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Palestinian Rights Activists Deliver Petition Demanding NBC Not Film in Occupied East Jerusalem

May 6, New York- On Monday NBC refused to accept a petition signed by more than 5,000 people calling on the network to end its involvement in the action series DIG, which will be set and shot in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian city of East Jerusalem. Representatives from Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, Jewish Voice for …

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I-Nakba phone app to educate people on history of Arab villages

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Israeli organization Zochrot will release the I-Nakba phone app on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, on 5th May at 20:00. Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe”, will let users of the app locate any Arab village abandoned in the 1948 war on an interactive map, add comments, photos, and data and learn about the history of the village, including …

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Crimean Tatar activist given official warning for “extremist activities”

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On Monday, Refat Chubarov, a leader of the minority Muslim group the Crimean Tatars, said that the new Russian leadership had threatened to prosecute them “for extremism”. Chubarov, who leads the ethnic minority’s assembly, said that the Chief Regional Prosecutor on Sunday gave him an official warning to stop “extremist activities”. During the weekend, hundreds of pro-Ukraine Tatars clashed with …

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Syria: Gunfire forces UN agency to suspend food delivery to besieged Palestinian refugees

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Gunfire stopped distribution of food today in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed today, reiterating demands that the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees be allowed to safely and without interruption distribute substantial quantities of food and other humanitarian assistance inside Yarmouk. Spokesman Chris Gunness said the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the …

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Syria: Deal to evacuate Homs reportedly reached between rebels and government

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The Syrian government and opposition rebels on Friday reportedly agreed to a deal which will allow opposition fighters besieged in the city of Homs to withdraw during a ceasefire. The deal means that all but one district in the city, once called the “capital of the revolution”, will be under government control again. Britain-based monitoring group The Syrian Observatory for …

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Israel: Muslim grave in Haifa cemetery vandalized by Jewish Extremist

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The police in the northern Israeli coastal city Haifa on Friday said that suspected Jewish extremists had vandalized a Muslim grave in a cemetery in the city, the latest in a string of racist attacks in Israel. In a statement, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that “Graffiti was found sprawled on and around a grave in the Al-Qassam cemetery in …

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Merkel, Obama Warn Russia of Direct economic sanctions if Ukrainian elections are interfered with

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Germany and the United States on Friday delivered a stern warning to Russia, saying that it would face direct, painful economic sanctions if election to be held later this month in Ukraine are disrupted. After their talks in the White House, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama delivered the statement, with the prospect of “sectoral” economic sanctions …

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Six killed in violence in Northern Iraq

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On Friday, violence north of Baghdad, including a car bomb attack set off by a suicide bomber, resulted in the deaths of six people, just two days after Iraq’s parliamentary elections held on Wednesday. The bloodshed, in the aftermath the first elections held in the country after the withdrawal of US troops in 2011, is the latest in the midst …

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Syria: Air strikes continue in Aleppo, 20, including 17 children, dead

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On Wednesday, Syrian air forces killed over 20 people, including 17 children, in an air strike on the battered city of Aleppo, as civilians continue to bear the brunt of the brutal civil war in the country. The air strikes come a day after a twin car bomb attack, claimed by the al-Nusra Front, on a pro-regime area in Homs …

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UK wants “urgent” OPCW investigation on the alleged chlorine gas attacks in Syria

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UK has called on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to “urgently” carry out an investigation into the alleged use of Chlorine gas in Syria. The OPCW on Tuesday said that a mission would depart “soon”. However, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said “time is of the essence in establishing the full facts”. He added that claims …

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