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December 17, 2014

Lieberman slams EU support for Palestinian bid for statehood

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday criticised European countries that support the unilateral steps taken by the Palestinian leadership aimed at obtaining a UN Security Council draft resolution which...

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December 16, 2014

Why have they progressed while we have failed?

There is a big difference between us and them, but it wasn’t always that way. They used to be like us, maybe even worse 100 years ago, but we...

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December 16, 2014

Egypt briefly detains three for discussing destabilising the country

Cairo police briefly detained three men, including two Britons, after a man told them he overheard them talking about ways to destabilise the country during the upcoming anniversary of...

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December 16, 2014

Egypt: Eight female activists referred for military trial

Eight women have been referred by Egypt’s general attorney for the Ismailia Appellate Court for military trials on charges of protesting. The women are: Sarah Saber, 18 Sarah Abdel...

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December 16, 2014

Marzouki: Some saw the Tunisian revolution as a transient event but the people proved them wrong

Tunisia’s presidential candidate for the elections runoff Mohamed Moncef Marzouki said yesterday that “some considered the Tunisian revolution that overthrew the former regime, just a transient event, but the...

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December 16, 2014

Palestinian envoy to UN: We will join ICC at an ‘appropriate time’

Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour yesterday stressed on the Palestinian government’s desire to join the International Criminal Court “in time”. In the first speech given by a...

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December 16, 2014

Palestinian demands may be thwarted by “mutual recognition”

As the Palestinians’ UN Security Council bid and the EU vote on statehood loom closer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the tone of his defiant rhetoric by...

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December 16, 2014

Hamas blames unity government for not seeking to lift Gaza siege

Head of Hamas political bureau Khalid Meshaal has blamed the Palestinian unity government for not seeking to lift the Gaza siege and starting the reconstruction of the enclave. Speaking...

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December 16, 2014

Battle continues against former regime, says Tunisia’s Marzouki

The interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, has insisted that the battle against the regime of ousted president Zine Al-Abidin Bin Ali is ongoing. He has called for it...

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December 16, 2014

Israeli minister: Palestinian state in West Bank ‘collective suicide’ for Israel

Israeli minister of strategic and intelligence affairs, Yuval Steinitz, has said that the unilateral Palestinian measures in the UN needs an “appropriate” Israeli response, in a statement released on...

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