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Palestinian Girl Shot at Israeli Military Checkpoint  January 8, 2019 5:23 AM   08 JAN 5:23 AM Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian girl, on Monday, at Zaatara military checkpoint, to the south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, injuring her lightly, according to witnesses and the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The girl, who was not immediately identified, was shot in the leg and detained without allowing Palestinian medics to treat her. The health ministry described her injuries as light, WAFA reports. Witnesses said the girl was standing on one side of the road when soldiers at the checkpoint started to call on her and then shot her for no apparent reason. The Israeli army claimed the girl had acted suspiciously and when she did not heed calls by the soldiers, she was shot in the leg.

Kuwait breaks from GCC on warming up to Israel   January 7, 2019 p While Kuwait is joining its fellow GCC nations in terms of supporting Syria's return to the Arab League, Kuwaiti officials want nothing to do with Israel. Despite mostly opposing the regime of Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian Arab Spring, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have essentially come around to recognizing that it is most pragmatic to have ties with Damascus. The  recent rapprochements  of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with Assad’s regime underscore this trend, as do  expectations that Kuwait  will soon follow Manama and Abu Dhabi’s lead. Oman has  maintained official ties  with Damascus on all points since 2011. This reacceptance of Syria plays out against the backdrop where GCC states have been moving toward increasingly normalized relations with Syria’s neighbor, Israel. Although ...