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June 29, 2018

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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June 29, 2018

US Jews ditch Birthright programme to join anti-occupation Hebron tour

Five American Jews visiting Israel as part of the Birthright Israel programme ditched the trip yesterday in protest at the programme’s 'treatment of the occupation'...

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June 29, 2018

Labour Friends of Israel: Palestine refugees’ right to return is ‘extreme and illegitimate’

Westminster-based lobby group Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) has described the Palestinian refugees’ right of return as “extreme and illegitimate”, in a letter to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn this...

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June 29, 2018

Jordan, Saudi, PA warn Israel against Turkey influence in Jerusalem

Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have all separately warned Israel over the past year about the growing influence of Turkey in occupied East Jerusalem. Senior officials...
June 29, 2018

Is Turkey’s destiny in Syria that of a saviour or a tyrant?

Turkey has thought long and hard about intervention in neighbouring countries. Throughout the first five years of the conflict on its southern border in Syria, for example, it was...

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June 29, 2018

South Korea changes refugee laws after ‘influx’ of 552 Yemen

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice will be tightening immigration laws amid an influx of Yemenis entering the country, Reuters reported today. More than 552 Yemenis arrived in the southern...

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June 29, 2018

Syria army raids school in Daraa

The Syrian air forces and their allies on Wednesday raided a school in Syria’s south-western province of Daraa, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. No one was hurt during the attack as...

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June 29, 2018

Israel extends detention of Turkey national

An Israeli military court yesterday extended the detention of a Turkish national following her arrest on 11 June at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport while she was on her...

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June 29, 2018

Freedom Flotilla ships leave Spain, head to Italy

Crowds gather to greet the crew of the Freedom Flotilla ships as they prepare to leave Spain ...

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June 29, 2018

Israel deal: End Palestinian prisoner hunger strike, get 2 family visits a month

The General Committee for Civil Affairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross have reached a deal with Israeli occupation authorities that allows Palestinian families to visit their...

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