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4 Palestinians wounded near Ramallah

Date: 2018-11-19 06:30:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7676210

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli forces in a village near Ramallah late on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. The wounded were ambulanced to Salvit public hospital. The occupation forces opened fire at the ....

Israeli forces attack school in southern Hebron area with tear gas

Date: 2018-11-18 18:59:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7675937

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian students and teachers suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces toward an elementary school in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. Israeli soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas ....

Dozens of settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-18 09:59:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7674889

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Dozens of Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli security troops forced their way into Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, according to local sources. The extremist Israeli settlers and students of Talmudic ....

Israeli forces suppress protest of journalists in West Bank

Date: 2018-11-17 18:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7674437

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Several Palestinian and international journalists suffered severe tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful march at Qalandiya checkpoint north of Al-Quds. The demonstrators called on Israeli ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US pro-Israel bias

Date: 2018-11-17 14:43:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7674049

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed on Saturday the US administration’s policy for the Middle East describing it as blindly biased towards the Israeli occupation regime. In a statement ....

5.1-magnitude quake hits southeastern Iran

Date: 2018-11-17 07:35:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7673524

TEHRAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's Anbarabad, the southeastern province of Kerman with no casualties reported, managing director of Kerman crisis management office announced. Majid Saeedi said that immediately after the ....

40 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces on Gaza border

Date: 2018-11-16 19:41:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7673230

GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - At least, 40 Palestinians were injured and others suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked protests along the Gaza-Israel border, said the Ministry of Health in Gaza in a statement. The protests ....

Early election inevitable, but Netanyahu denying it -- JPost

Date: 2018-11-16 16:41:37 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7673172

GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA ) - Nearly all of the Likud’s coalition partners have called to go to an early election as soon as possible, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly continued to express hope that it won’t happen on Friday ....

Tunisia confirms its stance supporting Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-11-16 10:56:39 GMT - Tunisia - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7672708

TUNIS, Nov 16 (MENA) - Tunisia on Friday confirmed its stance supporting the Palestinian cause and the struggle of the Palestinian people to restore their rights. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, underlined that Tunisia will ....

Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian farmers in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-11-16 09:56:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7672593

GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Friday opened fire at Palestinian farmers and their lands which are located on borders, east of the al-Qarara town in southern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported, eye witnesses ....