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Israeli forces suppress Palestinian rally in southern Nablus

Date: 2018-12-02 13:10:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7695846

RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces attacked on Sunday hundreds of activists who were taking part in a rally in support of Al Quds at Huwwara checkpoint, on the southern entrance to Nablus city in the West Bank, according to local ....

Israeli court orders release of Al Quds governor, 9 Fatah members

Date: 2018-12-02 13:07:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7695812

RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (MENA) - An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem ordered on Sunday the release on bail of the Palestinian Authority’s Al Quds Governor Adnan Gheith, together with nine other members of Fatah faction in the city after a week-long ....

Israel ban on Adhan at Ibrahimi mosque deplored

Date: 2018-12-02 09:51:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7695358

RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (MENA) - A recent Israeli decision to ban Adhan (call for prayer) at El Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank in November has been decried. "Israeli violations of the right to worship of Muslims have become dangerous", said ....

Iran missile not banned by UN resolutions: Spox

Date: 2018-12-02 09:40:47 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7695436

TEHRAN, Dec 2 (MENA) - Not even one resolution has been issued by the United Nations Security Council prohibiting Iran's missile program or tests, IRNA reported quoting the spokesman of Iran's ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying. 'Iran's ....

Cyprus protests to UN continuing Turkish violations

Date: 2018-12-01 09:00:12 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7694108

NICOSIA, Dec 1 (MENA) - Cyprus has protested to the UN the continuing violations of the national airspace and territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey, as well as the infringements by the latter of international air traffic ....

UN to vote on US measure condemning Hamas on Thursday

Date: 2018-12-01 08:33:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7694026

NEW YORK, Dec 1 (MENA) - The UN General Assembly is set to vote on Thursday on a draft resolution submitted by the US to condemn Palestine's Hamas movement, attributing the resolution to the rockets launched by the movement on Israel. In a ....

Jordanian assaults 2 Israeli co-workers in Eilat

Date: 2018-11-30 19:47:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7693877

GAZA CITY, Nov 30 (MENA) - A Jordanian national employed at the Eilat port in southern Israel was arrested Friday on suspicion of attacking two Israeli co-workers with a hammer, The Times of Israel reported. The two Israelis were badly wounded in ....

Putin urges to do all possible to keep Iran nuclear deal in force

Date: 2018-11-30 18:58:49 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7693846

MOSCOW, Nov 30 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that keeping the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in force will help prevent a new wave of tension around the Iranian nuclear program and it is necessary to do everything ....

Jewish settlers write racist slogans in western Bethlehem

Date: 2018-11-30 09:17:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7693006

RAMALLAH, Nov 30 (MENA) - Extremist Jewish settlers wrote racist slogans on the walls of a mosque and houses of Palestinian citizens in Jab'a village in the west of Bethlehem, southern the West Bank. The Jewish settlers as well damaged car tires, ....

Israel conducts limited incursion into southern Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-11-30 08:57:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7693005

GAZA CITY, Nov 30 (MENA) - Several Israeli military vehicles conducted on Friday morning a limited incursion into the east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Four giant military bulldozers and a digger carried out dredging operations in the east ....