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December 12, 2018

Egypt to amend controversial NGO law

Egypt is planning to amend its controversial civil society law, ratified by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi about a year and a half ago. The Egyptian cabinet said in a...

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December 12, 2018

‘Unprecedented’ decline in number of American Jews on ‘Birthright’ trips to Israel

There has been a sharp decline in the number of American Jews participating in the “Birthright” trips to Israel this winter, reported Haaretz, describing “a downturn of this magnitude,...

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December 12, 2018

UN: 250,000 Syrian refugees could return home in 2019

A quarter of a million Syrian refugees could return home next year, although many still face problems with documentation and property, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) announced...

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December 12, 2018

Israel to build ‘Embassy Quarter’ in occupied Jerusalem

Israel is to build an embassy complex in occupied Jerusalem, a year after US President Donald Trump announced his plans to relocate the American Embassy to the city. Israel’s...

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December 12, 2018

Israel army refuser sent to prison for seventh time

An Israeli conscientious objector has been sent to prison for the seventh time, reported +972 Magazine. Adam Rafaelov was sentenced by an Israeli military disciplinary body to ten days...

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December 12, 2018

Israel minister tours West Bank settlements: ‘We are here to win’

Israeli minister Ophir Akunis toured Israeli settlements yesterday and “declared his support” for the annexation of the so-called Gush Etzion settlement “bloc” and “Judea and Samaria ...

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December 12, 2018

Tunisia reveals more details of Mohammad Zawari’s assassination

Tunisia’s Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that the two main assassins of engineer Mohammad Zawari were Bosnians who entered the country through the port of Halq Al-Wadi on 8...

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December 12, 2018

Minister: Egypt has 5m civil servants and not enough chairs

Egypt Minister of Finance Mohamed Ma’it said the government cannot create new jobs but the private sector can. “The government has five million employees who cannot even find a...

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December 12, 2018

UN announces $5.5bn plan to support Syria refugees, host countries

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) together with some 270 NGO and humanitarian partners have launched the...

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December 12, 2018

The pro-Israel lobby’s weaponisation of anti-Semitism takes a hit in the US

The pro-Israel lobby’s ongoing efforts to weaponise anti-Semitism has been dealt a major blow after a prestigious American university refused to sack one of its professors for showing solidarity...

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