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Israeli army raids W. Bank homes in hunt for shooter

SALFIT, 18 Mar 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Israeli forces raided several homes in the West Bank city of Salfit on Monday as part of a manhunt for a Palestinian suspected of killing a settler a day earlier. A military force stormed the towns of Biddya and al-Zawiya and searched several homes in the area, local residents said. Israeli soldiers also detonated the doors of several shops in the area as part of their search campaign, they said. The raid came one day after an Israeli settler was killed and two others were injured in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday. The Israeli military has yet to issue an official statement on the raid. Tension has mounted in the Palestinian territories since last month when Israeli police briefly sealed the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque's Rahma Gate in East Jerusalem, sparking angry

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Trump move on Golan Heights divides US Israel lobby

ANKARA, 23 Mar 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The repercussions of U.S. President Donald Trump's unofficial recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights has reverberated across the international community, and especially among influential Jewish groups in the U.S.   Powerful pro-Zionist organizations in the U.S. -- such as the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) -- appear deeply divided over Trump’s controversial move.  While the CFR staunchly opposes the decision, AIPAC and the ZOA both hailed the move, for which they thanked the U.S. president.  CFR President Richard Hass, for his part, warned that no Arab government would make peace with Israel after such a decision.  Haas tweeted:

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Official death toll from Iran flooding rises to 57

TEHRAN, 03 Apr 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The death toll from ongoing flooding across Iran has reached 57 with another 478 injured, officials said Tuesday. Mujtaba Khalidi, a spokesman for Iran’s Emergency Directorate, said that several provinces -- including Mazandaran, Khuzestan, Fars and Golestan -- had been adversely affected. Earlier Tuesday, officials said that the flooding had caused material losses countrywide estimated at some $170 million. According to Mortaza Salemi, head of the Iranian Red Crescent, humanitarian aid has been dispatched to more than 43,000 people in 293 affected cities and

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