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December 4, 2014

Palestinian MP calls on PA to stop banning the resistance

Second Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Hassan Khreisheh yesterday called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to clarify its position regarding freedoms violations and the banning of...

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December 4, 2014

Kerry: Iranian strikes against ISIS are ‘positive’

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday said that an Iranian military strike against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq would be “positive”. Kerry’s remarks came after the US...

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December 4, 2014

UN calls on Israel to renounce nuclear weapons

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight. The resolution, which...

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December 3, 2014

Poll: Right-wing extremism predicted to increase in Israel

Right-wing Israeli political parties, including Likud, Jewish Home and Yisrael Beiteinu, are predicted to achieve 52 seats in next year’s elections according to a recent poll. This represents a...

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December 3, 2014

The Palestinian issue: where do we go from here?

The Palestinian-Arab draft resolution, which would stipulate an end to the occupation of Palestinian land and set a time frame for the establishment of a Palestinian state, will be...

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December 3, 2014

Muslim groups urge Lord Carey not to share platform with Mufti of Egypt

Muslim organisations in the UK sent a letter to the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey criticising the decision to allow the current Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Ibrahim Allam,...

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December 3, 2014

Sons of extremist rabbi say our father prayed for Mubarak acquittal

The sons of the former spiritual leader of the Shas party, late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef have said their father prayed for the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak prior to his...

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December 3, 2014

Saudi calls for destruction of Syria’s 12 chemical weapons production facilities

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has called on the international community to destroy the Syrian regime’s 12 remaining chemical weapons production facilities and to fulfil its obligations in accordance...

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December 3, 2014

2,564 Palestinian refugees killed in Syria since the crisis erupted

Some 2,564 Palestinian refugees have been killed in Syria as of the end of November, the Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria announced yesterday. In a press release,...

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December 3, 2014

HRW: ‘Egyptians with blood on their hands welcome Mubarak’s freeing’

The executive director of Human Rights Watch criticised the ruling that acquitted deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of charges relating to the murder of protesters during the January 25...

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