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Lebanon bans entry of Israeli products into its markets

Date: 2019-03-12 12:36:43 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7844631

BEIRUT, March 12 (MENA) - Minister of Economy and Trade Mansour Bteish on Tuesday issued a decision banning the entry to the Lebanese markets of all commodities and products bearing the Israeli trademark. Bteish's decision comes within the ....

Occupation encourages settlers to attack churches -- Authority

Date: 2019-03-12 12:07:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7844574

RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - The Islamic Christian Authority for Supporting Al Quds and Sanctuaries on Tuesday said that Israeli court's acquittal of two settlers who set ablaze Virgin Mary Apparition Church in Al Quds in 2016 and another church in ....

Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians from the West Bank

Date: 2019-03-12 11:36:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7844495

RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday evening and Tuesday morning detained 11 Palestinians from the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Club, two Palestinians were detained from Bethlehem, three from ....

Israeli army arrests 10 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-03-11 10:56:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7842463

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested ten Palestinians in the West Bank at dawn of Monday, including liberated prisoners, the Palestinian Prisoner Club said. The arrests took place in Ramallah, Biera, Nablus, Tulkarm and Salfit ....

Israel arrests two Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-03-11 08:14:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7842192

GAZA CITY, March 11 (MENA) - The Israeli navy arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza Strip shores. In statements on Monday, head of the fishermen union in Gaza Zakaria Bakr said that the two fishermen were taken to an unknown ....

Palestinian govt urges int'l community to condemn Israel over Al Aqsa Mosque aggression

Date: 2019-03-10 11:16:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7840753

RAMALLAH, March 10 (MENA) - The Palestinian steering government urged on Sunday the international community to condemn the new aggression on Al Aqsa Mosque. In a statement, spokesman for the Palestinian government Youssef Mahmoud said what ....

Israeli forces detain Italian in Hebron

Date: 2019-03-10 10:12:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7840646

RAMALLAH, March 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Sunday an Italian from the International Solidarity Movement over his attempt to document an attack by Israeli army and settlers on volunteers of struggle groups for protection, monitoring and ....

Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces near Jericho

Date: 2019-03-10 07:18:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7840554

RAMALLAH, March 10 (MENA) - A 22-year-old Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to the Ministry of Health. The youth, identified as Salameh Saleh Kaabneh, was shot dead in ....

Israel raids Palestinian outposts in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-03-10 05:34:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:7840480

GAZA CITY, March 10 (MENA) - Israeli war jets targeted a number of Palestinian resistance positions in northern Gaza Strip at dawn of Sunday. Israeli warplanes targeted al Waha outpost by two rockets, the Palestinian sources said. No ....

Israel forces fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-03-09 08:40:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7839452

GAZA CITY, March 9 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Saturday morning at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of northern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported as a result of the attack, according to Palestinian sources. ....