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Italy Rescues Migrants and Asks Other Countries to Host Them

Italy is trying to find countries willing to take in some 450 migrants rescued from an overcrowded ship in the Mediterranean on Saturday.

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African migrants stand on the deck of the Aquarius vessel of "SOS Mediterranee" and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Malta, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. 265 people rescued from the sea during previous days are being transferred to Italy. (AP/Darko Bandic)

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is trying to find countries willing to take in some 450 migrants rescued from an overcrowded ship in the Mediterranean on Saturday, a source at the premier’s office said. A ship operated by EU border agency Frontex and a vessel owned by Italy’s tax police picked up the migrants near the Italian island of

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Israeli Defense Minister Calls to Shut Down Israeli Embassy in Ireland

The Irish ambassador in Tel Aviv was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry in after the Irish Senate took the decision.

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Shut Down Israeli Embassy

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman called to shut down Israeli embassy in the Irish capital Dublin, Thursday, in response to the Irish Senate’s decision to boycott Israeli settlements products. Lieberman tweeted: “It is pointless to summon the Irish ambassador to Israel for reprimand. Israel should close the embassy in Dublin immediately.

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Saudi Arabia Issues Royal Pardon for Soldiers in Yemen

The royal pardon covers all “military men” who have taken part in “Operation Restoring Hope”.

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Saudi Arabia Issues Royal Pardon

Saudi Arabia’s has issued a royal pardon for all soldiers deployed in Yemen, a statementpublished by Saudi Arabia’ s government news agency SPA earlier in the week. The royal pardon covers all “military men” who have taken part in “Operation Restoring Hope”. The official clean slate is signed off by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman and King Salman

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Israel Closes Gaza’s Commercial Border Crossing, Tightening the Siege

The move will see the blockade tightened, blocking commercial supplies that regularly pass through the crossing to the besieged Strip.

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Israel Closes Gaza Border Crossing

Israel will close the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza in protest of Palestinian kite-launchers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in the Knesset yesterday. The move will see the blockade tightened, blocking commercial supplies that regularly pass through the crossing to the besieged Strip, although some humanitarian aid

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UN Officials Urge Israel to End Illegal West Bank Demolitions

Israel occupation forces violently attacked Palestinians as they evicted them from their homes near Jerusalem.

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Protesters surround a bulldozer in the Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar, July 4, 2018. Israeli police scuffled with with people protesting the demolition of the village which is Israel says is illegal due to a lack of building permits, despite being on Palestinian land in the West Bank. Majdi Mohammed | AP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2UpatWaV6c Senior United Nations officials on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territory yesterday urgedIsrael to halt its demolition of Palestinian properties, expressing “serious concern” over events in Khan Al-Ahmar, a village slated for destruction. Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, the Head of

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Trump to Saudi Arabia: Lower Oil Prices or We Won’t ‘Defend’ You

The situation has put Saudi in a precarious position and it’s probably one which the Kingdom has not foreseen having pushed the US to take such a hard line against the Iranians.

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If Gulf countries do not increase oil outputs to cover the shortfall left by Iran, America may not defend them, US President Donald Trump has warned in a tweet. America wants to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero by November. Should it succeed and Tehran’s two million barrels a day be taken off the market, the cost of oil is likely to soar and cause a

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Poll: Majority of Israeli Jews Believe in a Military Solution With Palestine

21 percent of the respondents expressed concern that Trump could recognize the state of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital, while 62 percent said they did not believe that would happen.

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As many as 65 percent of Israeli Jews surveyed in a new poll said they believe that Israel must “win a decisive victory in military confrontations with the Palestinians” in order to end the conflict. The poll conducted by the Israel Victory Plan comes as senior Israeli security officials have reiterated that Israel is at a crossroads with the Gaza

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