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Massive Protests Erupt in Tel Aviv Over Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law

Arab Israelis make up around 20 per cent of the country’s 9 million citizens. Israeli law guarantees them full equal rights, but many say they face constant discrimination, citing inferior services and unfair allocations for education, health and housing.

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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against Israel’s new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, which has provoked outrage among the country’s most integrated minority, the Druze. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended the law, which says only Jews have the right of self-determination in

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Israel’s New “Impenetrable” Underwater Sea Barrier Blockading Gaza Is Just as Absurd as It Sounds

The barrier will consist of three layers: an underwater base level; a 50-metre-wide platform made of armored stone, and a six-metre-high barbed wire fence.

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Israel’s Ministry of Defence yesterday released the first images of its sea barrier designed to further blockade the besieged Gaza Strip. The barrier is located on Zikim beach, approximately three kilometres from Gaza’s northern frontier. The project is slated to be completed by the end of 2018 and is likely to cost an estimated 25 million shekels

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Israeli Soldiers Beat, Stripped and Robbed Freedom Flotilla Activists

“If we were Palestinians it would be much worse with physical assaults and probably loss of lives. The situation is therefore dire for the Palestinians.”

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Founding trustee of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Dr Swee Ang was on board the Al-Awda boat sailing to break the illegal Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip when occupation forces commandeered the vessel. In a personal testimony Ang outlines the violent treatment the unarmed activists received at the hands of heavily armed Israeli soldiers in

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UN Envoy: Yemen Peace Talks Set for September

Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Griffiths said it is time to resume a political process in Yemen to resolve the crisis, alluding to previous peace talks that failed.

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UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths said Thursday he plans to invite Yemen’s warring parties to Geneva for peace talks on 6 September, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Griffiths said it is time to resume a political process in Yemen to resolve the crisis, alluding to previous peace talks that

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Israel Begins Deporting Detained Freedom Flotilla Activists

The deportations came two days after activists were detained following an attack by Israeli naval forces on the ship in international waters.

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Israeli authorities began deporting several of the international solidarity activists who were aboard the Al-Awda ship of the Freedom Flotilla, Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege announced yesterday. Gaza’s National Committee confirmed that the activists’ deportation comes two days after they were detained following an attack by

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Saudi Arabia Arrests More Women’s Rights Activists

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said authorities arrested Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah in the past two days.

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Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest in a government crackdown on activists, clerics and journalists, an international rights group said today. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said authorities arrested Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah in the past two days. More than a dozen women’s rights activists have been targeted

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Israel’s Takeover of Freedom Flotilla Was Not ‘Peaceful’

Activist on board on the boat were reportedly assaulted by masked Israeli soldiers.

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The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza expressed its concern for the safety of the international solidarity activists who were on board the Gaza-bound Al-Awda (Return) boat which was boarded by the Israeli navy on Sunday. Activist on board on the boat were reportedly assaulted by masked Israeli soldiers. They were then detained

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