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February 17, 2014

Arson attack on Jerusalem monastery denounced

Jewish vandals attacked and set fire to Al-Latrun Monastery in Jerusalem in the early hours of Tuesday morning, writing anti-Christian graffiti on its walls. Muslims and Christians have denounced...

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February 17, 2014

Sacked teachers to return to work in occupied West Bank

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Supreme Court in Ramallah has ruled that teachers who were sacked for their political affiliation in the West Bank have to be reinstated. The ruling...

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February 17, 2014

Expelled Palestinian parliamentarian released from Israeli prison

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Mohammed Abu-Tir, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), was released on Wednesday after spending one year in administrative detention in an Israeli prison. The parliamentarian,...

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February 17, 2014

Palestinian NGOs protest against EU decision to expand relationship with Israel

More than eighty Palestinian civil society organisations have handed a petition to the EU representatives in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem and Ramallah complaining about Europe’s expansion of trade and...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli cabinet confused by contradictory information about Iran’s nuclear programme

Israel’s various intelligence services have conflicting and contradictory details about Iran’s nuclear programme, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said this week. This has led to some confusion in the country’s...

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February 17, 2014

Relations between Gaza and Egypt continue to improve in advance of Haniyeh visit

After concluding meetings between Palestinian and Egyptian senior security officials, Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh is scheduled to meet his Egyptian counterpart this week, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported...

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February 17, 2014

Hague in Cairo to discuss Egypt’s political and economic transition

William Hague has arrived in Cairo for meetings with Egyptian officials to discuss bilateral cooperation. Britain’s Foreign Secretary is being accompanied by British businessmen. They are due to meet...

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February 17, 2014

Israel refuses to release official documents about Sabra and Shatila massacre

Officials at Israel’s national archive have refused requests from journalists to have access to documents relating to the 1982 massacre in the Palestine refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila...

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February 17, 2014

Syrian army attacks Palestinian refugee camps

The Syrian army has attacked Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, killing two refugees and a Syrian, and wounding a child. Abdul-Basit al-Bitar was killed when an artillery shell...

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February 17, 2014

El Al halts flights to and from Cairo

Israel’s El Al airline has stopped all flights to and from Cairo. The head of the Egyptian Civil Airline Authority, Mohammed al-Sharif, said on Monday that El Al stopped...

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