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Israel's internal security service, Shin Bet, announced today that a Jewish settler has been arrested after setting fire to a Palestinian-owned car last month, the Times of Israel has...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry have stressed the need for the international community to assume its responsibilities towards Palestine. "We agreed to return...
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Palestinian prisoners are to be denied pitta bread by Israel's far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who described it as a "benefit and indulgence". The 46-year-old minister, who...
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The Iranian parliament is planning to introduce new articles to the Islamic Penal Code which would criminalise "expressing opinions on social networks". If approved, this will further limit freedom...
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More than 200 Palestinian protesters started an open ended sit-in at Khan Al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, to prevent the Israeli occupation forces from demolishing it and displacing its residents....
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China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang wants to build stronger ties with Saudi Arabia and set up a China-Gulf free trade zone "as soon as possible", according to a...
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The Qatar Investment Authority's Maha Capital has submitted an offer to acquire majority stakes in two state-owned terminal operators in Egypt, the Al-Mal economic newspaper reported. Quoting unnamed sources,...
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Executions have doubled in Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, at least 147 people were executed in 2022 including 81 in 1 day
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Direct flights between Bahrain and Qatar are to resume "soon" amid warming relations between the two Gulf states, according to Bahraini Minister of Transportation Mohammed Al-Kaabi. Al-Kaabi made the...
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Palestinian resistance factions condemned on Tuesday the latest Israeli crackdown on Palestinian prisoners, describing the aggression as "playing with fire". The factions released the statement after meeting in Gaza....
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A former senior security aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the Palestinian Authority with a "Defensive Shield II" military offensive in the occupied West Bank if...
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The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday rejected "anti-Iran remarks" made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing them as "ridiculous". The...
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Article
February 1, 2023
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Yvonne Ridley
The odious Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is in a league of his own when it comes to using the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, according to a new...
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Article
February 1, 2023
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Rania Mostafa
The Mubarak regime was the most stable of the four military regimes that have ruled Egypt in recent times. The regime witnessed no violent demonstrations thanks to the iron...
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Article
February 1, 2023
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Motasem A Dalloul
Following the killing of seven Israeli Jewish settlers in the illegal settlement of Neve Yaakov on Friday evening, US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Greece on Tuesday to vote in Israel's favour at the UN, his office has revealed. The request was made during a meeting between...
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Article
February 1, 2023
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Nasser Nasser
What will the occupation state of Israel, with all its strength and might, do when facing a lone wolf Palestinian resistance fighter? When a lone wolf decides to attack...
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The Unified National Leadership of Popular Resistance (UNLPR) yesterday called for the formation of popular committees to protect Palestinian villages and municipalities from illegal Jewish settlers. This came during...
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has dismissed reports published by an Israeli channel that his ministry transferred tax money to the Palestinian Authority. According to the Israeli media, Smotrich...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that an agreement has been reached regarding Iran's participation in the process of improving relations between Turkiye and Syria, Anadolu Agency reported....
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Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, held separate phone talks with Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the Kremlin said in a statement, Anadolu News...
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Saudi Arabia will invest up to one trillion riyals ($266.40 billion) to generate "cleaner energy", Saudi state TV reported on Monday, citing the Kingdom's Energy Minister, Reuters report. According...
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Reviews
January 31, 2023
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Ramona Wadi
Nora Lester Murad's young adult novel, Ida in the Middle (Crocodile Books, 2022), explores Palestinian identity and makes it relatable to a non-Palestinian audience. Ida, a young teenager, is...
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US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday for talks with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Anadolu News Agency reports. The visit...
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UNRWA today appealed for help to meet the humanitarian needs of Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, Thomas White, said the occupied...
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Factions in Gaza also called on Arab states to stop normalising ties with the occupation
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The United States, on Tuesday, added seven Iranian entities to its trade blacklist for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, according a posting by the US Department...
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The money exchange shop in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley was buzzing with business. Cell phones pinged endlessly and employees shouted out various rates as customers flocked in carrying plastic bags...
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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched an electronic four-day transit visa on Monday for those arriving in the kingdom by air. The visa will be issued free of...
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Adalah yesterday filed an objection against the Jerusalem District Planning Committee over the US' plan to build a new embassy on illegally confiscated Palestinian land in Jerusalem. Action was...
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US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited the West Bank on Tuesday on a tour where he is appealing for a halt to violence and reaffirming Washington's backing for...
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Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has told Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar that his country is acting for the sake of Palestine. Observers believe that this means that...
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