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Hajj: Saudi Arabia to host 1,000 Palestinian relatives of martyrs and detainees

The number of pilgrims from the West Bank and Gaza during last year’s Hajj season reached 6,600. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Al Saud has ordered for 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims including…

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Why Israel’s storming of Al-Aqsa is seen globally as a provocation

Many Israeli right-wing activists have called for the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to make room for a Third Temple. It’s been 23 years since the world condemned a provocative…

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Qatar condemns new Israeli settlement expansions in West Bank

Qatar does not have official ties ties with Israel, and has repeatedly affirmed its stance against normalising with the occupation. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a strong “condemnation…

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‘A pride for all Arabs and Muslims’: Palestinians in Gaza celebrate Qatar hosting World Cup

In Khan Younis governorate, southern Gaza Strip, people queued up to get free flowers at a florist where Qatari songs played. Women, children, elderly people, students and taxi drivers were…

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Palestinian and Qatari flags fly high in Gaza’s fan zone

Qatar brought the World Cup to Palestinians with fan zones and viewing halls in Gaza and the West Bank, delivering on a promise made by Doha earlier this week. Last…

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Al Aqsa imam: mosque ‘cannot’ be run by international oversight

On Wednesday, around 1,280 Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, in an attempt to provoke Palestinian worshippers. Qatar’s cabinet renewed their condemnation against…

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Qatar’s FM condemns Israel for repeated violence at Al-Aqsa and double standards in international law

On Thursday night Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem and injured approximately 30 Palestinians, including three journalists. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has…

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How Israel uses ‘discriminatory’ face tracking to monitor Palestinians

This includes cameras pointing directly into Palestinian homes The occupying Israeli army is facing international scrutiny after former soldiers exposed its discriminatory surveillance programme in the West Bank. Two interviews…

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‘A blow to the captors’: Social media users react to heroic Palestinian ‘prison break’ victory

Much of the world praised Palestinian ‘heroes’ who managed to escape from an Israeli prison this week. Six Palestinians who broke out of an Israeli prison on Monday have been…

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