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January 7, 2020

Israel approves 2,000 new settler homes in occupied West Bank

Israel has approved the construction of 1,936 housing units in the occupied West Bank, according to anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now. The green light was given on Sunday and Monday,...

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January 7, 2020

Lawyer Mahienour El-Massry spends 34th birthday in Egypt prison

Award-winning Egyptian human rights lawyer Mahienour El-Massry is spending her 34th birthday today in prison in Egypt. El-Massry was arrested in September by plainclothes police officers as she left...

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January 7, 2020

Iranians being detained, interrogated at US border

Iranian-Americans are being detained and interrogated for hours at the US border amid rising tensions between the two countries. It has been reported that some were held for 12...

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January 7, 2020

Arab League plans conference for youths in Jerusalem

The Director of Youth Administration at the Arab League, Abdul Men’im Al-Sha’eri, announced on Monday that the organisation is planning to hold a conference for Arab youths in occupied...

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January 7, 2020

US Pentagon at odds with Trump over striking Iran cultural sites

The US Pentagon has ruled out striking Iranian cultural sites and distanced itself from Donald Trump’s threat against Tehran. The American president followed up the assassination of Commander of...

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January 7, 2020

US begins drafting Iraq sanctions

Senior officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration have reportedly commenced drawing up potential economic sanctions against Iraq after the premier threatened to do so in response to Iraq’s...

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January 7, 2020

Egypt singer’s music ‘incites abuse against women’, says rights group

Egypt’s National Council for Women has requested that Google remove the pop song “Salmonella” on the grounds that it is a blatant incitement to abuse. In the song Egyptian...

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January 7, 2020

Israeli soldier puts a snake inside a Palestinian car

A snake was slipped into a Palestinian family’s car by an Israeli soldier during a routine search of the vehicle in the West Bank, the Jerusalem Post has reported....

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January 7, 2020

Cyprus rape case: UK teen to return home

The British teenager accused of “making up” a brutal gang rape was handed a four month suspended sentence by a Cyprus court today. Judge Michalis Papathanasiou said the defendant’s...

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January 7, 2020

Undercover police arrest prominent Israeli anti-occupation activist

Undercover Israeli police officers arrested prominent Israeli anti-occupation activist Jonathan Pollak at his workplace yesterday morning, reported +972 Magazine, “after he repeatedly refused to appear in court over a...

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