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‘Everyone wants to work here,’ say Gaza merchants allowed into Israel

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Israeli military’s decision to increase the number of permits for Palestinians in the impoverished enclave by to a record 7,000 was met with jubilations among the Gazans wanting to find work Matan Tzuri Published: 02.19.20 , 12:18 The workers from Gaza who legally crossed the border on Wednesday morning, expressed their feelings of gratitude after […]

Talks With Moscow on Idlib Fail to Bring Desired Result, Far From Meeting Ankara’s Demands – Erdogan

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  09:11 GMT 19.02.2020(updated 10:10 GMT 19.02.2020)  Idlib Province in Syria has suffered an uptick of clashes between the Syrian Arab Army and militants supported by Turkey. Ankara maintains that Damascus breached a ceasefire agreement and threatened to launch a military offensive in retaliation. Russian and Syrian forces continue to come under attack from Idlib […]

Iraqi MP: ‘Deal of the Century’ to transfer Palestinians to Iraq

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The MP claimed that the US is preparing a large area of the al-Anbar desert for Palestinian families. JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 19, 2020 11:54 Iraqi people burn a U.S. flag and a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump in a protest after an airstrike at the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah militia group in Qaim, […]

Jordan Tells Its Palestinian Citizens, ‘We Don’t Want You’ (But They Call It ‘Right of Return’)

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by Elder of Ziyon     Demonstrators hold Jordanian national flags and chant slogans during a protest against an agreement to import natural gas from Israel, in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Muhammad Hamed / File. The Speaker of the Jordanian Senate, Faisal Al-Fayez, is sponsoring a campaign to be launched by […]

‘Israeli missile is only guarantee of survival from potential Iran nukes’

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The Arrow missile system has already succeeded in pushing Iran to shift its military tactics. YONAH JEREMY BOB FEBRUARY 19, 2020 11:10 In the face of a potential Iranian nuclear weapon, “only the Arrow missile-defense system guarantees Israeli survival,” Dov Raviv, former head of the Arrow project at Israel Aircraft Industries, said Tuesday. “We cannot […]

Erekat to companies operating in Judea and Samaria: Leave the ‘settlements’

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Senior PLO official calls on companies named in UN blacklist to cease doing business in “settlements”. Elad Benari, 19/02/20 Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday called on international companies doing business in Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria to cease doing business in “settlements”, […]

9,000 new Israeli homes planned for east Jerusalem

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Most of the land involved in the plan is considered government property and as such would not be taken from private owners. TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 19, 2020 08:45 The Housing Ministry filed a request last week for the construction of 9,000 new Israeli homes in the Atarot area of east Jerusalem, reported Peace Now on […]

Saudi jet ‘downing’ in Yemen stirs alarm over Houthi weaponry

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Rebels say they shot down a Tornado jet in the northern province of Al-Jawf; fate of two crewmen unknown; development may challenge Riyadh-led coalition’s air dominance Anuj ChopraToday, 8:42 am RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Claims that Yemeni rebels shot down a Saudi warplane have spotlighted the increasingly potent Houthi arsenal — cause for alarm […]

Germany to tighten screws on online hate speech

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Draft law calls for pressuring social networks like Facebook and Twitter to quickly remove offending content By Mathieu FOULKES Today, 9:44 am   BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — With growing dangers from far-right extremist groups and torrents of threats against politicians, Germany is set to toughen online speech laws and tighten the screws on social networks. […]

Resistance, referendum only viable solution to Palestine issue: Iran’s FM Zarif

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Press TV – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the only viable solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in taking the path of resistance and a popular vote, rather than the US-devised Middle East proposal that seeks to bolster Israeli hold on occupied land at the expense of Palestinian rights. Zarif made the […]

Mandelblit said set tell court Netanyahu can form government despite graft trial

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Should Likud leader be tasked with building coalition after March election, attorney general won’t oppose it, despite criminal proceedings, TV report says TOI staff18 February 2020, 9:56 pm Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is expected to inform the High Court of Justice that he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can legally form a government despite having […]

As Trump Gives Up on ‘Endless Wars,’ Russia, China, and Iran Move In

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by Seth Frantzman The Daily Beast February 17, 2020 Will American diplomacy in Africa be enough? JERUSALEM–Two decades of expanding operations against what United States Special Operations Command called a “global insurgency of state and non-state actors” has led to fatigue at home and questions abroad about U.S. strategy. The latest Trump administration deal with […]

Jordan condemns Israel’s plan to bring high-speed train to Western Wall

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Amman calls proposal by transportation minister a ‘flagrant violation of international law’ TOI staff18 February 2020, 7:54 pm Jordan on Tuesday condemned an Israeli minister’s plan to extend the high-speed Tel Aviv-Jerusalem rail line to the Western Wall holy site in the capital’s Old City. Calling the plan a “flagrant violation of international law,” Amman’s […]

Israel rolls out new wartime plan to reform armed forces

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Seth J. Frantzman JERUSALEM — Israel has announced a new multiyear plan to restructure its armed forces to face existing and potential future adversaries for decades. The plan, called “Tnufa” in Hebrew and “Momentum” in English, has been a priority for Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the Israel Defense Forces’ chief of the General Staff, over the […]