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Palestinian Foreign Ministry following up file of dead Palestinian prisoner Fares Baroud

Date: 2019-02-07 15:46:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7793839

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry stressed on Thursday that it is closely following up the file of Palestinian prisoner Fares Baroud who died due to Israel's medical negligence . Baroud, 51, from al-Shati refugee camp in ....

Two ISM members arrested for securing movement of Palestinian students

Date: 2019-02-07 15:25:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7793745

RAMALLAH, Feb 7 (MENA) - Two members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) were detained by Israeli soldiers on Thursday while securing movement of elementary school students in the Israeli occupied section of the southern West Bank city of ....

Abbas says PA supports Syria's return to Arab League

Date: 2019-02-06 12:21:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7791610

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority supports Syria's return to the Arab League and looks forward to reaching this aim through consultation among the Arab nations. In an interview with ....

Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-02-06 11:21:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7791604

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested ten Palestinians in different places of the West Bank at dawn on Wednesday, Palestinian sources said. Arrests took place in Tulkarm, Bethlehem, Jenin, Hebron and Nablus. Meanwhile, Israeli ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-02-06 10:28:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7791417

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Groups of hard-line settlers, heavily protected by Israeli police forces, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday from Bab el Magharba. Eyewitnesses said the settlers performed Talmudic prayers in the mosque's yards while ....

Israel detains 33 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-02-05 12:11:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7789952

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday arrested the mother of two alleged Palestinian attackers along with 32 other Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners' Club (PPC) as ....

Palestinian envoy: UNSC to hold closed session on Israel's expulsion of TIPH Wednesday

Date: 2019-02-04 07:30:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7787845

RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Palestinian ِِِِ ِAmbassador at the United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour said the UN Security Council will hold on Wednesday an in-camera session on Israel's expulsion of the international task force monitoring the West ....

Disabled Palestinian beaten, detained in western Bethlehem

Date: 2019-02-03 17:25:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7787273

RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained on Sunday a disabled Palestinian after beating him in western Bethlehem. In statements, Deputy Mayor of Nahalin Hani Fannun said that Ibrahim Ali Fannun, who has an amputated leg, attempted to ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under police protection

Date: 2019-02-03 11:10:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7786686

RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Protected by Israeli police, dozens of extremist Jews stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah Gate Sunday. Eyewitnesses said 85 settlers and 26 students of Talmudic institutes toured the mosque and listened to lessons ....

Israeli troops attack farms, residents in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-02-03 09:20:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7786500

GAZA CITY, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli troops opened fire Sunday toward farms and residents of Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. No casualties were reported in the attack on the farms in Rafah, said the sources. Another Israeli attack ....