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  • October 26, 2017

    Palestinians stand alone in defending their land

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has relished the spotlight so far this year. In February, the PA launched the five-year National Policy Agenda which prioritised national unity and economic...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Ex-US envoy to UN slams Sisi’s ‘blatant lie’

    Samantha Power, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has slammed Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s claim that he has “imprisoned no political activists”. She responded on Twitter...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Hamas discusses Palestinian developments with Jordan

    Chief of Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh yesterday discussed the latest developments on the Palestinian arena with the Jordanian King Abdullah II, Quds Press reported. In a telephone call,...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Netanyahu pledges $230m for settlement projects

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday pledged to pay 800 million shekels ($230 million) for infrastructure projects in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Quds Press...

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  • October 26, 2017

    My Name is Rachel Corrie

    Fourteen years have passed since 23-year-old Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by Israeli bulldozers in Gaza. The American activists, along with other members of the International Solidarity Movement...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Settlers throw stones at Palestinian farmers in Ramallah

    Israeli Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Halamish threw stones at Palestinian farmers who were picking olives on their fields yesterday, the Shehab News Agency reported. The spokesman...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Turkey trains 5,631 Syrian policemen

    The Turkish Police Academy oversaw the training of 5,631 Syrians to work as police officers where the “Euphrates Shield Operation” is taking place in northern Syria. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Arab nations discuss countering spread of drugs

    The heads of anti-narcotics agencies in the Middle East yesterday discussed setting up a project to counter the spread of drugs in the region. Speaking at the opening of...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Khashoggi welcomes Saudi’s pledge to end extremism

    Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s calls to bring an end to extremism in the Kingdom. “The Kingdom has lost long decades being locked...

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  • October 26, 2017

    Orthodox Church properties being sold in Israel

    Orthodox Christian properties in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Caesara are being sold at very low and questionable prices to companies in offshore tax havens, according to Haaretz. Documents obtained by...

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