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February 17, 2014

Illegal Jewish settlers set wild pigs on Palestinians

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) has revealed that illegal Jewish settlers and the Israeli occupation forces let loose wild pigs on Palestinians in the occupied...

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February 17, 2014

Call for international inquiry into conditions for sick prisoners in Israeli jails

Following the refusal of the Israel authorities to allow Palestinian and international medical teams into their prisons, a call has been made for an international inquiry into the conditions...

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February 17, 2014

Egyptian Finance Minister denies reports on mortgaging of Suez Canal

The Egyptian Minister of Finance, Momtaz Saeed, has denied allegations that the Suez Canal has been mortgaged in return for huge loans. During the presidential election, a huge debate...

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February 17, 2014

Parliament's referral of Constitutional Court ruling to Court of Cassation "shows respect for the judiciary"

Dr. Essam El-Erian, the acting head of Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee in Cairo, has described parliament’s decision to refer the...

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February 17, 2014

The connotations of Khalid Meshaal's visit to Jordan

Last Tuesday’s visit to Amman of the head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Khalid Meshaal, and a number of the Islamic Resistance Movement’s senior leadership was completely different...

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February 17, 2014

UNESCO establishes new academic chair in Palestine

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestine has benefited from a special UNESCO scientific project, the first of its kind in the Arab world. The UN organisation has established the Chair in Astronomy,...

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February 17, 2014

Salafi party holds first meeting in the presence of Al-Nahda leader

Tunisia’s Reform Front has held its first general meeting since its recognition as a political party; the meeting slogan was, “Sharia’ is our course and reform is our choice”....

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February 17, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood accuses Supreme Constitutional Court of acting "fraudulently"

A lawyer acting for the Muslim Brotherhood has described the Supreme Constitutional Court ruling against President Morsi’s decision to reconvene the Egyptian parliament as “equivalent to nothing”. Abdul-Moneim Abdul-Maqsoud...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli incursions at Al-Aqsa Mosque occur almost daily, not just holidays

Case Study of the unilateral division of Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews A field study prepared by a Palestinian organisation which monitors Israeli human rights and other violations...

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February 17, 2014

Morsi reconvened parliament using presidential powers, not a deal with the military

Egyptian writer and journalist Saleem Azzouz has described as a “brave decision” President Mohammed Morsi’s decree ordering parliament to reconvene in defiance of the Military Council’s dissolution order. Azzouz...

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