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UN chief concerned about Netanyahu's promise to annex Jordan Valley

Date: 2019-09-12 06:53:37 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:8100378

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerns about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s statement declaring his intention, if elected, to annex the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea as a first step ....

Russia warns of implementation of Netanyahu’s plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jordan Valley

Date: 2019-09-11 22:39:50 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:8100262

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned that the implementation of the plan voiced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley may escalate tensions in the region and ....

Israeli reconnaissance aircraft shells empty site in Gaza

Date: 2019-09-11 21:21:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8100221

GAZA CITY, Sept 11 (MENA) – An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft shelled an empty site in Al Shajaiyeh neighborhood, east of Gaza city, WAFA news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Palestinian sources. The drone fired at least one missile targeting ....

UAE condemns Netanyahu's Jordan Valley annexation plan

Date: 2019-09-11 13:56:04 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8099671

ABU DHABI, Sept 11 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has expressed its strong condemnation and categorical rejection of an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the planned annexation of land from the occupied West Bank to ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry calls for imposing sanctions on Israel following PM pledge

Date: 2019-09-11 11:46:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8099347

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called for imposing sanctions on Israel after its prime minister pledged to annex some lands of the occupied West Bank if reelected. On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu said he would annex ....

EU: Netanyahu pledge to annex large parts of occupied WB underlines peace chances

Date: 2019-09-11 11:42:04 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8099364

BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (MENA) - EU has warned against the consquences of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank to Israel if relected. In statements to Russia Today on Wednesday, EU ....

Saudi Arabia condemns Netanyahu's annexation pledge

Date: 2019-09-11 11:35:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8099392

RIYADH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank as a "dangerous escalation against the Palestinian people", describing the measure as ....

AP speaker slams Israeli PM intention to annex parts of WB lands

Date: 2019-09-11 11:21:05 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8099094

CAIRO, Sept 11 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal bin Fahad al Salmi has categorically rejected statements by the Israeli prime minister in which he made clear his intention to annex parts of West Bank lands occupied in 1967. Salmi said ....

Ashrawi talks with ICRC officials on developments in Palestinian lands

Date: 2019-09-11 11:01:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8099278

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi discussed on Wednesday with head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in occupied Jerusalem David Quesne and its head in Tel Aviv Daniel Duvillard the role ....

OIC condemns Netanyahu's pledge to annex WB lands

Date: 2019-09-11 10:57:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8099230

RIYADH, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the intention of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to impose Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territories in case he wins the Israeli general ....