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Israeli government is weak but will not collapse: Arab MK

15 April 2022; MEMO: An Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Ahmed Al-Tibi, has said the Israeli government is taking its last breath, but it has not fallen.

In an interview with Israeli KAN Radio aired Thursday, Tibi of the Joint List said the List will not join the government coalition and will not sign agreements with it, but it will vote against the motion of no-confidence presented by opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — The journey of the Palestinian who opened fire at a street-side bar in Tel Aviv last week, killing three young Israeli men and sending the city into lockdown, began a two-hour drive away in an impoverished refugee camp deep inside the occupied West Bank.

IAEA completes installation of surveillance cameras in Iran's Natanz

15 April 2022; MEMO: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) yesterday announced its installation of surveillance cameras in a new centrifuge workshop at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility.

The IAEA said in a statement that the "uranium-enriched centrifuges with machines moved there from its now-closed Karaj facility."

"On 13 April 2022, Iran informed the Agency that the machines would start operating at the new workshop the same day," the statement added.

Iran will confront Israel 'wherever it feels necessary': Quds Force commander

15 April 2022; MEMO: Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, said on Thursday that the Islamic Republic will confront Israel "wherever it feels necessary," the semi-official Nour News Agency reported.

"Wherever we identify a Zionist threat, we will harshly confront them. They are too small to confront us," said Qaani, whose unit is in control of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations, according to Reuters.

Tunisia to raise fuel prices by 30% until end of 2022

15 April 2022; MEMO: Tunisia will raise local fuel prices every month this year by no less than 3 per cent, an official in the energy ministry said on Thursday, which may mean an increase of at least 30 per cent by the end of 2022, Reuters reported.

Tunisia raised fuel prices by 5 per cent on Wednesday, its third hike this year, following a sharp rise in oil prices in an effort to rein in its budget deficit, according to the Reuters report.

Islamic-Christian Committee calls for mobilisation to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque

15 April 2022; MEMO: The Islamic-Christian Committee in Support of Jerusalem and its Sanctuaries have called on Palestinians everywhere to march to Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday and to repel any attempt by Israeli extremist settlers to storm the mosque and implement their aggressive scheme to desecrate and violate its sanctity.

Israel: 'Palestinians should have separate political, not geographical, entity'; Gantz

16 April 2022; MEMO: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced on Friday that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be based on creating two different political, not geographical, entities, Arab 48 reported.

Speaking with the Walla news website, Gantz asserted that the Israeli entity must maintain its military superiority over the Palestinian entity.

Egypt: BDS condemns hosting Israel music festival in Sinai

16 April 2022; MEMO: Egypt's Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has strongly condemned hosting an Israeli music festival at Egyptian army-owned facilities in the Sinai Peninsula, The New Arab news website reported on Friday.

Tolip hotel, located in Sinai, plans to host the Israeli music Nabia Festival as part of the Jewish celebration of Passover.

Palestinians begin strike to protest Israeli killings

15 April 2022; MEMO: Palestinians staged a general strike in the occupied West Bank on Thursday in mourning for the killing of four people by Israeli army forces, Anadolu Agency reports.

Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem on Wednesday. Two other Palestinians were fatally shot on Thursday during an Israeli raid in the town of Kafr Dan, northwest of Jenin city.

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