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December 17, 2019

Ex-US general criticises America’s support for YPG Kurds

A former US military general has criticised his country’s support for the Kurdish militia in Syria, the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), which has been of detriment to the previously...

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December 17, 2019

Sudan closing Hamas, Hezbollah offices to rebuild US ties

In an attempt to re-establish ties with the US and to lift sanctions imposed on it, Sudan is set to shut the offices of the Hamas and Hezbollah resistance...

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December 17, 2019

Film about lawyer who represents Palestinians shortlisted for Oscar

An acclaimed biopic about Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has dedicated her life to representing Palestinian defendants charged by Israeli authorities, has been shortlisted for an Oscar. “Advocate” is...

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December 17, 2019

Brazil and Israel are complicit in denying Palestinian rights in Jerusalem

It was a celebration of sorts for Israel when Brazil inaugurated the opening of its trade and investment promotions office in Jerusalem. As indicated by Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son...

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December 17, 2019

Israel bans Amnesty staffer from accompanying mother for chemotherapy

Israeli occupation authorities are preventing an Amnesty International staff member from accompanying his mother to chemotherapy treatment, according to the global human rights organisation. Laith Abu Zeyad, Amnesty International’s...

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December 17, 2019

Iraq security forces accused of protest massacres

Iraq and its security forces have been accused of committing a series of massacres against protesters in the capital Baghdad by the UK-based Human Rights Watch. In particular, the...

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December 17, 2019

UK-Egypt health cooperation despite medical negligence in prison

The British ambassador to Egypt has taken part in the second meeting of the UK-Egypt Healthcare Initiative, despite serious allegations of healthcare abuse inside Egypt’s prisons. Ambassador Geoffrey Adams...

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December 17, 2019

Pompeo attacks Democrats’ ‘foolish positions’ on Israel settlements

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote a letter to Democratic members of the House who previously criticised the Trump administration’s policy shift on Israeli settlements, attacking what the...

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December 17, 2019

Highest ever Israel spending on settlements in first quarter of 2019

Official Israeli figures show that in the first quarter of 2019 the government spent 390 million shekels ($111.5 million) on settlements in the occupied West Bank, “the highest first-quarter...

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December 17, 2019

US Trump’s peace plan will establish a ‘New Palestine’ in Gaza

Details of US President Donald Trump’s peace deal for the Middle East, dubbed the “deal of the century”, have allegedly been obtained by Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen. While the...

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