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July 4, 2018

Israel officials ‘personae non grata’ as support for BDS swells in Spain

Israelis are becoming increasingly worried over the growing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Not a week goes by without the ranks of BDS swelling. Last...

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July 4, 2018

Tunisian teachers protest inclusion of ‘state of Israel’ in exams

Tunisian school teachers in the central city of Kasserine refused to mark the general secondary exam papers for geography and history because of a question in which “the state...

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July 4, 2018

100 attacks on journalists in Yemen

Some 100 cases of media freedom violations have been recorded in the first half of 2018 by the Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS) reported yesterday. “The statistics show that the...

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July 4, 2018

HRW: Syria refugees under pressure to leave Lebanon

The “escalation of pressure” on Syrian refugees to leave Lebanon and return home has been denounced by Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report today. The rights group listed...

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July 4, 2018

Netanyahu goes full theatrical against Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest video-taped message to the Iranian people – in which he conflates the relatively good performance of the Iranian football team with unrest on...

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July 4, 2018

Egypt court upholds police officers’ right to have beards

An Egyptian court has upheld the right of police officers to wear beards, siding with several men who were fired for contravening the police force’s dress code, according to...

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July 4, 2018

Israel lawyer appointed chair of UN Human Rights Committee

An Israeli lawyer was chosen yesterday to chair the UN Human Rights Committee, despite the country’s dire human rights record. The UN Human Rights Committee, not to be confused...

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July 4, 2018

UNRWA staff strike in Gaza, demand end to cuts

UNRWA staff today held a demonstration outside UN body’s headquarters in Gaza City to protest against the agency’s policy of cuts. Thousands of staff members demonstrated calling for the...

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July 4, 2018

Jordan refuses refugees but allows aid in to Syria as negotiations continue

The Jordanian government has opened three crossings on the border with Syria this morning, allowing some 36 trucks of aid to access refugees fleeing the southern Daraa province. Jordan,...

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July 4, 2018

Israel diplomats say Irish bill banning settlement produce will ‘empower terrorists’

The Israeli embassy in Ireland has claimed that a draft bill calling for a ban on the sale of goods made in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian...

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