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February 10, 2014

ICRC: Half a million wounded in Syria but Al-Assad’s forces preventing access to aid

The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) says that the Syrian authorities are preventing aid from reaching rebel-held areas besieged by government forces, despite having made a request...

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February 10, 2014

Netanyahu may demand that US release Israeli spy as part of deal with Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is thinking of asking the US to release Jonathan Pollard, an American who spied for Israel, from prison as a condition for signing a...

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February 10, 2014

Palestinian resistance congratulates released hunger striker

The Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine sent on Tuesday its “heartfelt congratulations” to the freed Palestinian hunger striker from occupied Jerusalem, Samer Al-Issawi. In a statement published on its...

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February 10, 2014

Israeli official to Ynet: Netanyahu is driving Israel toward boycott and economic sanctions

Ynet, the website of Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, quoted a “senior Israeli official” on Thursday saying that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not really willing to move forward with...

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February 10, 2014

Israel’s new settlements will coincide with the release of Palestinian prisoners

Israel is preparing to announce a plan to build 1,400 settlement units by the time the third batch of Palestinian prisoners are released. Their release is part of US...

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February 10, 2014

Kuwait is the first country to reject Egypt’s call to blacklist Muslim Brotherhood

The Kuwaiti government has refused to consider the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, saying that this is considered an internal Egyptian issue. Observers considered Kuwait’s decision a huge rebuff...

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February 10, 2014

Removing chemical weapons from Syria to take longer than expected

It is going to take longer than expected to remove all of Syria’s chemical weapons, a Russian official said on Friday. The Director of the Department for Security Affairs...

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February 10, 2014

Israeli report: Poverty rate for Arab children three times higher than Jewish children

A new report prepared by Israel’s National Council for the Child reveals that the average poverty rate for Arab children in Israel reached 67.9 per cent in 2012, compared...

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February 10, 2014

Hamas warns of a new ‘Oslo’

A member of the Political Bureau of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, Dr Mousa Abu Marzouk, has warned that US Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempt to get a...

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February 10, 2014

Israeli committee approves bill to annex Jordan Valley

The Israeli Ministerial Legislative Committee approved on Sunday a bill to annex the Jordan Valley to Israel. The bill was endorsed by a vote of eight to three and...

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