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February 17, 2014

Israel plans to place 90,000 Palestinians from Greater Jerusalem under military authority

Media reports in Israel claim that the government is planning to transfer responsibility for up to 90,000 Palestinians from Greater Jerusalem to the military authorities. Haaretz newspaper cites the...

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February 17, 2014

Reconvene Palestine National Council by democratic process says campaigner

Human rights campaigner Mazin Qumsiyeh has published online the Charter of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in order to remind everyone, Palestinians included, that the charter has never been amended...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli study concludes that it’s necessary to lift the Gaza siege

Researchers at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) have advised Israeli politicians to allow the opening of the Rafah Crossing and lift the Gaza siege to avoid a...

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February 17, 2014

Arab League moves to investigate Arafat’s death

Following a programme broadcast by Aljazeera which raised questions about the manner of his death, the League of Arab States has begun the process to open investigation into the...

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February 17, 2014

Egyptian anger at Israeli TV insult to Morsi

Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has told his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to respond formally to an Israeli TV commercial in which young Israelis are seen standing on the president’s...

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February 17, 2014

Expansion of illegal settlement outpost south of Bethlehem

Settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement, which is built on land belonging to the village of El-Khader, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have enlarged the colony...

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February 17, 2014

Barghouti calls for review of Paris Economic Agreement

A leading member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and the secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, has called for a review of the Paris Economic Agreement....

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February 17, 2014

Former Israeli Air Force chief says unilateral attack against Iran would not succeed

Former Israeli Air Force chief Eitan Ben Eliyahu has urged caution on the possibility of a successful unilateral attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities. A report in Israeli newspaper Yedioth...

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February 17, 2014

Tel Aviv municipality refuses to use Arabic in new logo

The municipal council of Tel Aviv has rejected a proposal submitted by an Arab councillor from Jaffa to add the city’s name in Arabic to its new logo. Ahmed...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli Supreme Court rejects demands to investigate torture

The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected two petitions for an order to the Attorney General to carry out a criminal investigation into allegations of torture and mistreatment by the...

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