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June 1, 2018

Saudi Arabia spends $43m on Jackie Kennedy’s childhood home

The government of Saudi Arabia has spent $43 million to purchase the childhood home of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, wife of former US president John F. Kennedy. The lavish seven-acre...

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June 1, 2018

Who will fill the vacuum post-Abbas?

There have been many reports recently regarding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s health; some rumours even mentioned his death when he entered the Istishari Hospital in Ramallah. Aside from...

Article
June 1, 2018

To the IARPP Board: what did Gaza mean to you?

Authors: Martin Kemp and Samah Jabr Doctors Martin Kemp PhD and Samah Jabr M.D. are urging the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) to cancel its upcoming conference in Israel...

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June 1, 2018

President: Sudan still suffering from economic embargo

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir told the Khartoum State government yesterday that Sudan was still suffering from a politically motivated economic embargo and was being deprived of international debt cancellation,...

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June 1, 2018

Palestine has a wealth of talented filmmakers, but no cinema industry to showcase them

On a humid day in Paris in the basement of the Cité internationale des arts which overlooks the River Seine, a collection of leading Palestinian directors, producers and screenwriters...

Blog
June 1, 2018

US vows to veto UNSC proposal to protect Palestinians

The United States has vowed to veto a proposal put forward to the UN Security Council which requests “international protection” for Palestinian civilians. US Ambassador to the United Nations,...

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June 1, 2018

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June 1, 2018

UN: ‘Critical gap’ in Syria refugee aid

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has received only 20 per cent of Syrian aid payments pledged this year, the agency’s director for the Middle East and North Africa...

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June 1, 2018

European commitments to Egypt at $12.9bn

The EU considers Egypt it’s most important trading partner in the Southern Mediterranean, head of the EU delegation to Egypt Ivan Surkos said at the commission’s annual iftar event...

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June 1, 2018

Australia MP calls for halting payments to Palestinians

Right-wing Australian minister Eric Abetz yesterday called on the country to cut its aid to Palestinian authorities until ‘martyr payments’ cease. The Liberal party member said the payments were...

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