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Israel: government approves draft bill for execution of Palestinian prisoners

27 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israel's far-right occupation government approved on Sunday a draft bill which, if it becomes law, will authorise the execution of Palestinian prisoners, Arab48.com has reported. The bill was proposed by extreme far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Israel has erected 'a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime' says local newspaper

27 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israel has erected "a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime," the editorial of Haaretz newspaper said yesterday, in a stark warning about the direction of the occupation state. Drawing attention to measures introduced by the far-right government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, Haaretz's editorial said that they include the contentious decision to grant Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, control over the occupied West Bank.

Israel motorist killed in West Bank after settlers rampage against Palestinians

27 Feb 2023; MEMO: Suspected Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli motorist in the Occupied West Bank on Monday, after Jewish settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village in a surge of violence that defied US efforts to prod the sides toward security cooperation, Reuters reports.

Pakistan: Retired Army general arrested on charges of inciting public against national institutions

Islamabad, Feb 27 (PTI) A high-ranking retired Pakistan Army general was arrested early Monday morning on charges of inciting the public against national institutions.

Lt General (retd.) Amjad Shoaib, a prominent supporter of former prime minister Imran Khan, was detained by the Islamabad police from his residence in the federal capital after a first information report (FIR) was registered against him at the Ramna police station on Sunday by Magistrate Owais Khan.

Jordan hosts Palestinian-Israeli talks amid tensions

27 Feb 2023; MEMO: An emergency security meeting was held in the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Sunday to discuss de-escalating tensions between the Palestinians and Israel, Anadolu reports.

The Israeli delegation to the meeting was led by Tzachi Hanegbi, the head of the National Security Council and Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, while the Palestinian delegation was headed by Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, the coordinator of government operations in the Palestinian territories.

OIC to hold extraordinary meeting to discuss Israeli aggression

27 Feb 2023; MEMO: The Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary, open-ended meeting today regarding "the escalation of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people," the OIC said in a statement on its website.

Recent Israeli raids on the Palestinian city of Nablus in the northern West Bank left 11 Palestinians dead and and over 100 injured.

US repatriates 2 Guantanamo Bay prison detainees to Pakistan

24 Feb 2023; MEMO: The US said, Thursday, that it has transferred two detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to Pakistan, Anadolu News Agency reports.

"The Department of Defence announced today the repatriations of Abdul Rabbani and Mohammed Rabbani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Pakistan," it said in a statement.

The two men are brothers, according to reports.

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