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July 25, 2018

Jordan unions protest against Israel gas deal

Jordan’s Professional Associations Council will go on strike today in protest against the construction of a gas pipeline which will transport Israeli gas to Jordan. The body said in...

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July 25, 2018

Qatar’s military base ‘expanding’ amid regional crisis

Qatar is running a major expansion programme at its Al-Udeid military airbase, according to the Qatar News Agency (QNA). The expansion project “intends to underscore Qatar’s ongoing commitment to...

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July 25, 2018

Israel bans Spanish BDS activist from entering country

Israel yesterday banned prominent Spanish BDS activist Ana Sanchez Mera from entering the country, accusing her of aiming “to cause great damage to Israel”. The ban came at the...

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July 25, 2018

Lieberman tells Gaza: Overthrow Hamas to become ‘Singapore of Middle East’

Israel’s Defence Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has issued a video calling on Palestinians in Gaza to overthrow Hamas in order to turn “the refugee camps into the Singapore of the...

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July 25, 2018

After 20 drown, Egypt closes Alexandria beach

Egyptian authorities yesterday announced the closure of Al-Nakheel beach in Alexandria after 20 people drowned this summer, the Anadolu Agency reported. Al-Nakheet has been knowns as the “death beach”...

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July 25, 2018

Hamas, UN envoy discuss humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh yesterday discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza with UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, the movement said in...

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July 25, 2018

Hamas: Israel’s arrest of Palestinian writer ‘desperate attempt to silence free speech’

Hamas said that Israel’s detention of female Palestinian writer Lama Khater in the occupied West Bank is a “desperate attempt to silence free speech”, Quds Press reported yesterday. “The...

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July 25, 2018

Tunisia union: Government’s economic forecast part of election campaign

Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboubi yesterday questioned indicators announced by Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed about economic growth in the country, the Anadolu Agency reported. “I am afraid...

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July 25, 2018

Israel kills witnesses to its crimes, and doesn’t want us to know

Does one crime justify another? Israeli officials seem to think so. Whenever they are criticised for committing crimes against humanity by wiping Palestinian neighbourhoods off the map; bombing hospitals,...

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July 25, 2018

Daesh makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics

Months after Iraq declared victory over Daesh, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of kidnap and killing. With its dream of a Caliphate in the...

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