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April 9, 2014

Palestinian official: Israel’s settlement increase proves adoption of apartheid policy

Settler protests in the E1 area are a reflection of Israel’s increasing apartheid policy, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Mustafa Al-Barghouti said. Israeli settlers protested in the...

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April 9, 2014

UN official points to ‘apartheid’ in Palestinian areas

Israel adopts policies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip which amount to racial discrimination and apartheid by systematically repressing the Palestinian people and confiscating their land, the...

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April 9, 2014

Israeli jets strike Hezbollah targets on Lebanese-Syrian border

Israeli airplanes targeted on Monday facilities along the Lebanese-Syrian borders belonged to Hezbollah, killing several militants, Al-Arabia TV channel reported. Several Lebanese news channels, newspapers and websites, including the...

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April 9, 2014

Israeli occupation forces wound three worshipers and arrest three others inside Al-Aqsa Mosque

Three Palestinian worshipers were wounded on Tuesday morning and dozens suffered from suffocation by tear gas canisters when Israeli occupation forces escorted a group of Israeli settlers to carry...

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April 9, 2014

Egypt’s nominee for prime minister hails from Mubarak’s party

Following the resignation of Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem Al-Beblawi on Monday, Egyptian news media reported the potential nomination of Ibrahim Roushdy Mehleb, the Minister of Housing in the...

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April 9, 2014

Egypt: Prayer prompts Al-Sisi not to run for presidency

Egypt’s army chief Field Marshall Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who holds the position of defence minister in the outgoing cabinet, has decided not to run for presidency, according to sources...

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April 9, 2014

Talk of tensions in Qatar-Saudi relations is ‘idle gossip’

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry denied claims of differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, pointing out that “what is being said is idle gossip”. A ministry official told Asharq news agency...

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April 9, 2014

US requests clarification from Iraq over reports of arms deal with Iran

The US State Department requested clarification from the Iraqi government over media reports claiming that Iraq has signed an arms deal to purchase weapons and ammunition from Iran worth...

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April 9, 2014

Natural gas field discovered on Gaza’s coast

Palestinian MP Dr Salem Salama, a member of the economic committee of the Palestinian Legislative Council, announced that the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has discovered a natural...

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April 9, 2014

Al-Assad: ‘Ba’ath party cleansed itself’ and political Islam ‘failed’

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has suggested that it is the “persistence” of Damascus in the current crisis that is leading the country to avoid any potential collapse, adding that:...

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