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January 11, 2021

Israel has no plan to offer vaccination to Palestinians, warns MK

Further concerns have been raised over Israel’s ongoing failure to include Palestinians in its COVID-19 vaccination programme dubbed by critics as “medical apartheid”. The latest comes from Dr Yousef...

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January 11, 2021

Canada: wine distributor erases Palestine from label

The labelling of products originating on Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory has sparked further controversy in Canada after a government run wine seller was found distributing bottles of Palestinian-made wine after...

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January 11, 2021

Turkey gov’t, military moves from WhatsApp to local messaging app

Turkey’s media office quits WhatsApp over its new privacy policy...

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January 11, 2021

Pope casts doubt on Iraq visit in March due to covid

Pope Francis has stated that he is unsure about his historic trip to Iraq scheduled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an interview yesterday evening with Italy’s Canale 5 broadcasting...

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January 11, 2021

US imposes $8.6m penalty on French-Arab bank for violating sanctions

The Paris-based Union of Arab and French Banks (UBAF) has agreed to pay an $8.6 million penalty imposed by the US Treasury Department for violating a series of sanctions...

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January 11, 2021

Libya urged to search for mass graves in Tarhuna

Libya’s United Nations-backed government was urged on Thursday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in Tarhuna, an agricultural town 45 miles southeast of the Libyan capital, which...

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January 11, 2021

Algeria: former-PM admits selling gold bars on black market

A former Algerian prime minister has admitted selling gold bars on the black market, Algerie Presse Service (APS) has reported. Ahmed Ouyahia, 68, received the gold in his official...

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January 11, 2021

Israel rejects WHO’s request to provide Palestine medics covid vaccines

Israel rejected the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) informal request to immediately provide Palestinian medical staff COVID-19 vaccinations. The country has been widely criticised for intentionally barring Palestinians from getting vaccinated in...

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January 11, 2021

‘Israel’ is a short story

A few years ago, I read about an American dentist who asked one of his patients about his hobbies. “Reading,” the patient replied. “What do you read these days?”...

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January 11, 2021

US to designate Yemen’s Houthis as terrorist group, says Pompeo

"The designations are intended to hold Ansarallah accountable for its terrorist acts, including cross-border attacks threatening civilian populations, infrastructure and commercial shipping", says Pompeo...

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