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Palestinian Foreign Ministry calls for imposing sanctions on Israel following PM pledge

Date: 2019-09-11 11:46:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8099347

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called for imposing sanctions on Israel after its prime minister pledged to annex some lands of the occupied West Bank if reelected. On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu said he would annex ....

EU: Netanyahu pledge to annex large parts of occupied WB underlines peace chances

Date: 2019-09-11 11:42:04 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8099364

BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (MENA) - EU has warned against the consquences of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank to Israel if relected. In statements to Russia Today on Wednesday, EU ....

Saudi Arabia condemns Netanyahu's annexation pledge

Date: 2019-09-11 11:35:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8099392

RIYADH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank as a "dangerous escalation against the Palestinian people", describing the measure as ....

AP speaker slams Israeli PM intention to annex parts of WB lands

Date: 2019-09-11 11:21:05 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8099094

CAIRO, Sept 11 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal bin Fahad al Salmi has categorically rejected statements by the Israeli prime minister in which he made clear his intention to annex parts of West Bank lands occupied in 1967. Salmi said ....

Ashrawi talks with ICRC officials on developments in Palestinian lands

Date: 2019-09-11 11:01:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8099278

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi discussed on Wednesday with head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in occupied Jerusalem David Quesne and its head in Tel Aviv Daniel Duvillard the role ....

OIC condemns Netanyahu's pledge to annex WB lands

Date: 2019-09-11 10:57:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8099230

RIYADH, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the intention of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to impose Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territories in case he wins the Israeli general ....

Israeli PM to make one-day visit to Russia Thursday

Date: 2019-09-11 10:55:14 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8099318

MOSCOW, Sept 11 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Sochi for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the Kremlin said. The one-day trip comes just five days before the September 17 election, and ....

Russia registers 50 ceasefire violations in Syria in 24 hours

Date: 2019-09-11 09:47:00 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8099173

MOSCOW, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Russian side to the joint commission with Turkey tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 50 ceasefire breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours. The Russian side said 10 violations ....

Israeli forces arrest 16 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-09-11 09:33:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8099130

RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 16 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society on Wednesday. The arrests continued from Tuesday evening till Wednesday dawn. The arrests ....

Bahrain strongly condemns Netanyahu plans to annex parts of occupied WB

Date: 2019-09-11 08:36:49 GMT - Bahrain - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8099095

MANAMA, Sept 11 (MENA) - Bahrain strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to to annex the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea in the occupied West Bank, should he be reelected on September 17, the Bahraini News ....