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American College Student Held in Israel for Support of BDS Movement

Her “crime”, according to Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry, is that while studying for her bachelor’s degree in Florida, she was president of an organization that supported a boycott against Israel.

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An American student has become the latest victim of Israel’s law targeting supporters of the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Lara Alqasem, 22, has been held since last Tuesday at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. Alqasem is a graduate of the University of Florida and a US citizen whose grandparents are Palestinian She tried to

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US Counterterrorism Strategy Puts New Focus on Iran and Proxies

The strategy is the first issued since 2011 when the Obama administration’s view of counterterrorism was focused almost exclusively on the threat posed by al Qaeda after the death of its founder, Osama bin Laden.

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John Bolton, then acting U.S. United Nations Ambassador, arrives for a meeting on North Korea at the UN Security Council in New York, Oct. 13, 2006. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

The Trump administration is giving greater priority to Iran and radical groups it backs in a new US counterterrorism strategy document released on Thursday that further increases the pressure from Washington on Tehran, Reuters reports. The strategy, unveiled by National Security Adviser John Bolton, is the first issued since 2011 when the Obama

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Washington Post Journalist Disappears After Visit to Saudi Consulate in Turkey

Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée said he had not exited the diplomatic mission for more than 7-1/2 hours after entering to secure documentation of his divorce so that he could remarry.

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Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Khashoggi was recently banned from reporting by the Saudi government over his public criticism of Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Two people close to Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, who left the United States last year fearing retribution for his critical views, are concerned about his whereabouts, saying he failed to emerge from Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée, as well as a close friend contacted

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Saudi Arabia Admits it Made “Mistakes” in Targeting Civilians in Yemen

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday examined the Saudi record on compliance with a treaty protocol on children in armed conflict, and repeatedly raised the issue of children killed by coalition attacks in Yemen.

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Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was working hard to correct mistaken targeting by its military coalition in Yemen that has killed civilians including children, but UN rights experts voiced skepticism, Reuters reports. International pressure mounted on the kingdom, including from allies, to do more to limit civilian casualties in a 3-1/2 year civil

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Spanish Soccer Team Honors Palestinian Icon Ahed Tamimi in Madrid

Ahed arrived at Real Madrid’s home field of Santiago Bernabeu hours before the anticipated derby match between the club and Atletico Madrid.

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Ahed Tamimi stans between her father Bassam and mother Nariman during a press conference on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 29, 2018. Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman returned home to a hero's welcome in her West Bank village on Sunday after Israel released the 17-year-old from prison at the end of her eight-month sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier .Majdi Mohammed | AP

The 17-year-old Palestinian icon, Ahed al-Tamimi, who was imprisoned for eight months in an Israeli prison, was honoured by the Spanish soccer club Real Madrid, on Saturday, after being invited to visit the team’s home stadium. Ahed arrived at Real Madrid’s home field of Santiago Bernabeu hours before the anticipated derby match between the club

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Report: Israel Denies Entry to 2,000 Palestinians Based on Their Last Names

Since 2016, thousands of Palestinian workers from the West Bank have had their entry denied overnight, rendering them jobless.

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Over the past two years, more than 2,000 people have been impacted by a decision to revoke entry permits to Israel from Palestinians who share a name with someone who has carried out a resistance attack, a report by Hebrew channel Social TV has revealed. Since 2016, thousands of Palestinian workers from the West Bank, many of whom have worked in

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Netanyahu Claims Iran Has a Secret Nuclear Site

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu showed an aerial photograph of the Iranian capital marked with a red arrow.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Reuters reports. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu showed an aerial photograph of the Iranian

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