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February 27, 2014

Whoever helps with the Israeli excavations under Jerusalem “is a traitor to his country”

The President of the Supreme Judicial Council in Palestine has issued a legal verdict (a fatwa) condemning the excavations carried out by the Israeli occupation authorities under the city...

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February 27, 2014

Netanyahu calls Mubarak ahead of the Arab ministerial committee meeting

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had a phone conversation with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, shortly before the meeting of the higher Arab ministerial monitoring committee. Held at...

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February 27, 2014

Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and attack worshippers; scores are injured

Israeli armed forces stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque the third holiest site in the Muslim world last Friday, having first locked the compound gates with chains. A number of...

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February 27, 2014

Israel “blackmails Gaza’s patients to turn them into collaborators”

In a message to Israel’s Attorney General, human rights organizations have criticized Israeli intelligence agencies for blackmailing Palestinian patients in Gaza, exploiting their vulnerability in order to pressurise them...

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February 27, 2014

Official calls for Egyptian gas to run Gaza’s power plant instead of Israeli diesel

The executive manager of the Palestine Electricity Company and the chairman of Gaza’s power station has called upon the international Quartet to find a radical solution for the problem...

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February 27, 2014

More peaceful demonstrations in the Gaza Strip

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The ongoing Israeli occupation and the classification by the Israeli government of Islamic places of worship as “Israeli heritage sites” brought Palestinians onto the streets of the...

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February 27, 2014

Temporary opening of the Rafah border crossing in Gaza

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Egyptian authorities have announced that the Rafah border in the Gaza Strip will be open in both directions until Thursday morning. This is the first time...

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February 27, 2014

“Atmosphere of war” makes it hard to talk about negotiations and reconciliation

An Egyptian journalist and political activist has ruled out any swift resumption of talks between the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority, despite increasing pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas....

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February 27, 2014

German mediators concerned about Israel’s behaviour and “absurd” negotiations

A member of the Political Bureau of Hamas has revealed that the German mediators in the negotiations for a prisoner exchange deal are alarmed by the behaviour of the...

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February 27, 2014

Palestine’s Mufti condemns Israeli plan to Judaize Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood

Palestine’s Mufti condemns Israeli plan to Judaize Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhoodThe Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories and rector of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Mohammed Ahmed Hussein, condemned the right...

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