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November 8, 2019

Israel's Netanyahu appoints far-right Bennett as defence minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed the head of a far-right political party as defence minister of his caretaker government, a spokesman for the premier’s right-wing Likud party said...

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November 8, 2019

Palestinians rally for weekly demonstrations in Gaza

Protesters from across the Gaza Strip headed to the eastern areas of the coastal enclave carrying Palestinian flags high...

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November 8, 2019

UN: Egypt prison conditions may have led to Morsi’s death

The prison conditions in Egypt may have directly led to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi, and may be placing the health and lives of thousands more prisoners...

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November 8, 2019

Velvet

“The rain was not in a docile mood.” Huzama Habayeb’s opening sentence of her novel Velvet (Hoopoe Fiction, 2019), beckons the reader to delve into intertwining worlds: the extravagance...

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November 8, 2019

Jewish Chronicle urges Britons not to vote for Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn

With just over a month to go until the British public cast their vote in what is expected to be a close race in the country’s most important General...

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November 8, 2019

Egypt: Al-Azhar Grand Imam warns Sisi of injustice

Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, has warned Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi against injustice. Al-Tayeb reminded the Egyptian president that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)...

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November 8, 2019

Iran pulls out of deaf sports championship to avoid Israel

The Iranian sports team has withdrawn from the upcoming fourth World Deaf Futsal Championships in Switzerland after being scheduled to play against Israel. Iran’s National Deaf Futsal Team beat...

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November 8, 2019

Daesh lives on despite the loss of its ‘caliph’

While the death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi represents one of the most successful anti-terrorist actions in recent history and was a severe blow to Daesh, his death is rather...

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November 8, 2019

Iran teacher beats, racially abuses Ahwazi boy aged 9

A nine-year-old Ahwazi Arab boy was reportedly beaten with a thick plastic rod and abused by his sports teacher for playing football with friends without the correct kit on....

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November 8, 2019

US weapons shipment arrives in Yemen despite Congress objections

Leaked footage purportedly shows a weapons cargo, including US-made vehicles being shipped into the Saudi-controlled Yemeni port city of Aden last week. The secretly filmed footage appears to show...

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