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Shots fired near Austrian embassy in Ankara

Date: 2018-11-25 10:03:03 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7685042

ANKARA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Shots were fired near the Austrian Embassy in Ankara around midnight, Al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Sunday, citing the Turkish official news agency. The bullets were fired into the air from a white car and security ....

AL condemns Israeli decision against two senior Palestinian officials

Date: 2018-11-24 11:15:15 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7683925

CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) on Saturday condemned a decision by the Israeli occupation authorities against member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Minister of Al Quds Affairs Adnan al Husseiny, ....

Israeli naval forces detain three Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2018-11-23 09:02:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7682593

GAZA CITY, Nov 23 (MENA) - Israeli naval forces on Friday detained three Palestinian fishermen offshore Gaza city. Head of the Palestinian fishermen association Nezar Ayyash, said in press statements, that the three fishermen were detained while ....

Erekat condemns latest Israeli restrictions on two Jerusalem officials

Date: 2018-11-22 21:12:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7682321

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, condemned on Thursday the latest arbitrary measures by the Israeli authorities obstructing the work of the two main political Palestinian ....

Israeli occupation issues ban on Jerusalem governor's interaction with Palestinian officials

Date: 2018-11-22 17:31:31 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7682064

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - The so-called central commander of the Israeli army issued an order on Thursday banning the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, from interacting with a number of Palestinian officials. Under the ban order, ....

Israel bans Al Quds Affairs Minister from travelling for 3 months

Date: 2018-11-22 14:20:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7681741

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - Al Quds Affairs Department strongly condemned on Thursday Israel's decision to ban al Quds affairs minister from traveling abroad for three months. This is an unprecedented move that totally violates all international ....

Palestine slams US veto to draft resolution on stopping aggression on Gaza

Date: 2018-11-22 12:55:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7681407

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - The Palestinian cabinet condemned the US veto in the United Nations Security Council to a draft resolution on immediate intervention to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. The preliminary estimates of the ....

AL holds meeting on Quds economic needs

Date: 2018-11-21 12:59:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7679766

CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - A Palestinian delegation to a meeting of the Arab League (AL) committee on supporting the Palestinian economy underlined the importance of providing the required funding for implementing the strategic development plan ....

Arab peace initiative stipulates Israeli withdrawal from Palestine: Fatah

Date: 2018-11-21 11:00:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7679589

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Fatah Movement said the Arab peace initiative that was approved in Beirut Arab Summit in 2002 stipulates Israel's withdrawal from the Palestinian lands it has been occupying since 1967 in return of normal relations with the ....

Settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-21 10:36:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7679531

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Thirty-four settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday from Al Magharba gate guarded by Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said they made provocative tours in the premises. Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers demolished a ....