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February 17, 2014

Violations against Palestinian journalists escalated in 2011

Media sources in Palestine have claimed that violations against Palestinian journalists escalated in 2011. Such violations included attacks by Israeli security forces as well internal assaults on press freedom...

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February 17, 2014

Libyan scholar says draft election law fails to establish a healthy democratic climate

A member of the General Secretariat of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has criticised the draft election law produced by Libya’s National Transitional Council. Sheikh Ali Al Salabi...

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February 17, 2014

Jewish settlers break into Muslim shrines to perform Talmudic rituals

Thousands of Jewish settlers, protected by Israeli soldiers, have filled a Palestinian village in order to perform Talmudic rituals. A spokesman for Kafl Hares municipality said that the soldiers...

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February 17, 2014

Jordanian doctor performs rare surgery in Gaza

A Jordanian doctor has performed rare vascular surgery at Dar Al-Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza, cleaning the carotid artery of a 45 year-old man suffering temporary blindness as a result...

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February 17, 2014

Arts festival in Morocco commemorating third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead

The Moroccan group Initiative for Support and Victory has organised an arts festival in the capital Rabat to commemorate the third anniversary of Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead” against the...

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February 17, 2014

Hamas remains in Syria and has not altered its position

The Vice-Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas has questioned the veracity of reports which claim that the Islamic Resistance Movement has changed some of its political stances, is...

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February 17, 2014

Israel creates artificial limit to tighten sea blockade

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In a new and potentially life-threatening attempt to impose a unilateral limit for Gaza’s fishermen, Israel has placed a series of buoys off the coast of Gaza....

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February 17, 2014

Egyptian presidential candidate says fear of Islamists is unjustifiable

A candidate for the Egyptian presidency has said that there are no reasonable grounds for the fears arising out of the success of Islamist parties in the first stage...

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February 17, 2014

OIC condemns Israeli decision to expel MP from Jerusalem

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the Israeli decision to expel Palestinian Member of Parliament Ahmed Attoun from Jerusalem. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu described the...

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February 17, 2014

The sweet smell of (strawberry) success in Gaza

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Gaza Strip is expected to export at least one thousand tons of strawberries to Western Europe this year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, strawberry farmers...

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