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Israeli soldiers rough up EU diplomat, confiscate aid supplies for Palestinians
Al-Akhbar | September 20, 2013
Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats on Friday and seized a truck full of tents and emergency aid they had been trying to deliver to Palestinians whose homes were demolished this week.
Sinai: Counter-Terrorism or Collective Punishment?
By Ismail Iskandarani | Al-Akhbar | September 16, 2013
On Saturday, September 7, the Egyptian army began a large-scale military campaign in the villages located south of the Sinai town of Sheikh Zoweid. Al-Akhbar toured the devastated area and found consistent reports of the Egyptian army indiscriminately targeting of civilians and their property.
Israel bars entry of Polish humanitarian worker, halts irrigation project
Al-Akhbar | September 11, 2013
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a decision to bar entry to the Jewish state to a Polish humanitarian worker for having unspecified links to “terrorist elements”.
Although Kamil Qandil had a valid visa when he landed at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on September 2, he was refused entry by immigration officials and held at the airport as he filed an appeal.
Israeli forces shoot dead three Palestinians in West Bank
Al-Akhbar | August 26, 2013
Plainclothes Israeli police shot dead three Palestinians during a West Bank raid early Monday, local media reported.
Ma’an news agency said that the undercover Israeli forces attempted to raid a home in the Qalandiya refugee camp around 5:00 am to rearrest a former prisoner when residents confronted them.
Four journalists killed covering Egypt clashes
RT | August 15, 2013
Four journalists have been killed in violent clashes which swept Egypt on Wednesday, with a number of the press core suffering serious injuries in the clashes. At least 238 civilians died in total as security forces brutally broke up pro-Morsi rallies.
Egypt has been swept by horrific street violence, showers of gunfire, blazing fires and tear gas as relentless clashes have shaken cities in government attempts to break up the demonstrations.
Israel wants to “negotiate” EU sanctions against it
Al-Akhbar | August 9, 2013
Israel urged the European Union on Friday to undo planned sanctions against it in the occupied West Bank and called for talks, a shift in tone from previous Israeli anger, retaliatory measures and threats.
Under guidelines adopted by the executive European Commission in June, Israeli “entities” operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will not be eligible for EU grants, prizes or loans from next year.