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November 19, 2021

Amin Hamideh was an honourable man and revolutionary

Britain’s Lord Acton (1834-1902) is known for saying: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men…” There are, however,...

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November 19, 2021

Israel’s apartheid housing policy faces legal challenge

Israel has been forced to make concessions to its apartheid housing policy, which for the first time could see Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem enter a lottery for buying rights to government housing....

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November 19, 2021

Defence: Gantz’s cleaner did not intend to harm national security by trying to spy for Iran

The Israeli Public Defender’s Office said yesterday that the member of Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s housekeeping staff who is accused of spying for Iran, had acted out of “financial...

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November 19, 2021

Palestine: This Israel gov’t is worse than previous ones

The Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has proven to be worse than previous governments, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority presidency has said. “Our people are...

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November 19, 2021

Iraq announces initiative to contain election results crisis

Iraqi President Barham Salih yesterday met with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, to discuss an initiative to contain the...

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November 19, 2021

Turkey releases Syrian singer

Syrian musician Omar Souleyman was released from custody in Turkey today, his manager and a local security source said, two days after he was detained for alleged links to...

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November 19, 2021

UN holds Israel liable for damages in 2006 oil slick in Lebanon

The UN General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution acknowledging that $856.4 million in damage was caused by an oil slick in 2006 and calling for Israel to assume responsibility by...

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November 19, 2021

PM accuses Belgium of planning to seize $15bn of Libya’s assets

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Wednesday accused Belgium of seeking to seize €14 billion euros ($15 billion) in Libyan assets frozen by the United Nations since 2011, AFP reported...

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November 19, 2021

UN vote affirms Palestinian sovereignty over their natural resources

Some 157 UN member states yesterday voted in favor of a resolution affirming Palestinian sovereignty over their natural resources. Seven countries – Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,...

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November 19, 2021

On normalising relations with Bashar

The visit of the Emirati foreign minister to Damascus opened the door wide open to analysis and speculation. While the media consider this visit a recognition by the “coalition...

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