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July 9, 2021

Palestine Authority must legislate against domestic violence, rights groups say

Palestinian women’s rights organisations criticised the Palestinian Authority for not drafting laws that could have prevented the deaths of 58 women who were murdered in incidents of domestic violence...

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July 9, 2021

US, French envoys in Saudi to discuss Lebanon political solution

The American and French ambassadors to Lebanon conducted a rare visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday, in efforts to come up with a solution to the country’s political and economic...

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July 9, 2021

Saudi launches new US-based news platform in White House lobbying effort

Saudi Arabia is working on creating a digital news platform and a studio in Washington DC as part of the kingdom’s efforts to exert political pressure on the White...

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July 9, 2021

Egypt: African Union’s efforts to solve Ethiopia dam crisis failed

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said during a UN Security Council session yesterday that the efforts led by the African Union (AU) to resolve the crisis surrounding the Grand Ethiopian...

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July 9, 2021

Another Palestinian couple has been separated due to Israeli restrictions

Mohammad Dweekat has been living since 2007 with his mother and two sisters in an old rented house in Rafah, a city in the south of the Gaza Strip....
July 9, 2021

US restores assistance to UNRWA

The Biden administration announced on Sunday that it will restart funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Fund for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) and other assistance cut by former...

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July 9, 2021

Israel isn’t fooling anyone by speaking up for Uyghur Muslims; its self-interest is obvious

Last month, Israel called out China over human-rights abuses against more than one million ethnic Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. This was reportedly after US pressure to do so. Ironically,...

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July 9, 2021

Abbas meets US Congress delegation, applauded Biden's support for Palestinians

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday discussed the peace process and the latest developments in the occupied territories with a delegation from the US Congress, Wafa reported. The Chairman of the Foreign...

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July 9, 2021

Russia offers six-month extension of Idlib border crossing, but US demands a year

Russia has proposed extending the opening of the last humanitarian border crossing into north-west Syria by six months, in a potential compromise move. The United States, however, is demanding...

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July 9, 2021

Palestinian cast refuses to take part in Cannes Film Festival over inclusion as ‘Israeli film’

“We cannot ignore the contradiction of the film’s entry into Cannes under the label of an “Israeli film” when Israel continues to carry its decades-long colonial campaign of ethnic...

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