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February 17, 2014

University students stage sit-in against political detentions

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Students at Birzeit University have staged a sit-in on campus in protest at political detentions and summonses being issued against them by the Palestinian Authority’s Security Forces...

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February 17, 2014

UN expresses concern that Israel is ignoring calls to halt settlements

A UN committee on Palestinians affairs in the occupied territories has expressed its concern that the Israeli government is continuing to ignore international calls to halt its illegal settlement...

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February 17, 2014

Preparations continue for the Global March to Jerusalem

A two-day conference of the international committee for the “Global March to Jerusalem” opened in Amman on Sunday. Members of both the executive and central committees of the march,...

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February 17, 2014

Egyptian parliament convenes to elect constitutional assembly

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Egyptian parliament has convened at the invitation of the country’s military rulers to select an assembly which will be tasked with drafting Egypt’s new constitution. Wrangling...

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February 17, 2014

Israel set to destroy European-funded solar energy project

The Israeli occupation authorities have issued notices of their intention to demolish a solar energy project which provides the only source of electricity for a number of Palestinian villages...

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February 17, 2014

Delay in forming Palestinian unity government “requested by Abbas”

A high-ranking Palestinian source has claimed that the delay in the formation of the Palestinian unity government, which, it was agreed between Hamas and Fatah, will be headed by...

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February 17, 2014

Netanyahu criticises Abbas and claims Jerusalem is the “eternal capital of the Jews”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked President Mahmoud Abbas for his speech at the opening of the International Conference for Defending Jerusalem in Qatar. Abbas condemned Israel’s violations...

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February 17, 2014

Time to abandon the illusion of negotiations with Netanyahu

Mustafa El-Barghouthi, the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative movement and an elected legislator, has reiterated that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Palestinian people. “All of...

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February 17, 2014

OIC head condemns attacks by Jews against Christians in Jerusalem

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has condemned the attacks by Jewish extremists on a Baptist church in the city of Jerusalem. Offensive graffiti was...

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February 17, 2014

Turkey looks to Arabic-language satellite channel to be a bridge between Turks and Arabs

A new Turkish-owned Arabic-language satellite channel plans to convey a positive image of Turkey to Arab viewers. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is following developments at the channel closely...

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