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Jewish Voters in Jerusalem Elections Have 187 Polling Stations, Palestinians Only Have Six

Polling station in Jewish neighborhoods will serve an average of 2,000 voters, while in Palestinian neighborhoods that number will be 40,000.

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Palestinians in Jerusalem will be given only six polling stations in the upcoming municipal elections while Jews will have 187, it emerged yesterday. Pointing to plans by Israel’s Interior Ministry, Haaretz reported that despite the fact that occupied East Jerusalem is home to 40 per cent of Jerusalem’s population, these Palestinian neighbourhoods

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US Sanctions Imposed on Tehran Are Burdening Baghdad’s Economy

Baghdad declared that it would ask Washington to exempt Tehran from the sanctions because the Iraqi economy depends on the Iranian economy.

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The Iraqi government is worried about US sanctions imposed on Iran, which seem to have a negative impact on the Iraqi economy too. There is currently political unrest in Iraq, as the protests calling for economic reforms have restarted. Baghdad declared that it would ask Washington to exempt Tehran from the sanctions because the Iraqi economy

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Saudi Arabia Seeking Death Penalty for Five Human Rights Activists

Among the detainees is Israa al-Ghomgham, whom Saudi activists said was the first woman to face the death penalty for rights-related work possibly.

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Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against five human rights activists from the kingdom’s Eastern Province currently on trial in a secretive terrorism court, groups including Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. Among the detainees is Israa al-Ghomgham, whom Saudi activists said was the first woman to face the death penalty

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Trump Says Israel’s Prime Minister ‘Will Soon Be Called Mohammed’

Trump allegedly made the comments to Jordan’s King Abdullah while the latter visited the White House in late June though the comments have only emerged this weekend.

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US President Donald Trump has said that Israel’s Prime Minister “in a few years will be called Mohammed” if a one-state policy prevails in Israel-Palestine. Trump allegedly made the comments to Jordan’s King Abdullah while the latter visited the White House in late June. King Abdullah allegedly told Trump that “many young Palestinians don’t want

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UN Chief Suggests Deploying Armed Forces to Protect Palestinians from Israel

“The combination of prolonged military occupation, constant security threats, weak political institutions, and a deadlocked peace process provides for a protection challenge that is highly complex politically, legally and practically.”

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The protection of Palestinian civilians could be improved by the deployment of UN-mandated armed forces or unarmed observers, a beefed-up UN civilian presence or expanded UN assistance, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a report on Friday. The United Nations General Assembly requested the report in a resolution adopted in June that

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UN Chief Calls for Supporting Efforts to Avoid Escalation in Gaza

The Secretary-General’s statement also calls on all parties to address humanitarian issues in Gaza and the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza.

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The Secretary-General António Guterres called on Thursday on “all parties” to support the efforts being exerted to avoid a new escalation in the Gaza Strip, a statement a copy of which sent to MEMO said. “The Secretary-General calls on all parties to support the efforts of UN Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov and Egypt to avoid an escalation

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Following Push by Bolton, Trump Green Lights More Cyberattacks

National security adviser John Bolton began the effort to remove the directive after he took up his position in April.

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National security adviser John Bolton listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump took steps on Wednesday to loosen limits on when the US government can deploy cyberweapons against adversaries, reversing Obama-era guidelines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Trump signed an order reversing Presidential Policy Directive 20 that had mapped out an elaborate interagency process before the United

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