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January 3, 2017

Arab MK Ghattas suspended from Knesset for six months

The Knesset Ethics Committee yesterday suspended Member of the Knesset Basil Ghattas of the Joint List from all Knesset activities for six months. The decision was approved by the...

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January 3, 2017

Iraqi PM denies involvement of foreign ground troops in Mosul

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi yesterday said the ground troops fighting to recapture the city of Mosul from Daesh militants are made up only of national citizens, adding that...

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January 3, 2017

400,000 documents released about missing Yemeni babies in Israel

Israel last week made public a database of 400,000 previously classified documents, concerning the alleged systematic kidnapping of babies from over 1,000 immigrant Jewish families since the 1950s, the...

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January 3, 2017

UAE warns against travel to Turkey

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has warned its citizens against travelling to Turkey following the terrorist attack last week by Daesh on a packed Istanbul nightclub. UAE Ministry of...

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January 3, 2017

Israeli forces raid Nafha prison, assault Palestinian prisoners

Israeli Prison Services (IPS) forces yesterday raided Nafha prison cells and assaulted Palestinian prisoners, causing injuries among prisoners and damaging their personal belongings, according to the Palestinian Committee of...

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January 3, 2017

Hebron hospital staff strike over $7m debt owed by PA

Protests would continue as long as employees are not paid regularly....

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January 3, 2017

Israel seeks private funders for 70th anniversary celebrations

The Israeli Cabinet yesterday approved a bill which allows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek 100 million Israeli shekels ($25.9 million) in private funding for the celebrations to mark...

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January 3, 2017

100 arrested as strikes enter second day in Algeria

A general strike of traders against the new Finance Law has entered its second day in the Algerian province of Bejaia. Yesterday, the first day of strikes, was marked by violent...

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January 3, 2017

UN appeals for $547m in aid for Palestinians

The United Nations called for donations of $547 million to help meet the urgent needs of Palestinian refugees in the occupied East Jerusalem and parts of occupied West Bank...

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January 3, 2017

Jordan: Karak terrorist cell planned to use 15kg of explosives

Jordanian security sources revealed that the armed cell that carried out the attack in Karak last month was planning a major attack against several locations during New Year’s celebrations...

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