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Erekat calls for immediate release of sick prisoner

Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), called on Israeli authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Palestinian prisoner and cancer patient Kamal Abu Wa’ar, who today tested positive for coronavirus. The PLO secretary general warned that an outbreak of coronavirus inside prisons would bring …

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Israel demolishes wedding hall in Arab town of Tira

Israeli occupation authorities demolished a wedding hall today in the Arab town of Tira, in central Israel, under the pretext of construction without a permit. Heavily armed Israeli police forces accompanied by bulldozers broke into the town in the early morning hours, cordoned off the area where the wedding hall …

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Israeli police tear down anti-Netanyahu protest camp

PM battles corruption claims amid mass rallies over his handling of Covid-19 crisis Israeli police have clashed with protesters outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s house, as the embattled prime minister faces heightened criticism for alleged corruption and his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, arrived outside …

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Israel/OPT: 10 things you need to know about “annexation”

On 20 April, following Israel’s third election within 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival Benny Gantz formed a governing coalition under a unity deal. Included in this deal is an agreement allowing Israel’s government to start the domestic process of “annexing” parts of the occupied …

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