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February 14, 2014

Facebook closes accounts commemorating Palestinian Nakba

The social networking website Facebook has closed down accounts opened by Palestinian-Israelis to commemorate the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948. Pages established by the Jaffa Youth Movement were targeted specifically....

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February 14, 2014

Israel plans construction scheme to facilitate Bedouin land confiscation

Israeli media sources reported on Monday May 13, that the Israeli government plans to construct a city in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley for Palestinian Bedouins. Palestinians are of...

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February 14, 2014

Palestinian population hits 11.6 million on 65th anniversary of Nakba

Palestinian population hits 11.6 million on 65th anniversary of Nakba In the wake of the 65th commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) announced...

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February 14, 2014

Abbas to issue formal declaration criminalising torture

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is to issue a formal declaration criminalising torture. An announcement to this effect was made following the publication of the 18th Annual Report of...

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February 14, 2014

Jailed Fatah leader calls for Palestinian state on 1967 borders

Marwan Barghouti has criticised the concept of land swaps with the Israelis and called for a Palestinian state on all of the land occupied by Israel in 1967. The...

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February 14, 2014

Interior Ministry in Gaza ready to cooperate with Egypt on kidnapped soldiers

The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza condemned on Thursday the kidnapping of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula near to the city of Al-Arish. It also issued orders for...

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February 14, 2014

Hamas denies statements attributed to Meshaal

A member of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ezzat Al-Resheq, has denied claims made in an Egyptian newspaper that Khaled Meshaal said, “Hamas is willing, in principle, to have negotiations...

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February 14, 2014

Ban Ki-moon contacts Netanyahu over Jerusalem violations following pressure from Egypt

Following the demands made by Egypt’s permanent representative at the UN, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, phoned Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to halt Israeli violations against...

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February 14, 2014

Abbas says Egypt is not biased toward Hamas

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said that regarding Palestinian internal reconciliation, he “absolutely does not feel that the Egyptian position is closer to Hamas”. “If I felt so, I...

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February 14, 2014

Israeli ambassador to Amman officially expelled

Jordan’s Minister for Information and Communication, Mohammed al-Momani, last Thursday officially announced the departure of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo. In a press conference held on Wednesday...

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