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June 20, 2021

Biden to host Israeli President Rivlin on June 28

US President Joe Biden plans to host Israel’s outgoing president, Reuven Rivlin, at the White House on June 28, the White House said on Saturday, reports Reuters. “President Rivlin’s...

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June 20, 2021

Saudi air defences intercept 17 Houthi armed drones

Saudi Arabian air defences late on Saturday destroyed six armed drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement towards the kingdom, bringing the total it intercepted during the day to 17,...

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June 20, 2021

Libya’s Haftar closes border with Algeria

Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar have closed the border with Algeria, they said on Sunday, after major deployments of his forces to the south underscored his...

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June 20, 2021

Award-winning novelist Jalal Barjas is inspired by the suffering of Arab citizens

Jordanian writer Jalal Barjas has won the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, administered by the Booker Prize Foundation, for his novel Notebooks of the Bookseller. The prize is...

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June 19, 2021

HRW calls on Egypt’s Sisi to commute death sentences

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to immediately commute the death sentences for 12 protestors, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders “who had been convicted...

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June 19, 2021

Gaza: Lifting spirits of homeless children

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June 19, 2021

After asking Cairo to halt entry of goods to Gaza, Israel, Egypt ministers discuss reviving peace process

Israeli Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Friday discussed with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israeli and Egyptian media...

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June 19, 2021

15 organisations condemn Houthi death sentence against human rights activist

Fifteen Yemeni civil society and human rights organisations have denounced the death sentence issued by a Houthi-controlled court against human rights activist and lawyer Zafaran Zaid, head of the Empower...

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June 19, 2021

Hamas and Israel’s demonising tools

Some Arab media outlets publish articles equating Hamas with Israel. In fact, some of these texts make you feel as if Hamas is Israel and that Israel is the...

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June 19, 2021

‘Death to the Jews’ would have caused an international scandal, yet Israel’s incitement gets a free pass

Go along with me on a thought experiment for a few minutes. Imagine that British police forces permitted a crowd of thousands to march through an area of London...

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