JERUSALEM — Israel’s premier agreed on Tuesday not to invite tenders for West Bank settlement building in the coming months so as to advance the peace process, but critics said this fell far short of US demands for a settlement freeze.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) is deeply disturbed by news of another possible hate-motivated murder against a Muslim woman in Europe.
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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party is meeting for a second day in Bethlehem, in a conference seen by many as an opportunity to reform the party.
“The British government’s proposals to curtail freedom of expression and dissent go against the very essence of the British values that the government seeks to promote.”
The Islamic Human Rights Commission condemns today’s sentencing of Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen Bashir Ahmed Makhtal in Ethiopia’s high court.
“IHRC calls for a full inquiry into the policing of protesters and the handling of those detained”.
Palestinian authority calls on the international community to stop Israel from defying the international ruling on the separation barriers, ‘Judaisation’ of Jerusalem and the expansion of settlements.
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