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November 14, 2019

Twitter closes account of Hassan Nasrallah’s son

Twitter has shut down the account of Jawad Nasrallah, the son of Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Arabi21 reported yesterday. The decision came after the US put Jawad on...

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November 14, 2019

UN review highlights Egypt’s dire human rights record

Representatives of a wide range of countries have expressed concern over Egypt’s human rights record at the UN Universal Periodic Review. Concern over torture, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, mass...

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November 14, 2019

US ‘deeply concerned’ over Europe court ruling on Israel settlement produce

The United States declared itself “deeply concerned” by a European court ruling this week obliging European states to clearly label produce originating from Israeli settlements in occupied territory. In...

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November 14, 2019

Hundreds of Israel settlers raid Al-Aqsa Mosque

Protected by the Israeli police, 244 Israelis today raided Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowment said. According to a statement issued by the ministry, 99 settlers, 97...

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November 14, 2019

Al-Azhar calls for ‘humanitarian stand’ against Israel’s ‘terrorism’

Al-Azhar yesterday evening called on the international community to “take a humanitarian stand” against the “terrorist” practices of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. In a statement, the...

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November 14, 2019

NGOs submit report on Israel apartheid to UN anti-discrimination committee

Eight Palestinian, regional and international NGOs have submitted a substantial report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), ahead of the committee’s upcoming review...

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November 14, 2019

Israel Likud’s Gideon Saar: ‘challenges of national security’ justify unity government

Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, said yesterday that the security challenges faced by the state justify the establishment of a...

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November 14, 2019

Businessmen mediate between Sudan political parties

The head of Sudan Umma Party Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi said businessmen have mediated meetings between leaders from the ruling Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), which led the protests...

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November 14, 2019

Egypt: Israa Abdelfattah to begin thirst strike

Detained Egyptian activist Israa Abdelfattah is about to begin a thirst strike to force the prosecutor to open an investigation into complaints that she has been tortured in custody....

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November 14, 2019

Prominent sheikh dies in Saudi prison

A well-known Islamic scholar died in a Saudi Arabian prison on Tuesday having been detained since 2016 after sending a “secret advice letter” to the Royal Court, reported Prisoners...

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