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August 23, 2018

Khater sees her detention extended for 7th time

Israel today extended the detention of Palestinian writer Lama Khater for a period of one week. This is the seventh time the 42-year-old has had her time in jail...

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August 23, 2018

Settlers attack Palestinians in Nablus

Dozens of Israeli settlers today attacked two Palestinians while they were inside a vehicle near the Zaatara checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus. According to...

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August 23, 2018

Official: Millions in rural Iran lack social security

Some three million Iranian families living in rural parts of the country lack access to social security, according to an Iranian government official. Speaking to the Iranian Student News...

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August 23, 2018

Iraq: 22.6% of under 30s are unemployed

Some 22.6 per cent of 15-29-year-olds in Iraq are unemployed, the majority are women, the Ministry of Planning revealed today. “The rate of unemployment among young people between the...

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August 23, 2018

Netanyahu urges US to recognise Israel’s right to Golan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said that he would not back down on his demand that the US recognise Israel’s right to the occupied Golan Heights. “I will...

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August 23, 2018

Only compromised Palestinian leaders could describe their right to Jerusalem as ‘compensation’

Not only has the Palestinian Authority lagged behind in matters of urgent decision making, but it also persists in making defeatist comments which will generate additional repercussions for the...

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August 23, 2018

‘UK committed to reaching free trade deal with Turkey’

Once it leaves the EU, the British government is committed to working closely with the Turkish government to develop a bilateral free trade agreement, according to a top British...

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August 23, 2018

Israel approves thousands of new settler homes

Israel has approved some 382 settler homes and advanced 1,400 other units in the occupied West Bank, some in relatively isolated settlements. The Civil Administration council was also meant...

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August 23, 2018

Lana Del Rey says she will ‘visit Palestine too’, but rejects boycott call

American singer Lana Del Rey responded to criticism of her planned show in Israel by saying yesterday that she would “visit Palestine too”. Palestinian activists, however, urged her to...

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August 23, 2018

US officials hold meeting with Israeli counterparts in settler-run ‘City of David’

Top US officials held a meeting on Tuesday with their Israeli counterparts at a notorious settler-run site in occupied East Jerusalem, reported the Jerusalem Post. The “City of David”-hosted...

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