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German FM warns Israel against West Bank annexation plans

Date: 2020-06-10 12:38:13 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8464035

GAZA CITY, June 10 (MENA) - Germany’s foreign minister on Wednesday warned Israel that its plan to begin annexing parts of the West Bank would violate international law, but he declined to say how Germany or Europe would respond, The Washington Post ....

Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2020-06-10 11:12:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8463758

RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces Wednesday overnight rounded up 19 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli police detained three ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-06-10 08:28:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8463572

RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday and made provocative tours inside it. The settlers stormed the mosque from el Magharba gate and performed Talmudic rituals before leaving from Silsila gate. ....

South Africa against Israel’s annexation move

Date: 2020-06-09 13:30:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8462619

RMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - South Africa today pledged to urge member countries of the African Union to take strong and unequivocal stand against Israel’s looming illegal move to annex large swaths of the West Bank, said WAFA news agency. South ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 22 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-06-09 11:03:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8462324

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - The Israeli army detained Tuesday at least 22 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). It said seven Palestinians were detained from the Hebron area ....

Palestinians call on Canada to press Israel to stop annexation

Date: 2020-06-09 10:29:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8462239

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al Malki on Tuesday called on Canada to pressure Israel to stop the annexation of Palestinian lands. This came in a telephone conversation between Malki and his Canadian counterpart ....

Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-06-09 08:24:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8462099

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 13 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank on Tuesday. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), the arrested Palestinians are from Al Quds, Nabuls, Bethlehem and ....

Scores of Israeli settlers thrust into Aqsa mosque

Date: 2020-06-08 12:44:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8461008

RAMALLAH, June 8 (MENA) - Nearly 70 Jewish settlers stormed on Monday Al Aqsa mosque compound from Bab Al Magharba gate, amidst tight security measures by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said the settlers took provocative tours of the compound ....

2,043 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Iran: Health Ministry

Date: 2020-06-08 12:21:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8461022

TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 2,043 new coronavirus cases and 70 deaths have been confirmed in Iran during the past 24 hours, according to MEHR news agency. The total number of infections and ....

COVID-19: 87 active cases reported in Palestine

Date: 2020-06-08 10:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8460954

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai al Kaila said on Monday that the number of active coronavirus cases has reached 87, representing 13.3 percent of the total registered COVID-19 cases. The total number of confirmed ....