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January 8, 2015

Palestine to join ICC on April 1

The International Criminal Court announced yesterday that Palestinians will formally become members of the organisation on 1 April, and its jurisdiction will date back to June 13, 2014. ICC...

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January 8, 2015

Abbas upholds symbolism over anti-colonial struggle

PA President Mahmoud Abbas seems intent on pursuing further symbolism for Palestine. Following the perfunctory recognition of Palestinian statehood by some European countries last year, which was essentially an...

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January 8, 2015

Kuwait detains former MP for anti-Emir tweet

Scores of Kuwaiti activists, including former members of parliament, yesterday protested against detaining former parliamentarian Saleh Al-Mulla on charges of insulting the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...

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January 8, 2015

2 prisoners survive assassination attempts in Israeli jails

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Study Centre warned of more assassinations inside Israeli jails after two detainees survived following attempts to kill them, Qudsnet.com reported yesterday. According to Qudsnet.com, the Prisoners’...

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January 8, 2015

Baghdad and Erbil discuss security coordination to counter ISIS threat

Iraq’s Ministry of Defence yesterday held talks with senior security delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government to deepen security and military cooperation between the two sides to counter the...

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January 8, 2015

Poll: majority of Palestinians believe Israel will destroy Al-Aqsa

A new poll revealed that as many as 86 per cent of the Palestinians believe that Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which includes Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, is...

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January 8, 2015

The Palestinian Authority and its political dreams

The final day of 2014 witnessed an Arab and Palestinian failure at the UN Security Council, which rejected a resolution that called upon the UN to set a specific...

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January 8, 2015

If terrorist groups are to be defeated, Saudi Arabia must stop funding those it favours

Ever since ISIS captured land across Iraq and Syria last year, and announced a “new caliphate” across the two nations, other countries in the region have been concerned about...

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January 8, 2015

Iran stresses relations with Hamas are 'strong'

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussein Amir Abdollahian yesterday stressed that Tehran’s relations with Hamas are “good” and “strong”, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported. Abdollahian’s remarks...

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January 8, 2015

Palestinian Football Association condemns Israel after player banned from travel

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) yesterday condemned Israel’s decision to prevent a member of the Palestine national team Sameh Marabah from travelling to Jordan on his way to Australia...

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