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January 17, 2020

Dutch government criticises pro-Israel lobby group NGO Monitor’s ‘half-facts and insinuations’

The Dutch government has criticised the conduct of pro-Israel advocacy group NGO Monitor, singling out the unreliability of their accusations against human rights defenders. Responding to a parliamentary question,...

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January 17, 2020

Knesset speaker advances process to remove Netanyahu’s immunity

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein is expected to announce a date at the beginning of next week for the plenum “to convene to pass the final proposal necessary to ensure...

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January 17, 2020

Human rights groups urge Israel to halt aerial herbicide spraying along Gaza fence

Human rights organisations have urged Israel to immediately halt renewed aerial herbicide spraying along the Gaza Strip perimeter fence, stated legal rights centre Adalah. Israeli crop dusters flew along...

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January 17, 2020

Haftar and Sarraj to participate in Berlin Conference, Greece upset

Prime minister of the Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, and retired field marshal, General Khalifa Haftar, announced on Thursday that they will participate in the Berlin Conference to...

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January 17, 2020

US loses lawsuit against Iran in Italy

The Court of Appeal in Rome rejected a verdict to freeze Iranian assets in Italy, against the backdrop of a lawsuit filed by some of the families of the...

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January 17, 2020

France and US request to join East Mediterranean Gas Forum

During the third ministerial meeting of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum in Cairo, France officially requested to join. The deputy assistant US secretary of energy also expressed his country’s...

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January 17, 2020

At least 100 detained during 2 days of demonstrations in Beirut

Security forces detained at least 100 people who participated in two days of protests in Beirut, some of which targeted banks, according to lawyers following up on their cases....

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January 17, 2020

How the first Palestinian woman is disrupting the finance industry with her fintech start-up

Fuelled by a supportive ecosystem and a tech-savvy population, the fintech industry in the Middle East has been growing rapidly in the last few years, disrupting the financial landscape...
January 17, 2020

Turkish journalist back in Turkey after detention in Egypt

One of Anadolu Agency’s four employees detained in Egypt earlier this week has arrived back in Turkey, the agency’s director said Friday, Anadolu reports. Hilmi Balci said he felt the support of...

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January 17, 2020

Germany: US threatens Europe’s economy over Iran nuclear deal

United States (US) has threatened to impose 25 per cent of tariffs on all European car exports if the European Union (EU) had continued to support Iran’s nuclear deal,...

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