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October 30, 2014

Whose side is Turkey on?

Over the summer Isis – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – defeated the Iraqi army, the Syrian army, the Syrian rebels and the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga; it...

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October 30, 2014

Would-Be Peacocks and Tiny Red Poppies

Israeli politicians and spokespersons sound like roosters who think they are peacocks when they boast of “the most moral army in the world,” its “surgical strikes,” their wonderful “Iron...

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October 30, 2014

First and only shipment of cement enters Gaza

Israel has permitted the first shipment of only 400 tonnes of cement to enter the Gaza Strip and be distributed to a select number of traders under the supervision...

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October 30, 2014

PA: Israel’s escalation in Jerusalem is a declaration of war on our people

The Palestinian Authority is holding the Israeli government responsible for what it described as “a dangerous” escalation in occupied Jerusalem, considering this move “a declaration of war on the...

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October 30, 2014

Hamas denounces Israel’s closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas today denounced Israel’s closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Felesteen newspaper said. Member of Hamas’ political bureau Mousa Abu-Marzouk said: “The closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the...

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October 30, 2014

US officials dismiss Netanyahu criticism

The spokesperson of the US State Department, Jen Psaki, described an American official’s strong criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “inappropriate and counterproductive”. During Wednesday’s daily press...

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October 30, 2014

UN to discuss Egypt’s human rights record

Head of the Egyptian Human Rights Council Abdel-Ghaffar Shokr said that the UN Human Rights Council will discuss three reports about Egypt on November 5, the Anadolu Agency reported....

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October 30, 2014

Sweden to grant $200 million to Palestine

Sweden is set to give Palestine up to 1.5 billion kronor ($200 million) in aid, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has announced, hours after it became the first European Union...

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October 30, 2014

Must we dance to Saudi tune over Muslim Brotherhood?

Last February the Prince of Wales paid a formal visit to Saudi Arabia. It was his second in less than a year, and his 10th official trip to the...

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October 30, 2014

UK condemns Israel’s settlement expansion in Jerusalem

Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood today condemned the Israeli government’s announcement that it plans to build 1,060 new housing units in East Jerusalem. A statement issued by...

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