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  • California judge rules against attempts to silence and intimidate Palestinian-American activist

    Date: 2021-03-06 14:12:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8834203

    RAMALLAH, WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - A California judge has rejected a defamation lawsuit that attempted to silence and intimidate Suhair Nafal, a Palestinian-American activist, which was brought against her by a former Israeli soldier who claimed ....

  • WB: $25 mln grant to support Palestine’s efforts to confront Corona

    Date: 2021-03-06 11:04:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8834113

    RAMALLAH, March 6 (MENA) - The World Bank (WB) announced its approval of a new grant of $ 25 million to support the efforts of Palestinian municipalities to confront the repercussions of the Corona pandemic. According to the Palestinian News ....

  • Russia urges urgent IAEA meeting on US return to JCPOA

    Date: 2021-03-05 20:01:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8833454

    MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) - Moscow is calling for convening a meeting as soon as possible to return the United States to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and restore Iran's obligations under the deal, Sputnik quoted Russian Permanent ....

  • Israeli forces detain seven Palestinians in Hebron

    Date: 2021-03-05 10:00:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8832422

    RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Friday seven Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, according to security sources. The sources said Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians after storming their ....

  • Israeli court approves a settler-only elevator at Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque

    Date: 2021-03-04 22:15:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:127 - ID:8832027

    RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - Israel's supreme court approved today a license for the installation of an elevator next to the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, which would only serve Israeli settlers, WAFA News ....

  • OIC commends ICC's decision to open a probe into situation into Palestine

    Date: 2021-03-04 20:54:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:121 - ID:8831991

    RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation welcomed on Thursday the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the situation in Palestine. In a press statement, the OIC General ....

  • Palestine, EU ink partnership agreement for trade

    Date: 2021-03-04 19:36:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:8831735

    RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS, March 4 (MENA) – Palestinian Ambassador to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg Abdul Rahim El Farra signed on Thursday the temporary European-Mediterranean partnership agreement for trade and cooperation between the European Union and ....

  • 36 settlers break into Aqsa mosque compound

    Date: 2021-03-04 11:21:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8830739

    JERUSALEM, March 4 (MENA) - As many as 36 settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers toured different yards of the holy site before leaving via Bab El Maghreba. Al Aqsa ....

  • Israel detains 14 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2021-03-04 09:38:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8830301

    RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained on Thursday 14 Palestinians from the West Bank. The forces detained five Palestinians from Quds, three from Nablus and three from Bethlehem. The occupation forces also detained two freed ....

  • Israel declares large swaths of land south of Hebron as “state land”

    Date: 2021-03-03 19:26:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:8829711

    RAMALLAH, March 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities declared on Wednesday hundreds of dunums of land in the town of Yatta to the south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank as “state land”. WAFA reported that Israeli army forces ....

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