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February 20, 2014

Knesset passes first reading of bill to impose sanctions on those who boycott Israel

Israel’s parliament has passed the first reading of a bill which will allow the government to impose fines or sanctions on individuals, groups or states which take part in...

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February 20, 2014

Report: last year, 218 violations of press freedom occurred in the Palestinian Territories

A report issued on Thursday (17.02.2011) by the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedom, Mada, has stated that over the course of 2010, there has been a perceptible...

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February 20, 2014

Update: Fishermen killed by Israel “had no weapons on or near them”

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES – Further information about the killing of three Palestinian fishermen from Gaza has been made public. Israel Defence...

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February 20, 2014

International rights commission expresses concern over increased aggression against journalist in the Middle East

The International Commission for the Protection of Journalists has expressed concern over the aggression journalists are being exposed to while covering anti-government demonstrations in the Middle East and has...

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February 20, 2014

Syria’s Foreign Minister calls US veto of UN resolution on settlements “disgraceful”

Syria’s Foreign Minister has said that America’s veto of a UN Security Council Resolution condemning Israeli settlements was “disgraceful”. Walid Al-Muallem said that this was not the end of...

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February 20, 2014

Israeli Deputy PM claims that the West has failed its allies in the Middle East

Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister has claimed that Western states have “failed” to assist leaders and regimes allied with them in the Middle East. Silvan Shalom’s statement was made in...

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February 20, 2014

Palestinian military court sends five West Bank Hamas members to prison

Five members of Hamas in the occupied West Bank have been given prison sentences by two Palestinian Authority military courts; the trials of four other men have been postponed....

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February 20, 2014

Hebron man murdered during Israeli raid

A 66-year old man has been shot and killed in his bed by Israeli forces in Hebron. The murder took place during an arrest raid in the occupied West...

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February 20, 2014

Egypt rejects Israeli offer to supervise the Gaza Strip after next military operation to topple Hamas

Egyptian sources have revealed that Egypt has rejected an Israeli proposal for Cairo to supervise following the next military operation planned to topple the Hamas government. The government of...

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February 20, 2014

Blackwater protects American institutions and personnel in the West Bank

A spokesman for the Palestinian security services has denied any relationship between the Palestinian Authority and the presence of civilian security officers from Blackwater, the private American company, in...

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