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February 17, 2014

Turkey looks to Arabic-language satellite channel to be a bridge between Turks and Arabs

A new Turkish-owned Arabic-language satellite channel plans to convey a positive image of Turkey to Arab viewers. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is following developments at the channel closely...

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February 17, 2014

Jerusalem Mufti calls for an end to 'Israeli terrorism' against religious sanctuaries

The Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, has drawn attention to Israel’s continued violation of freedom of worship in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories. Sheikh Hussein asserted that...

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February 17, 2014

Miles of Smiles convoy 10 arrives in Gaza

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The tenth international Miles of Smiles convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip earlier this week. 114 internationals, many of them women, from several countries crossed into the...

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February 17, 2014

Palestinian religious leader declines invitation from Knesset committee for Al-Aqsa discussion

The Director of Jerusalem’s Religious Endowments (Waqf) Foundation, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, has declined an invitation from the Israeli parliament to discuss the effects of the demolition of monuments in...

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February 17, 2014

Twenty-four Palestinian are on hunger strike

Officials within the Israeli prison authority have expressed concern about the increasing phenomenon of Palestinian prisoners, especially administrative detainees, going on hunger strike. The numbers have risen after Khader...

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February 17, 2014

UAE court rejects lawsuit for the restoration of reformists' citizenship

A source in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has claimed that the Emirates’ judiciary is still refusing to accept legal cases on behalf of the seven political reformists who...

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February 17, 2014

Egyptian Foreign Ministry launches cooperation initiative between Cairo, Tunisia and Tripoli

The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohamed Amr, left for Tunis on Thursday to discuss cooperation between Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. A meeting with his counterparts of those countries is scheduled...

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February 17, 2014

PLO demands international intervention for Hana Al Shalabi

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation has appealed to the international community to intervene with the Israeli government for the release of Hana Al Shalabi, who has been on hunger strike...

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February 17, 2014

Palestinians injured after bus hit by Israeli armoured car

Nineteen Palestinian workers were injured on Sunday evening after the bus in which they were travelling was hit by an armoured car belonging to the Israel Defence Forces. The...

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February 17, 2014

Female political prisoner enters 33rd day of hunger strike

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Monday 19th March, Hana Shalabi entered the 33rd day of her hunger strike. The political prisoner was one of several dozens of women released in the...

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