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Palestinian President Abbas rejects US Mideast plan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vehemently rejected the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan in a speech to the UN Security Council Tuesday, calling it an attempt to keep the Palestinians from having an independent state.

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Iranian-Israeli play explores human connections in wartime

An Israeli and an Iranian, performing side by side a play about war in Brussels. Sahand Sahebdivani, born in Iran, and Raphael Rodan, raised in Israel play versions of themselves. The piece underlining what unites rather than divides.

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The Brief: Fatah and Hamas agree to elections - but obstacles remain

Attempts at reconciliation and holding new elections have repeatedly failed, leaving the Palestinians divided between two governments, one in Gaza and the other in the West Bank.

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US tensions with Iran

Tensions between the US and Iran are rising as Trump sends 1,500 troops to the Middle East and pushes through the sale of billions of dollars' worth of arms to Saudi Arabia

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The Brief: Climate protests go rogue, trade talks, copyright and Mid-East policy

In this edition: Extinction rebellion protests, encouraging civil disobedience to force governments to act on climate change have reached the Belgian capital. Also, EU-US trade talks progress, the controversial copyright rules pass final hurdle and Europe's Mid-East policy up for question.

Belgium

Ex-ISIL women 'losing hope' of returning home to Belgium

Two Belgian women said they were losing hope of ever going back home after a Belgian court overturned the ruling to repatriate them and their six children.

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State of the Union: EU's Mideast dilemma, Zuckerberg heads for Brussels

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Mideast and Iran overshadow EU-West Balkans summit

There's a changing menu in Sofia, where EU enlargement had due to be focus of meeting

Syria

Besieged Syrians suffer their bloodiest week in years

Government air strikes on the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus have killed scores of Syrians, in what is said to be their worst week since 2015.

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'I'm happy my daughter has become a resistance icon.'

Bassem Tamimi says his daughter Ahed is attracting headlines worldwide because she doesn't look like a typical Palestinian freedom fighter

West Bank

Violent protests rise in Mideast over US Jerusalem embassy move

Clashes continue between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters across the Mideast over Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Israel

Muslim boycott of mosque in Jerusalem to continue

Muslims in Jerusalem will continue the boycott of the Al Aqsa mosque despite Israel dismantling metal detectors at the entrances

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Further clashes over East Jerusalem holy site

Further clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces over the introduction of new security measures at a holy site in East Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem security tightened after violent protests

Security been tightened around Jerusalem’s Old City following angry protests about the installation of metal detectors at a holy compound.

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Israel-Palestinian violence

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Kushner in Middle East

President Donald Trump's special adviser and son-in-law has been in Israel and the West Bank to talk peace

USA

Grobe: Netanyahu's visit comes at a time of turmoil

The Euronews correspondent in Washington gives us his take on today's much-anticipated meeting between the leaders of the US and Israel.

USA

US-Israel: is Trump backing away from a two-state deal?

US President Donald Trump has welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington for a much-anticipated meeting that observers say could shape the contours of future policy in the Middle

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Euroviews. Opinion- Middle East: what would happen if Trump tears up the nuclear deal with Iran?

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Opinion: Will Syria's conflict redraw the map of the Middle East?