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Israel to hold unprecedented 3rd election in year after Knesset dissolves

Date: 2019-12-12 07:08:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8226464

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Israeli Knesset dissolved itself on Wednesday midnight, sending Israelis to the ballot boxes for the third time this year after both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz have failed in their ....

Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-12-11 11:00:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8225155

GAZA CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian fishermen off the shores of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the fishermen were sailing in the area where they are allowed to fish. No casualties were ....

Settlers pelt Palestinian cars with stones

Date: 2019-12-11 10:00:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8225166

RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - Settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near Zaatara town in eastern Bethlehem, damaging a number of them, Palestinian security sources said Wednesday. The sources said citizens' cars were vandalized while crossing ....

Arab parl't condemns Brazalian MP's visit to Israeli settlements in W.Bank

Date: 2019-12-11 09:21:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8224985

CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal bin Fahm al Salami expressed the parliament's categorical rejection of a Brazilian parliamentarian's visit to the Israeli settlement "Psagot" in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on ....

Lavrov says discussed with Trump situation in Arab Gulf

Date: 2019-12-11 09:00:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8225037

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he discussed with US President Donald Trump the necessity of taking measures to prevent an escalation of the crisis in the Arab Gulf, according to the Russian news agency ....

European Court urges release of Turkish activist Kavala

Date: 2019-12-10 11:43:10 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8223717

STRASBOURG, France, Dec 10 (MENA) - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday called for the immediate release of Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala. According to the US News website, the court said that there was a lack of ....

First day of Astana-14 talks on Syria kicks off with Russia-Iran meeting

Date: 2019-12-10 09:38:10 GMT - Kazakhstan - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8223492

NUR-SULTAN, Dec 10 (MENA) - The first day of the 14th round of Astana-format talks on Syria in the Kazakh capital has started with a bilateral meeting between the Russian and Iranian delegations, Sputnik reported. A number of closed-door ....

Israel hands over decision to Quds governor preventing him from work

Date: 2019-12-10 07:08:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8223264

RAMALLAH, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Israeli intelligence handed over to Al Quds Governor Adnan Ghaith a decision issued by Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan preventing him from holding meetings and seminars in Al Quds for six ....

Luxembourg said pushing for EU states to recognize Palestine

Date: 2019-12-10 06:37:59 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8223250

BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (MENA) - Luxembourg is pushing its fellow European Union states to recognize Palestine, in response to the recent US declaration that it no longer views Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal under international law, ....

PLO secretary: Trump, Netanyahu decisions aim to annihilate two-state solution

Date: 2019-12-09 09:27:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8221905

RAMALLAH, Dec 9 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee Saeb Erekat said the measures and decisions adopted by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meant to scupper ....