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October 13, 2020

Why do Arab regimes support Netanyahu’s strategy?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not interested in discussing Israeli strategy with any Arab country. Nevertheless, with their silence and headlong rush towards normalisation, too many Arabs are...

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October 13, 2020

Sudan PM accuses US of undermining democratic transition

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has accused the US of undermining the country’s democratic transition through its economic sanctions, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. In an interview with the paper, Hamdok...

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October 13, 2020

Iran tests coronavirus vaccine on monkeys

Iranian health minister yesterday announced that a coronavirus vaccine was tested successfully on monkeys, adding that it would undergo human tests “in the next couple of weeks”. “All activities...

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October 13, 2020

Trump asks UAE to encourage others to build ties with Israel

US President Donald Trump asked UAE Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed to encourage other countries in the region to build ties with Israel, Arab48 reported yesterday. In a statement issued on...

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October 13, 2020

UAE pays fine for killing 2 Iran fishermen

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has paid a fine worth 600,000 dirhams ($163,330) after killing two Iranian fishermen in August, RT reported yesterday. UAE coastguards opened fire at Iranian fishing boats...

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October 13, 2020

Turkey’s unemployment stabilises at 13.4%

The unemployment rate in Turkey held steady at 13.4 per cent in the period from June to August, compared to 13.9 per cent during the same period last year,...

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October 13, 2020

Egypt will not host Palestinian factions until after US election

Egyptian MP Samir Ghattas has declared that Cairo will not host meetings for Palestinian factions without a detailed reconciliation or election plan. Speaking to Al-Watan Voice yesterday, Ghattas said: “The indicators...

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October 13, 2020

‘Morocco police visited Israel in secret, agreed to hand over fugitives’

Israeli media revealed that police officers from Morocco made a secret visit to Israel and agreed to establish a cooperation and hand over fleeing criminals. The Israeli Channel 12 reported that...

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October 13, 2020

Dying alone: When we stopped caring for Palestinian prisoners

“No one cares about the prisoners.” Over the past few years, I have heard this phrase – or some variation of it – uttered many times by freed Palestinian...

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October 13, 2020

The Israel ‘peace deals’ are post-Trump insurance policies for Arab dictators, Palestinian activist says

Israel’s peace deals with Gulf states did not come as a surprise to many, especially not pro-democracy Palestinian activist Iyad El-Baghdadi. “We knew they were going to try to...

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