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Israel: Government puts “blockade” on international flotilla Global Sumud Flotilla
The flotilla will be prevented from entering the Palestinian enclave
Russian doctors involved in torture of prisoners, says UN expert report
The report describes a system based on fear and punishment, where political prisoners are persecuted, tortured, and subjected to forced psychiatric treatments
At 10 p.m. (Greek time) the UN session on Palestine – Macron to recognize Palestinian state
The session at UN headquarters in New York is expected to last three hours – France says recognition of a Palestinian state is welcome and historic, but also symbolic
Diplomatic turmoil from the recognition of a Palestinian state by several countries – Israel’s threats and the collapsing relations between Arab states
Benjamin Netanyahu, who will address the UN General Assembly on Friday, reiterated yesterday that there will be no Palestinian state and threatened to expand Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank - The Guardian reports on growing tensions between Arab states