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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
As Iran nuclear deal nears completion, Netanyahu blasts ‘parade of concessions’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers are expected to end with a provisional agreement, though a U.S. State Department official attempted to lower expectations.
Unnamed diplomats told The Associated Press on Sunday that final details were being worked out and that an official announcement of the deal would come on Monday. The seven countries involved in the talks will then have to approve the deal.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday morning on his way to church services in Vienna that “a few tough things” remain to be settled but that he was “hopeful” after a meeting the previous day with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday, “I hope that we are finally entering the last phase of this negotiation.”
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From PressTV
Palestinian hunger striking prisoner freed from Israeli prison
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has been released from an Israeli prison after days of staging a hunger strike in protest at the Israeli practice of so-called administrative detention.
Adnan, who had been jailed for over a year without charge or trial, was released early on Sunday.
The 37-year-old Palestinian detainee began his hunger strike on April 6 to protest the Israeli practice of administrative detention, under which Palestinians are kept behind bars without charge or trial for months or years.
Adnan ended his hunger strike on June 28 after Israel agreed to release him in two weeks.
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From PressTV
Israelis uproot 80 olive trees in Palestinian village
A group of Israeli settlers have raided orchards in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, uprooting more than 80 olive trees.
Driving several bulldozers, the Israelis cut down the olive trees belonging to the residents of the Deir Estia Village, located northwest of the central West Bank district of Salfit, on Saturday.
According to local villagers, the Israelis bulldozed the trees in an attempt to expand a road leading to a nearby illegal settler unit.
Amal Kokash, the head of Deir Estia council, said the Israelis are seeking to enlarge specially the eight settlements overlooking Qana Valley in the northeastern part of Salfit.
Israeli settlers are seeking to gain control over all natural resources in Salfit and the rest of the occupied West Bank, Kokash added.
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From Russia Today
Eurozone leaders meet ‘to conclude talks on Greece’
A summit of all EU leaders scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled with eurozone leaders only meeting to “conclude talks on Greece.” On Saturday, a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers was adjourned without reaching any conclusion.
Early on Sunday, Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, tweeted that the eurozone leaders’ meeting will start at 14:00 GMT.
“We had an in-depth discussion of Greek proposals, the issue of credibility and trust was discussed, and also of course financial issues involved. But we have not concluded our discussions, so we will continue at 11:00am,” the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem told journalists late Saturday.
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From Ynet News
From Ynet News
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From Russia Today
Lebanon showcases 2nd ‘Israeli drone’ crash in less than a month (VIDEO)
An Israeli spy drone has crashed in the waters off the Lebanese Mediterranean city of Tripoli, Lebanon’s army claimed, releasing a video of the debris. It is the second such incident in less than a month which the IDF has so far refused to comment on.
“At around 8:30am (local time), a drone belonging to the Israeli enemy went down in the port of Tripoli, and the army has taken the necessary measures,” the Lebanese military said in a statement, without providing any further details.
The published photos and video revealed the surveillance drone to be largely intact with a clearly visible Jewish Star of David and Hebrew writing on it. Lebanese media reported that the army surrounded the area to pull the debris from the water and conduct initial tests, which confirmed the aerial vehicle “turned out to be an Israeli drone.”
“Fishermen had the impression a plane was falling down towards their harbour, close to the main port of Tripoli,” Lebanese security official told AFP.
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From The Times of Israel
Israel opens first investigation of senior officer over Gaza war
Investigators suspect Lt. Col. Neria Yeshurun may have ordered bombardment of a clinic as retribution for the death of a soldier
Israel is set to launch its first investigation of a senior IDF commander for alleged criminal decisions during last summer’s Gaza war.
Lt. Col. Neria Yeshurun will face allegations that he ordered the shelling of a medical clinic in the northern Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya in retribution for the death of one of his soldiers killed the previous day by a Hamas sniper firing from the clinic, Ynet reported on Saturday.
The investigation into Yeshurun is one of three new criminal investigations into IDF conduct during the Gaza war opened by the Military Advocate General last month.
Army investigators will review allegations that one day after Capt. Dimitri Levitas was shot by a Palestinian sniper hiding atop the clinic, Yeshurun ordered the heavy strike on the complex as a way to honor his slain comrade.
“We decided to fire a barrage of shells at the place [from which] we believed his life was taken, but life has a rhythm of its own, and a second after we began firing, we received incoming fire,” Yeshurun told one army newspaper, Bayabasha (“On Land”), in a post-war interview.
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