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August 19, 2019

Google to reopen Egypt office despite government human rights abuses

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August 19, 2019

Encouraging Hamas to stop its secret operations

In recent months, Hamas has held a number of public political conferences in which it discussed its future, its internal and external developments, and its political and military relations....

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August 19, 2019

Hanna: March of Return reaffirms Palestinian rights

The Palestinian Archbishop of Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox Church, Atallah Hanna, has said that the March of Return rallies in the Gaza Strip are aimed at declaring and affirming that the Palestinian...

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August 19, 2019

Syria: Fierce battles as Assad's forces enter Khan Sheikhoun

Syrian government forces stormed the town of Khan Sheikhoun yesterday amid fierce clashes with armed opposition groups, leaving dozens dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the government’s ground troops penetrated...

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August 19, 2019

My heart aches for Myanmar and Kashmir; for Idlib and Aden

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August 19, 2019

EU using Israel drones to track migrant boats in the Med

The European Union (EU) invested over $115 million in Israeli-made unmanned drones to police the Mediterranean Sea. The Observer discovered three contracts with Frontex, the EU’s border and coastguard...

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August 19, 2019

Israel Police limit right to protest

Israel’s police has drawn up new regulations restricting the rights to civil protests, with those who break them committing “criminal offences”. Despite the Israeli High Court of Justice having...

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August 19, 2019

Netanyahu: Israel election won’t stop Gaza war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to strike the already-besieged Gaza Strip regardless of the country’s upcoming general election. Speaking yesterday as he embarked on a two-day visit...

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August 19, 2019

Bedouin in Marsa Matrouh protest Egypt confiscation of their land

Bedouin in the city of Negila west of Marsa Matrouh are staging a sit-in to protest the confiscation of their land they say is being sold on to the...

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August 19, 2019

#MyPalestinianSitty trends after Tlaib refuses to enter Israel

Last week US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib rejected an offer from Israel to visit her grandmother in the West Bank village of Beit Ur Al-Fouqa, after she and fellow Congresswoman...

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