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December 11, 2020

Lebanon: Caretaker PM charged over Beirut blast

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister was charged yesterday with criminal negligence causing hundreds of deaths over the 4 August Beirut blast. Hassan Diab, who served as Lebanon’s prime minister for barely...

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December 11, 2020

Israel joins International Security Alliance ‘to promote peace and security’

Israel has officially joined the International Security Alliance (ISA), an Abu Dhabi-based group created to fight organised and transnational crime, the Jerusalem Post has reported. Public Security Minister Amir...

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December 11, 2020

Israel launches mock raids in south Lebanon airspace

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli fighter jets carried out “intensive mock raids” in the southern Lebanese areas of Nabatieh and Iqlim Al-Toufah yesterday. This comes as part of Israel’s repeated...

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December 11, 2020

IHRA definition of anti-Semitism has been weaponised, warns lead drafter

The man who took the lead in drafting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, Kenneth Stern, has warned the incoming Biden administration not to adopt it....

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December 11, 2020

Saudi deported Indians for protesting against Narendra Modi’s anti-Muslim register

Arab media has reported that Saudi Arabia deported a number of non-resident Indians (NRI) living in the Gulf state for protesting against the highly controversial register introduced by the...

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December 11, 2020

Iran will not oppose Palestine-Israel deal, Biden expected to back normalisation

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that his country will not recognise the state of Israel but it would not have a problem if Palestinians and Israelis reach an...

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December 11, 2020

India donates $2m to UNRWA

India has contributed $2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its core programmes and services...

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December 11, 2020

Arab League calls for release of Palestinian prisoners during pandemic

The League of Arab States again called for the need to exert pressure on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners, especially the elderly, the sick, and people with weak immunity,...

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December 11, 2020

Sudan withdraws citizenship from 3,548 foreigners

Sudan on Wednesday withdrew citizenship from 3,548 foreigners granted the nationality by the former regime of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir, the Sudanese Ministry of Interior said in a statement. In May...

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December 11, 2020

Morocco-Israel normalisation is a slap in the face of the African Union

The normalisation deal between Morocco and Israel announced yesterday is a slap in the face of the African Union. It comes at a time when there has been disagreement...

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