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  • Israel to restart commercial flights in mid-July, says airport chief

    Date: 2020-05-25 17:21:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8445414

    GAZA CITY, May 25 (MENA) - Israel will resume commercial flights by mid-July at the earliest due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Ynet newspaper reported, quoting the chief of country's biggest airport. Ben Gurion Airport Managing Director ....

  • Netanyahu: Israel to annex West Bank in July

    Date: 2020-05-25 16:44:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8445366

    RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he has set a July date for when Israel will extend its sovereignty to areas of the West Bank, and informed his Likud lawmakers he has no intention of changing it, the ....

  • Israeli occupation forces close Beit El crossing northern Bireh

    Date: 2020-05-25 16:31:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8445327

    RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday closed the gate of Beit El military crossing in al-Bireh city in central the West Bank, for people departing the city and Ramallah governorate. The gate is still open for the entry of ....

  • Iran confirms 2,023 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

    Date: 2020-05-25 13:21:29 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8445124

    TEHRAN, May 25 (MENA) - As many as 2,023 new coronavirus cases have been detected and 34 others succumbed to the virus in Iran over the past 24 hours, IRNA reported on Monday. In a statement carried by the news agency, Head of Iran’s Health ....

  • Russian, Syrian naval forces conduct joint exercise to protect Tartus port

    Date: 2020-05-25 13:04:15 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8445078

    MOSCOW, May 25 (MENA) - Russian and Syrian military have conducted a joint exercise to protect the port of Tartus, where a Russian naval base is located, against a group of saboteurs, the head of the naval station, Vyacheslav Rodionov was quoted by ....

  • Palestinian PM decides to end coronavirus lockdown as of Wednesday

    Date: 2020-05-25 12:15:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8445044

    RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday an end to the two-months long lockdown on the Palestinian territories, WAFA reported. Speaking at a press conference in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said courts, ....

  • 2 Palestinian herders injured by Israeli settlers’ gunfire in village near Ramallah

    Date: 2020-05-25 12:13:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8445077

    RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) – Israeli settlers on Monday opened fire and injured two Palestinian herders near the Ramallah-area village of al-Mughayyer, according to a local activist. The activist, Kathem Haj Mohammad, told WAFA that settlers ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli settlers’ aggression

    Date: 2020-05-25 11:42:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8444966

    RAMALLAH, May 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Monday acts of aggression by Israeli settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinians. The terrorist settlers shot and injured two Palestinians in a town northeast of Ramallah, ....

  • Netanyahu's next hearing to take place on July 19

    Date: 2020-05-24 18:18:31 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8444560

    GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - The next hearing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial will be held on July 19, The Times of Israel reported. Following the first hearing on Sunday in the Jerusalem District Court, the judges approved for ....

  • Netanyahu faces court over bribery, fraud, breach of trust charges

    Date: 2020-05-24 14:10:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8444343

    GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust has begun Sunday at the Jerusalem District Court. It is the first time in the country’s history that a sitting prime ....

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