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June 5, 2020

Egypt detainees report covid-type symptoms in 3rd cell block as virus spreads

Coronavirus appears to be spreading in Egypt’s Tora Prison after detainees in Cell Block 4 have now reported symptoms. The rights organisation We Record warned at the end of...

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June 5, 2020

Israel extends ban on imam’s entry to Al-Aqsa for 4 months

Israel Police yesterday extended an order banning Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the president of the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for four months. Sabri said...

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June 5, 2020

Shaath: PA, Hamas in contact to resume reconciliation

Senior political adviser, Nabil Shaath, said the Palestinian Authority is in contact with Hamas in order to resume reconciliation talks and end the internal division. Speaking to Donia Al- Watan,...

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June 5, 2020

Israel president calls for calming settler disputes over West Bank annexation

President Reuven Rivlin yesterday called on Israelis to calm the tone of disagreement among them over Tel Aviv’s plans to annex nearly 30 per cent of the occupied West Bank. “We...

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June 5, 2020

Turkey voices support for Jordan’s role in protecting Palestine holy sites

The Turkish embassy in Amman confirmed yesterday its support for Jordan’s role in protecting the holy sites in Palestine. The embassy said in a statement that it views recent...

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June 5, 2020

Egypt: Father performs FGM on 3 daughters under guise of coronavirus vaccination

A father who performed FGM on his three daughters after telling them they would receive a coronavirus vaccination has been charged. According to the prosecutor’s statement, the doctor gave...

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June 5, 2020

Why did the Israeli police kill a Palestinian with special needs?

Last Saturday, Israeli border police officers opened fire at a disabled Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City because they thought that he was a terrorist. They fired several live...

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June 5, 2020

We will never give up our birthright, insist Palestinian refugees

As a boy, Mahmoud Hussein fled from his homeland of Palestine as a direct result of the Six-Day War in June 1967. He eventually sought refuge in Brazil. He...

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June 5, 2020

Libyans celebrate liberation of Tripoli from Haftar

Hundreds of people in Libya’s capital Tripoli celebrated its complete liberation from militia of warlord Khalifa Haftar, Anadolu reports. The residents gathered late Thursday in the city’s Martyrs Square,...

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June 5, 2020

Iraq’s Allawi proposes 7 principles for dialogue with Washington, accuses government of violating decision to ban installation of Patriot missiles

The Iraqi National Accord (INA) bloc accused the Ministry of Defence of circumventing a previous government decision to ban the installation of US Patriot systems, and put forward several...

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