Tánaiste Simon Harris unruffled despite presence of Israeli drone overhead during Lebanon visit to Irish troops

The Tánaiste has said he was not intimidated by an Israeli drone flown over the Irish peacekeeping camp in Lebanon while meeting troops there today.

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Detention camps holding Palestinian detainees seized in Gaza criticised in report

Detention camps opened by Israel following exposure of the treatment of Palestinian detainees seized in Gaza at another facility have themselves been criticised in new research.

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Oscar-winning director tells of being beaten and arrested by Israelis during raid on village

The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was released from detention yesterday, a day after being injured and arrested during a raid by Israeli settlers on his village in the occupied West Bank.

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Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention after being attacked at his home

An Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was severely beaten by Israeli settlers and then arrested and held in Israeli detention has been released.

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‘It feels like revenge for making the movie&: Oscar-winning Palestinian director ‘attacked by Israeli settlers and detained&

Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military, according to two of his fellow directors and other witnesses.

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Protests a ‘movement of violence&, warns Turkish president Erdogan amid crackdown

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday protests over the jailing of Istanbul&s mayor were &evil& and had become a &movement of violence& and that the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to property.

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