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January 30, 2014

Ashton: Israel must respect human rights obligations

A spokesperson for EU High Representative Catharine Ashton has demanded that the Israeli government respect international human rights obligations regarding Palestinian prisoners and their families. This demand came as Ashton replied...

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January 30, 2014

Ban Ki-Moon: UN will refer to 'the State of Palestine' in all official communications

In future, the ‘State of Palestine’ will be the official alternative name for the ‘Palestinian Authority’ within all UN institutions, but not in Palestinian-Israeli institutions, Ban Ki-Moon has said....

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January 30, 2014

Britain and France set to defy Western embargo on arming Syrian rebels

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has announced that Paris and London are to ask the EU to re-schedule to an earlier date its foreign ministers’ meeting planned for the...

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January 30, 2014

EU calls on Israel to fully respect the human rights of the prisoners

The London-based Arabic daily newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported on February 17, 2013 that the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, has expressed concern about the deteriorating...

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January 30, 2014

Campaigners call on Sainsbury's to ban trade with Israeli agricultural companies

The Palestinian West Bank is today controlled by Israel through a complex web of illegal settlements, with their associated infrastructure of separate roads, security buffer zones, checkpoints and the...

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January 30, 2014

London and Paris consider withdrawal of ambassadors to Tel Aviv

Hebrew media sources have confirmed that Britain and France are looking into the possibility of withdrawing their ambassadors to Israel, among other steps, in protest against its decision to...

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January 30, 2014

EU to enact law to label settlement products clearly

The European Union has threatened to impose economic sanctions on the Israeli government and make sure that goods produced on illegal settlements will be clearly labelled as such. The...

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January 30, 2014

Tension in Poland-Israel relations over destruction of cisterns in the occupied West Bank

Reports in the Israeli media have revealed growing tension in relations between Israel and Poland. Haaretz reported on Wednesday that Poland’s deputy foreign minister refused to meet with the...

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January 30, 2014

UK may hand fugitive former officials to Egypt

Egypt’s former Minister of Finance, who is wanted in his home country on corruption charges, may be handed over to the government in Cairo after a British minister said...

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January 30, 2014

Britain warns of worsening situation in Syria

Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has issued a warning about the worsening situation in Syria. William Hague called for more help to reach a political solution and...

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