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Demonstration of solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Ramallah. (Reuters)

Arab League Calls for Sending International Investigation Committee to Israeli Jails

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | May 5, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – The Arab League council voiced on Thursday its complete solidarity with Palestinian and Arab prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails since April 17, demanding that Tel Aviv respect the four Geneva conventions. It also demanded that the United...

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Syria: Could Tehran Face Charges of Mercenary Crimes?

by Amir Taheri | May 25, 2016 | Middle East

“We have to take a hard look at our role in the war in Syria,” says General Mohsen Kazemaini who commands the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s forces in Tehran. “We have entered the war to keep our own enemies away from our borders.” What is significant in Gen....

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In this Tuesday April 1, 2014, photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R), joined by Palestinian chief peace negotiator Saeb Erekat, signs an application to the UN agencies in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Swiss say Palestinians can join Geneva Conventions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 11, 2014 | Middle East

Geneva, AP—Twenty-five years after making their first bid for membership, the Palestinians can join the Geneva Conventions governing the rules of war and military occupations, the Swiss government said Friday. Israel had opposed the move, arguing that there is no...