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A diplomatic row between Sweden and Israel has intensified, with Israeli politicians urging Stockholm to condemn a newspaper article they have described as "blood libel".

CLARIFICATION: The original headline for this piece, 'Most Israelis support an apartheid regime in Israel,' did not accurately reflect the findings of the Dialog poll. The question to which most respondents answered in the negative did not relate to the current situation, but to a hypothetical situation in the future: 'If Israel annexes territories in Judea and Samaria, should 2.5 million Palestinians be given the right to vote for the Knesset?'

A Palestinian from the northern West Bank looking to file a complaint against settlers must appear in person at the Ariel police station - but Palestinians are prohibited from entering Israeli territory.

"If the court indeed deports Mairead Corrigan-Maguire we'll know that our court system is also tainted to the teeth"

THE IRISH head of the UN's relief agency in Gaza has backed calls for an independent investigation into Israeli attacks on UN premises and staff in the enclave, following a UN report this week.

John Ging, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, is one of the people who care.