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January 22, 2021

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes with petrol bombs

Israeli settlers threw petrol bombs at two Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, on Thursday evening, Wafa has reported. When local residents rushed...

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January 22, 2021

B’Tselem didn’t go far enough; Israel has always been an apartheid state

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem made the headlines this week when it released a new paper in which – for the first time – it described Israel as an...

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January 22, 2021

Saudis delay jobless figures again, raising doubt about pledge to youth

Saudi Arabia has delayed the publication of highly sensitive unemployment data for the fourth time, raising questions about Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s modernisation plan which pledged to create...

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January 22, 2021

A dozen refugees murdered in northeast Syria camp amid deteriorating security, says UN

The United Nations has reported the murder of 12 inhabitants of a displacement camp for Daesh family members, highlighting the “deteriorating security conditions” in the camps of northeast Syria....

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January 22, 2021

Bahrain FM criticises Qatar despite end of Gulf rift

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, criticised yesterday the state of Qatar, accusing it of not taking any initiative to resolve its issues with Manama, despite the outcome of...

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January 22, 2021

France must investigate air strike on Mali civilians, says HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded France open an investigation into a Mali air strike that locals say targeted a civilian wedding reception. A report published by the rights...

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January 22, 2021

Joe Biden urged to conduct ‘thorough review’ of US policy towards Bahrain

Joe Biden has been urged to “immediately” review American policy towards Bahrain in a letter calling on the newly elected president to consider relocating the US Fifth Fleet from...

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January 22, 2021

Egypt cabinet approves harsher FGM penalty of up to 20 years

Egypt’s cabinet has toughened a law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) by raising the maximum penalty to 20 years in prison, Reuters reported. Despite the 2008 ban, nearly 90...

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January 22, 2021

UK criticises Israel for new settlement approvals

The British Foreign Secretary has criticised Israel’s decision to construct thousands of new settler housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, warning that it puts a viable...

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January 22, 2021

Israel police prevent Palestinian workers from appearing in court to hide abuse

The Israeli police have refused to bring Palestinian workers who have been arrested while working without permission in Israel to court to hide police brutality against them, Haaretz newspaper...

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