A senior cleric called Friday for British Embassy employees to be tried for allegedly inciting mass protests. The move signals
a heightened effort to portray recent unrest as a foreign plot.
Everything up to this point has been 'concessional, interim, or bridging,' Iraq's foreign minister told the Monitor, calling
the vote the most important in Iraq's history.
Mohammed Hassuna says he was recently arrested by the Israeli Navy while fishing within the legal zone, and forced to strip
down and swim to the gunboat.
A boat carrying foreign activists and three tons of medical supplies was rerouted Tuesday. Meanwhile, the fishing industry
– a key source of jobs and protein – has been crippled.
A unanimous decision on Wednesday ordered stronger charges for a soldier who shot at a blindfolded protester. Netanyahu allies
seek more conservative justices to counter perceived liberalism.
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