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September 21, 2018

Arab MKs call on UN to press Israel to annul Jewish Nation State Law

A delegation of Arab members of the Israeli parliament met with the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kate Gilmore, on Wednesday and asked her to press Israel...

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September 21, 2018

Palestinian poet released from Israeli prison

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was released from an Israeli prison yesterday after serving a five-month sentence, Haaretz has reported. Tatour, a 36-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel from Al-Reineh, just...

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September 21, 2018

Syrian armed factions reject Turkey-Russia Idlib deal

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday that Syrian armed factions have rejected an agreement reached by Turkey and Russia on setting up a demilitarised zone between the...

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September 21, 2018

Haftar’s empty threats don’t disturb Algeria

The crisis caused by the video of Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar in which he threatened to move the war to Algerian territory appears to have calmed down. Neither side...

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September 21, 2018

Police drop corruption probe into Israel envoy Danon

Israeli police have closed an investigation into Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, citing insufficient evidence of corruption, the Times of Israel has reported. Danon has been investigated...

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September 21, 2018

In new ‘political persecution’, Israel indicts Palestinian activist over alleged incitement

Israeli authorities indicted a prominent Palestinian activist on Thursday on charges of “incitement to terrorism” and “expressing solidarity with a terrorist organisation”, reported Haaretz. The decision to indict was...

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September 21, 2018

Israel’s culture minister to get new anti-free speech powers

Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon are pushing a legal amendment to give the culture minister authority to retroactively suspend funding for cultural...

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September 21, 2018

Israeli settler plans advance in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem are advancing plans for settlement expansion in Palestinian neighbourhood Sheikh Jarrah, reported NGO Ir Amim. A sign was hung Thursday in the Um...

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September 21, 2018

Palestinian children under Israeli military arrest ‘face rampant abuses’ says NGO

Palestinian children under Israeli military arrest face “institutionalised and routine” rights abuses, said NGO Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) on Tuesday, with 273 children in military detention as of...

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September 21, 2018

Israel bans restoration of East Jerusalem sports stadium

The Israeli authorities yesterday banned the renovation of a sports stadium in the Palestinian town of Issawiya, northeast of East Jerusalem. A member of the follow-up committee in Issawiya,...

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