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Contextualizing the Great March of Return

In the last 10 years, Israel has launched three massive genocidal wars of aggression on the occupied Gaza Strip, many of our civilians were massacred by its indiscriminate bombing, condemned by UN experts and leading human rights organizations as war crimes and “possible” crimes against humanity. These assaults left over 3,800 Palestinians dead, predominantly civilians, […]

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West Bank Mosque Hit With Attempted Arson in Possible Hate Crime

None hurt in attempt to set mosque near Nablus in West Bank on fire ■ ‘Death’ and ‘Price tag’ daubed on external walls Unknown vandals attempted to set a West Bank mosque on fire overnight Thursday, in a possible hate crime against Palestinians. The incident took place in the village of Aqraba, north of Nablus,

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BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar arrested in rape case

Public outcry results in arrest of Uttar Pradesh legislator facing charges of rape and abduction of teenaged girl. Indian police say a legislator from the governing BJP has been arrested on charges of abducting and raping a teenaged girl a year ago. Kuldeep Singh Sengar, 50, a member of the Uttar Pradesh state legislative assembly,

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With more Palestinians than Jews, Israel is waging a numerical war of attrition

    The Israeli army’s trigger-finger against Palestinian protesters close to the fence surrounding Gaza at the weekend, killing at least 18 and injuring hundreds more, has an explanation rooted in more than normal conceptions of security. Even before Israel’s creation, its leaders were obssessed with demography and winning a zero-sum numerical war of attrition

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With Eyes on Iran, U.K. Opens Permanent Military Base in Bahrain

  Britain announced in 2014 it had sealed a deal to expand and reinforce its naval presence in Bahrain, allowing it to operate more and bigger ships in the Gulf     The United Kingdom opened a permanent military base in Bahrain on Thursday, Bahrain’s state news agency BNA reported. The ceremony formally opening the U.K. Naval

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Ankara summit focuses on Syria’s fate once war ends

  Ankara summit focuses on Syria’s fate once war ends The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia met this week in Ankara to discuss potential political solutions to the Syrian civil war, while solidifying their positions as decision-makers, working to settle their own differences and agreeing to counter external “challengers” in the Syrian peace process:

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