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‘War crimes in Palestine’: UK government urged to refer Israel and Netanyahu to ICC

The UK-based International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) has called on the British government to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed in Palestine, and to recognise the court's jurisdiction…
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Israel reportedly promotes bids for over 1,000 illegal settlement homes

The far-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of over a thousand new homes in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, a watchdog group reported, drawing…
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Double Standards: International Criminal Court Prosecution Reserved For US Enemies, Not For US & Allies

Was it a ‘sick joke’ as one commentator suggested for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue a warrant of arrest against Russian President Putin on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq? And what does it mean for South…
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Palestine to ask ICC to arrest Israeli minister over ‘racist’ remarks

Palestine said Tuesday it will demand the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over his denial of the existence of the Palestinian people. In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry…
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‘There is no Palestine’: Israel’s far-right minister sparks fury; Gets slammed by Arabs, EU and U.S.

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has raked up a controversy again with his comments against Palestinians. Addressing a public event in France, Smotrich said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as Palestinian…
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Israel shuts Palestine radio offices in East Jerusalem

Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Monday ordered the closure of the Voice of Palestine radio station's offices in Occupied East Jerusalem and Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports.A statement by Ben-Gvir's office attributed…
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Israel seeks to ‘erase’ 1967 borders: Palestine

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Saturday accused Israel of seeking to “erase” the 1967 borders. “The Israeli government seeks to reoccupy the West Bank, erase the 1967 borders and settle the conflict in favor of the…
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Palestinian Authority urged not to attend security meeting with Israel in Egypt

Palestinian political factions have called upon the Palestinian Authority (PA) not to dispatch any delegates to a forthcoming security meeting with Israel in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, which is scheduled to take place this…
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US Democrats sympathize more with Palestine than Israel, Gallup poll shows

A new survey by Gallup indicates more Democrat voters now sympathize with the Palestinians than Israel, for the first time since 2001, when the US-based institution started polling on the Palestine conflict. For the poll, the respondents…
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Senior Iranian official visits UAE on heels of Saudi deal

 A senior Iranian official visited the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, just days after Tehran agreed to restore diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia in a Chinese-brokered deal that raised hopes of a broader rapprochement…