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  • February 20, 2014

    Israel excavates graves of the Prophet's companions in Jerusalem

    On Wednesday (04.08.2010) morning, Israeli machinery began the sweeping of a number of graves in the historic Islamic Ma’man Allah cemetery in occupied Jerusalem which contains dozens of tombs...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Head of Jordanian senate condemns expulsion of MPs from Jerusalem

    The head of the Jordanian Senate, Taher Masri, has condemned Israel’s decision to expel four MPs from the Palestinian Legislative Council from Jerusalem considering it a new offense in...

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  • February 20, 2014

    12,000 Palestinian children arrested by Israel since 1967

    According to new figures released by the Palestinian Authority’s Minister for Prisoner Affairs, Issa Karaka’, the Israeli authorities have arrested 12,000 Palestinian children since 1967, 300 of whom are...

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  • February 20, 2014

    A message from Gaza’s newly wedded

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe illegal siege on Gaza has had a crippling effect on every aspect of normal Palestinian life for nearly four years. The infrastructure has all but collapsed and...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Twilight Zone / The invaders

    By Gideon Levy Last week, an entire ‘unrecognized’ Bedouin village was demolished, far from the public eye. But residents won’t give up: They have already started to rebuild. Amid...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Egyptians deny that rockets were fired from Sinai toward Eilat

    Security sources in Egypt have denied that the rockets fired towards Eilat in Southern Israel came from the Sinai Peninsula, saying that such an accusation was “illogical”. The denial...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Netanyahu says direct talks will start mid-August with no settlement freeze

    Israel’s Prime Minister has told a meeting of his party’s ministers that direct negotiations with the Palestinian Authority will start in mid-August. Benjamin Netanyahu also claimed that his government...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Israel completes preparations for another attack on Gaza

    By Hasan Mawasi and Jamal Jamal Jerusalem-Gaza A Hebrew-language newspaper has claimed that the Israeli Defence Forces have completed their preparations for another attack on Gaza. Yedioth Ahronoth reports...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Ashkenazi complains of Zionists dodging military service

    The Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, has called for all young people who hold what he called ‘citizenship’ in Israel, to be compelled into doing ‘military service’...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Gaza children set world record

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Gaza Strip entered the Guinness Book of Records on Thursday 22 July when 7000 children simultaneously dribbled basketballs for five minutes. The event took place in the...

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