeli MK Miri Regev has proposed a new bill to the ministerial committee for legislation that would obligate the prime minister to get agreement from a majority of Knesset...

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February 10, 2014

Former Fatah leader accuses Kerry of blackmailing the Palestinian people

Former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan has called on the Palestinian people to reject the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations led by US Secretary of State John Kerry, saying that any potential deal...

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February 10, 2014

Senior Kuwaiti sharia scholar declares Al-Sisi's rule illegal

Kuwaiti religious scholar Dr Ajeel Al-Nashmi has issued a fatwa calling Egyptian Defence Minister and coup leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi an illegitimate “tyrant”. Al-Nashmi is the head of...

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February 10, 2014

Jordan refuses possibility of Israeli sovereignty over Jordan Valley

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh refused on Tuesday the possibility of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley. Speaking to Jordanian state television, Jodeh said that Jordan is aware of...

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