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February 15, 2014

Israeli draft law to put all agreements with the Palestinians to a referendum

Israeli Economics and Trade Minister, Naftali Bennett, supported by Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has suggested a draft law that obliges the government to put any political agreements with the...

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February 15, 2014

Iraq suspends Al-Jazeera and nine other TV channels

The Iraqi authorities have suspended the broadcast licences of Al-Jazeera and nine other TV channels. Al-Jazeera has been told to stop all its operations and activities in the country....

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February 15, 2014

Israeli intelligence divided on “who serves Israel’s security interests better; the Syrian regime or the resistance”

With regards to the debate on whether chemical weapons were used in Syria, “Maariv” wrote on its website that there are differences in opinion within Israeli intelligence agencies regarding...

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February 15, 2014

Jewish settlers burn UN cars and gardens in Jerusalem

Jewish settlers have set fire to several cars belonging to the United Nations and Palestinian-owned gardens in Jerusalem during their celebrations of the so-called Lag B’Omer Festival, during which...

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February 15, 2014

Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi to visit Gaza next month

Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has announced that he is to visit the Gaza Strip on May 8 with a delegation of...

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February 15, 2014

Hamas has preserved its power base and authority in Gaza, say Israeli experts

Experts in Israel have concluded that Hamas has been able to preserve its power base and authority in the Gaza Strip despite Israel’s blockade and military offensives. This conclusion...

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February 15, 2014

Official statistics offer revealing glimpse of Palestinian life

A report from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has shown that around half of the Palestinian population is under 18 years old, equating to 2.04 million young...

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February 15, 2014

Religious Jews and Arabs are getting poorer under Netanyahu government warns Central Bank

The Central Bank of Israel has warned that the religious Jews and Israel’s Arab citizens are the only two groups in society which have got poorer under successive Netanyahu...

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February 15, 2014

Defence Minister says Israel will “respond” to any attack

Israel’s Defence Minister warned on Wednesday that his government will respond to any attack against the country, the Israeli media has reported. Moshe Ya’alon was speaking amid claims that...

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February 15, 2014

Abbas blames Israeli arrogance and intransigence for martyrdom of Abu-Hamdiyya

President Mahmoud Abbas has blamed Israel’s “arrogance and intransigence” for the death of Maysara Abu-Hamdiyya on Tuesday. The 65 year-old prisoner was in an Israeli hospital when he died,...

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