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January 30, 2019

A deal to fool or the ‘deal of the century’?

Whenever a new event occurs on the Palestinian scene, observers, writers and analysts link it to the “deal of the century”. Perhaps this is logical sometimes but, in many...

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January 30, 2019

UN evacuates 130 migrants from Libyan detention facilities

The UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) has evacuated some 130 migrants from Libyan government detention facilities, the first such evacuation to take place in 2019. Taken to...

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January 30, 2019

Israel’s Gantz slams Netanyahu, unveils hawkish foreign policy

The head of the Israel Resilience (Hosen L’Yisrael) Party, Benny Gantz, has ruled out joining a coalition with incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the latter is indicted...

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January 30, 2019

Amnesty calls for travel companies to boycott Israel settlements

Amnesty International has slammed travel companies and called for an international boycott of Israeli tourism operating in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). The NGO singled out digital tourism giants...

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January 30, 2019

The resignation of the Palestinian government is a good thing, but what comes next?

The resignation of the Palestinian Authority government led by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah was both expected and entirely natural. I say this because it obviously cannot fulfil its functions...

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January 30, 2019

Syria and Iran strike deal to ease bank transfers for reconstruction

Syria and Iran have signed a deal to ease bank transfers between the two countries, with Damascus looking towards reconstruction as the country emerges from a brutal eight-year civil...

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January 30, 2019

UN slams fatal attack by Israeli settlers, soldiers on Palestinian village

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is “deeply concerned about the protracted and extremely violent attack on Palestinians in the West Bank village of Al Mughayyir” on Saturday,...

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January 30, 2019

Former Likud minister: a Palestinian state ‘will not happen and we won’t let it happen’

Former minister and Likud heavyweight Gideon Sa’ar has reiterated his opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state, in an interview with pro-settler news site Arutz Sheva. “I...

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January 30, 2019

UN Khashoggi inquiry banned from entering crime scene

A team of United Nations (UN) human rights experts carrying out an international investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been banned from entering the crime...

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January 30, 2019

Israeli soldiers fatally shot unarmed Palestinian teen in the back from 80 metres

Israeli occupation forces killed an unarmed, fleeing Palestinian teenager when they shot him in the back from a distance of 80 metres, human rights NGO B’Tselem has reported. The...

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