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  • Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-04-02 10:38:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7877706

    RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 10 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. According to a statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoner Club, seven Palestinians were detained from Al Quds while ....

  • Israel destroys under-construction building in E.Jerusalem, Bethlehem

    Date: 2019-04-02 09:36:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7877540

    RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israel destroyed on Tuesday an under-construction building in Shufat camp in the occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian sources said Israeli bulldozers demolished the building amid tight security measures. In the West ....

  • Netanyahu set to hold talks with Putin in Moscow

    Date: 2019-04-02 09:19:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7877541

    GAZA CITY, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart for Moscow on Thursday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his spokesperson Anna Jonathan-Leus told TASS news agency. "The prime minister will fly to ....

  • Israel detains 45 Waqf employees for opening door to Bab al Rahma prayer area

    Date: 2019-04-02 08:33:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7877430

    RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli police have detained two employees of the Muslim Waqf department, which is in charge of Muslim property in Jerusalem, because they opened the door to Bab al-Rahma prayer area within Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in ....

  • Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Qalandia camp

    Date: 2019-04-02 08:13:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7877373

    RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian youth and injured two others in an overnight military raid on the refugee camp of Qalandia, north of Jerusalem city, WAFA news agency reported Tuesday. Local sources said that ....

  • US suspends delivery of F-35 jet equipment to Turkey

    Date: 2019-04-01 21:38:48 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7877150

    WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) - The Pentagon has halted the delivery of equipment related to the F-35 jet to Turkey due to Turkey's decision to purchase the Russian-made S-400 missile system, CNN reported Monday. "Pending an unequivocal Turkish ....

  • Israel allows fishing zone off Gaza to be expanded

    Date: 2019-04-01 16:03:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7876707

    GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Gaza fishermen's committee said it has received Israel's approval through Egyptian mediators to extend the permitted fishing zone from 22 km to 28 km, a range unseen since the second intifada, Ynet reported Monday. The ....

  • Israel moves 100 Palestinian prisoners from Nafha prison to several jails

    Date: 2019-04-01 12:10:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7876072

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Israel moved at least 100 Palestinian prisoners from Nafha prison to several other prisons. In statements to Voice of Palestine Radio on Monday, Palestinian Prisoners' Authority Spokesman Hassan Abd-Rabbu said the move ....

  • Russian deputy FM meets Palestine's Abbas, Yemen's Hadi

    Date: 2019-04-01 11:57:47 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7876143

    MOSCOW, April 1 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas discussed the escalations of the Gaza tensions and the recent move by US President Donald Trump on recognizing Israel's sovereignty over ....

  • Israel signs order deducting 42 million NIS from PA payments

    Date: 2019-04-01 11:34:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7876063

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Israel's Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon signed an order to deduct 42 million NIS ($11,578,350) from the taxes transferred each month to the Palestinian Authority (PA), Israel Hayom reported. The deduction comes in ....

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