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November 28, 2014

Israel's Chief Military Rabbi questions Islamic religious significance of Al-Aqsa compound

Israel’s Chief Military Rabbi Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz has claimed that the religious significance of Jerusalem’s al-Haram al-Sharif in Islam is an invention, stating that the vast majority of...

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November 28, 2014

ISIS seeks prisoner swap deal with Iraqi government

The Islamic State (ISIS) is seeking to strike a prisoner swap deal with the Iraqi government, sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Sources said ISIS would agree to release hundreds of...

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November 28, 2014

$100,000 pledged to help Gazans survive the cold

The International Commission for the Popular Support of Gaza announced that it is providing $100,000 to support those affected by the recent cold front which has hit the Strip,...

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November 28, 2014

Hamdan: We accept unconditional Palestinian support

Osama Hamdan, the head of the international relations committee of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, stressed on Thursday that any role supportive of the Palestinian cause and which does...

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November 28, 2014

Israel's Mossad and its 'moderate' Saudi allies

Former Mossad director Shabtai Shavit’s piece in Israeli newspaper Haaretz this week gave some good indications of the thinking and strategy of a certain influential segment of liberal Zionist...

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November 28, 2014

The Battle for Islam

With over 1.6 billion followers, one third of them living as minorities, Islam is a major force in the world today. An active factor in international relations, its influence...

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November 28, 2014

Erdogan opens the Palestinian Trade and Business expo in Istanbul

The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, opened the Palestinian Trade and Business Expo in Istanbul alongside the 30th ministerial meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation...

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November 28, 2014

Lieberman renews plan for land swaps and 'transfer' of Palestinians

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said towns in northern Israel which have a high Arab population should be included in a future Palestinian state in the framework of a...

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November 27, 2014

UN General Assembly: Israel's actions in Jerusalem are null and void

The United Nations General Assembly adopted six resolutions regarding Israeli occupied territories through a recorded vote last night, addressing the areas of Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan. In terms...

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November 27, 2014

Early photographs reveal British interests in a fading Ottoman Empire

In the Queen’s Gallery, London, Sophie Gordon draws my attention to a collection of papyri on the wall. They have faded with age and some are ripped across the...

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