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Over 50 million affected in Muslim world in 2011

DUBAI, 2 April 2012 (IRIN) - The Muslim world is increasingly in the “eye of the cyclone”, with disasters and crises affecting tens of millions of people in Muslim countries last year, a senior official with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) told a humanitarian conference in Dubai. full report

ISRAEL: Water being used to coerce Bedouin villagers, says NGO

 UMM AL-HIERAN, NEGEV DESERT, 29 March 2012 (IRIN) - Salim Abu al-Qi’an’s family live in Israel’s Negev desert in the “unrecognized” Bedouin village of Umm al-Hieran, 9km from the nearest source of clean water. full report

ISRAEL: Deportation looms for South Sudan migrants

 TEL AVIV, 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - Asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in Israel have until 31 March to return “home” or face deportation, but some have asked to stay, saying conditions are not yet conducive for their safe return. full report

ISRAEL-OPT: Helping ex-detainee children cope with trauma*

 RAMALLAH, 26 March 2012 (IRIN) - A year after his arrest and detention by the Israeli military in Bethlehem, Hamza, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank, is seeing a social worker to try and overcome the trauma he suffered in a small cell with 10 other people. full report

ISRAEL: Address inequalities facing Arabs, says ICG

 TEL AVIV, 19 March 2012 (IRIN) - Urgent steps should be taken to address the widespread marginalization of Arab minorities in Israel, including Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem, to improve their livelihoods and encourage sustainable peace in the Middle East, says the International Crisis Group (ICG). full report

MIDDLE EAST: Call for educational reform to create "knowledge society"

 DUBAI, 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - If the Arab Spring is to have any lasting impact, education must top the priority list of post-revolutionary reforms in the Arab world, experts said yesterday at the launch of the 2010-2011 Arab Knowledge Report in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). full report

ISRAEL: Battling abuse and a community’s disapproval

 TEL AVIV, 20 February 2012 (IRIN) - Ruth* suffered for five years before she summoned up the courage to escape her abusive husband and fled their home with her two young children. full report

ISRAEL: The tribulations of being an Ethiopian Jew

 TEL AVIV, 9 February 2012 (IRIN) - Growing up in Israel, Shai Siun became accustomed to being called a “nigger”. full report

ISRAEL-OPT: Key West Bank settlement outpost slated for evacuation

 RAMALLAH, 1 February 2012 (IRIN) - Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered Israeli settlers in the Migron settlement outpost in the West Bank to leave by 31 March in response to a 2006 petition filed by seven Palestinian landowners and Israeli pressure group Peace Now. full report

AID POLICY: Islamic agencies battle the odds in Gaza*

 GAZA CITY, 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - International aid groups providing humanitarian support to Palestinians in Gaza have to tread extremely carefully to avoid falling foul of western anti-terror legislation aimed at Hamas, the Islamic movement that controls the territory. full report

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