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February 2, 2018

Popular campaign in Kuwait streets to oppose normalisation with Israeli occupation

On Wednesday, the National Union of Kuwaiti Students launched a popular campaign against normalisation with the Israeli occupation under the title “Kuwaiti against normalisation”. On Thursday, the Union of...

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February 2, 2018

PLO rejects Washington’s inclusion of Haniyeh on ‘terrorism blacklist’

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) rejected the US Treasury Department decision to include the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in the “terrorism blacklist.” The secretary of the...

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February 1, 2018

South Africa marks birthday of jailed Palestinian teen

South Africans gathered late Wednesday in Johannesburg to commemorate the 17th birthday of Palestinian activist Ahed al-Tamimi who was detained by Israeli security forces last year. Organizers launched a...

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February 1, 2018

Jordanians protest tax hikes, subsidy reductions

Dozens of Jordanians demonstrated in central Amman on Thursday to protest a raft of recent economic decisions by the government, including tax hikes and subsidy reductions. Protesters chanted slogans...

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February 1, 2018

HRW: East Libyan groups targeting displaced families, preventing returns

Armed groups, some linked with prominent Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, are preventing thousands of displaced families from returning to the eastern city of Benghazi, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in...

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February 1, 2018

France to finance exports to Iran, aims to sidestep US sanctions

France will start offering euro-denominated credits to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, a move to bolster trade while keeping it outside the reach of US sanctions,...

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February 1, 2018

Sisi gives firm warning to Egypt not to boycott elections

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has given a harsh warning to anyone who plans to boycott the presidential elections in March, claiming that “whoever wants to mess with Egypt...

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February 1, 2018

Iran: Rouhani calls for respecting people’s will

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned the country’s leaders that they will face the fate of the late Iranian Shah if they ignore popular discontent. Rouhani’s remarks came in...

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February 1, 2018

Israel to probe Shin Bet officer for brutality for first time

Israel’s justice ministry has opened an investigation into a Shin Bet interrogator for brutality for the first time, according to the Jerusalem Post. Despite having established a unit known...

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February 1, 2018

UK lawyers call to suspend Saudi Arabia membership to UN Human Rights Council

Two British human rights lawyers yesterday called on the UN General Assembly to suspend Saudi Arabia’s membership to the UN Human Rights Council. Lawyers Rodney Dixon QC and Lord...

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