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UN allocates additional $4.5m for humanitarian needs in Gaza

Date: 2021-05-22 08:29:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8968626

NEW YORK, May 22 (MENA) - UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock announced Saturday a $4.5 million allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to the rising humanitarian needs ....

Moscow to continue supporting Palestinian people

Date: 2021-05-22 07:32:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8968604

MOSCOW, May 22 (MENA) - Moscow will continue its comprehensive and varied support to the Palestinian people amid the escalation witnessed in the Middle East region, according to a source with the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia, since 2014, has ....

Biden pledges to rebuild Gaza, insists on 2-state solution

Date: 2021-05-22 01:13:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:8968514

WASHINGTON, May 22 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict. Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop ....

President Abbas receives phone call from US Secretary of State Blinken

Date: 2021-05-21 19:37:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:8968312

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Friday a phone call from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during which they discussed the latest developments, WAFA news agency reported. During the call, Abbas ....

EU to mobilize additional emergency relief to Palestinians

Date: 2021-05-21 18:47:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:8968260

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - The European Commission said Friday it would contribute €200,000 in humanitarian aid for emergency relief to 54,000 Palestinian people. The EU funding will support the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in delivering ....

UNICEF delivers aid to Gaza

Date: 2021-05-21 17:59:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:8968255

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, delivered 18 containers of aid on Friday following the resumption of relative calm in the Gaza Strip, through Karam Abu Salem border crossing to support children and families in ....

Palestinian presidency condemns Israeli raid on Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-05-21 17:56:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:8968191

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency strongly condemned the latest incursion by the Israeli police of the premises of Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem), WAFA news agency reported Friday. In a statement, ....

Netanyahu thanks President Sisi for his role in regaining regional security, stability

Date: 2021-05-21 15:42:14 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8968065

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday thanked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for his important role in restoring calm and regaining security and stability to the region. "Thank you President El Sisi ....

Russia confirms readiness to host meeting of Israeli-Palestinian leaders, says Zakharova

Date: 2021-05-21 15:27:18 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8967922

MOSCOW, May 21 (MENA) - Russia confirms its readiness to host a meeting of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The other members of the Middle East quarter do not object to this initiative, TASS cited Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria ....

Israeli occupation forces injure several Palestinian protesters near Nablus

Date: 2021-05-21 14:27:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8967867

RAMALLAH, May 21 (MENA) - Several Palestinian protesters were injured by Israeli occupation forces, some by live gunshots, during a protest against colonial Israeli settlements in the village of Beita, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West ....