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February 10, 2014

Former Knesset chairman recognises Israel’s nuclear arsenal, calls for honest discussion

Israel’s former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg openly recognised that Israel possesses nuclear weapons during a conference in Haifa on Thursday that convened to discuss a Middle East free of...

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February 10, 2014

Israel’s right wing joins opposition to undermine the Prawer Plan

Two of the most powerful right-wing parties in Israel, Yisrael Beytenu and Jewish Home, have agreed to “torpedo” the Prawer Plan, which aims to expel tens of thousands of...

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February 10, 2014

Abbas pays tribute to Mandela

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has paid tribute to former South African President Nelson Mandela who passed away on Thursday. “He was,” said Mr Abbas, “the bravest and most important...

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February 10, 2014

Saudi official: Union of Gulf States to be formed despite Oman’s refusal

According to the former chief of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services, Amir Torky Al-Faisal, the Gulf States believe in the necessity of establishing a union “whether Oman agrees or not”....

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February 10, 2014

Abbas: Hamas’ acceptance of elections begins the end to our divisions

In a speech addressed to a delegation of Arab journalists who were participating in a two-day tourism workshop in Hebron, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed “the need to achieve...

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February 10, 2014

Eight percent decline in Egypt’s exports since the coup

Egypt’s General Authority of Export and Import Control (GOEIC) has issued a report revealing that Egypt’s exports have declined by 8 percent during the first few months since the...

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February 10, 2014

Hamas resumes links with Iran as Cairo contacts fade

A senior Hamas official in Gaza has confirmed that the government has no political contact with the coup regime in Cairo due to the latter’s belief that the Islamic...

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February 10, 2014

Bennett calls for annexing parts of the West Bank and describes negotiations as ‘a joke’

Israel’s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett has called for Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. In an interview on Sunday with Israel radio, the leader of the...

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February 10, 2014

Egypt’s foreign exchange reserves lose $825m in November

Egypt’s faltering economy sustained yet another blow when the Egyptian Central Bank announced on its web site on Sunday that the country’s foreign exchange reserves declined from $18.59 billion...

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February 10, 2014

Israel refuses Dutch-donated security scanner at Karem Abu Salem border crossing

Israel and the Netherlands are at loggerheads after Israel turned down a request to install a new security scanner donated by the Netherlands at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem...

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