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April 30, 2021

Palestinians facing eviction rescued my family, says Jewish professor

In a remarkable twist of fate, a Jewish professor at Princeton University has expressed her anguish knowing that two Palestinian families facing eviction in occupied East Jerusalem may have...

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April 30, 2021

Abbas postpones legislative election over voting rights

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced last night that the first Palestinian national election in 15 years has been postponed until Israel allows the vote to take place in...

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April 30, 2021

Scores crushed to death in Israel religious festival

At least 45 people were crushed to death overnight at an overcrowded religious festival in Israel, with some asphyxiated or trampled victims going unnoticed until the PA system sounded...

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April 30, 2021

Lebanon opens probe into central bank governor and brother

Lebanon’s public prosecutor has launched an investigation into central bank governor Riad Salameh, a judicial source said, after a Swiss legal request alleged that more than $300 million had...

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April 30, 2021

Turkey to continue Khashoggi trial as Saudi Arabia closes Turkish schools

Turkish officials have revealed that the trial against the Saudi citizens responsible for the assassination of exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 will continue, just days after attempting...

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April 30, 2021

Detention of Palestinian children as young as eight ‘a mistake’, admits Israel

Israel has admitted that the detention of five Palestinian children last month was a mistake and that it was improper to detain the three who were under the age...

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April 30, 2021

40 tonnes of dead fish wash up on shore of Lebanon lake

Tonnes of dead fish have washed up on the banks of a lake on Lebanon’s Litani river, engulfing a nearby village in a pungent smell, in a disaster blamed...

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April 30, 2021

Private Israel security guard attacks disabled Palestinian man

A disabled Palestinian man sustained severe wounds and bruises to his face and body after a private Israeli security guard beat him in the occupied East Jerusalem town of...

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April 30, 2021

Turkey continues to destroy PKK targets in Iraq, insists ministry

The Turkish Ministry of Defence will continue its efforts to destroy elements of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in neighbouring Iraq, it said yesterday. “Our ground forces’ fire...

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April 30, 2021

Morocco grants asylum to former Catalan leader in response to Polisario visit to Spain

Morocco has decided to grant political asylum to the former leader of the Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, in a new and provocative move against Spain, which recently allowed the...

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