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February 15, 2014

Investigation begins into attacks on Brotherhood office in Cairo

The Attorney General in Egypt has opened an investigation into the demonstrations which led to the storming of the Muslim Brotherhood’s office in the Moqattam district of Cairo. Many...

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February 15, 2014

Heckler asks Obama if he knows that there are Arabs as well as Jews in Israel

One of Israel’s Palestinian citizens challenged US President Barack Obama on Thursday to acknowledge that Israel has Arab as well as Jewish citizens. Rabea Eid, a student at Haifa...

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February 15, 2014

As Obama fiddles in Israel, Netanyahu tightens blockade of Gaza

As US President Barack Obama visited the sights of the Holy Land as a virtual tourist, his host, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tightened the blockade of Palestinians in...

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February 15, 2014

Removal of map of historical Palestine ahead of Obama visit severely criticized

On Wednesday, the municipality of Bethlehem removed a stone monument to Palestine’s historic map situated at the entrance to the city ahead of US president Barak Obama’s visit. Criticizing...

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February 15, 2014

UN says humanitarian crisis in Syria is beyond description

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has laid out his most pessimistic image of Syria so far, saying that the humanitarian crisis there is “tragically indescribable”. The country...

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February 15, 2014

Farm land and trees destroyed for expansion of Israeli military checkpoint

Israeli occupation forces have started to expand the Dotan military checkpoint near Jenin. The work entails the destruction of Palestinian farm land and olive groves owned by the Abu...

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February 15, 2014

Israel plans 16,000 more illegal settlement units in West Bank and Jerusalem

The leader of Yesh Atid Party and new Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has launched a major settlement plan for the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. Ministry staff are working...

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February 15, 2014

Israel keeps Palestinians under 10 years old behind bars

An Israeli human rights centre has revealed that the occupation authorities have ten Palestinian children in jail who are aged between 8 and 10 years. The Israeli Information Center...

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February 15, 2014

Formal legalisation of Muslim Brotherhood ends decades-long ban

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was declared to be “an illegal entity” in 1954, but the decades-long banning order has, it is claimed, been ended by a decision of...

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February 15, 2014

Haniyeh says Obama visit will not make a breakthrough in the region

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has said that the visit of the US President is not going to make any “breakthrough” regarding political change on the ground. Ismail...

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