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Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Israeli settlement, displacement policies

Date: 2018-10-23 11:38:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7634587

RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the Israeli expansionist policy which aims at displacing Palestinian citizens by force to expand Jewish settlements. In a statement on Tuesday, the ....

12 Palestinians arrested in WB

Date: 2018-10-23 08:37:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7634398

RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (MENA) - Israeli troops arrested early Tuesday 12 Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel claimed that the detained were wanted over participating in popular marches against the occupation. The detainees are from Nablus, Hebron, ....

Israeli authorities release Al-Quds intelligence chief

Date: 2018-10-22 19:02:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7634008

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli authorities on Monday released Al-Quds intelligence chief Col. Jihad Faqeeh, the official news agency WAFA reported. The release followed efforts by the Palestinian side, WAFA quoted the head of the legal affairs ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israel's attempt to pass racist law

Date: 2018-10-22 11:56:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7633053

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry lashed out at attempts by Israeli government's to pass a law banning visits to prisoners by their families and members of the Red Cross. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said ....

Palestine condemns Israeli bill depriving Palestinian prisoners of visitation rights

Date: 2018-10-22 09:37:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7632798

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Palestinian authorities condemned a bill proposed by the Israeli government to prevent Palestinian prisoners from receiving visits by their relatives and representatives of the International Committee of the Red ....

Palestinian shot dead in Hebron after alleged attack

Date: 2018-10-22 09:19:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7632696

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Monday a Palestinian who was not yet identified in the southern West Bank city of Hebron after he allegedly attempted to stab a soldier, WAFA quoted reports as saying. The Palestinian ....

Israeli settlers attack town in northern Salfit

Date: 2018-10-22 07:50:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7632586

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli settlers attacked at dawn on Monday a town in northern Salfit in northern the West Bank. The settlers also deflated a number of tiers of Palestinians' vehicles. (MENA) M H K/S R E ....

Erekat on arrest of Jerusalem Governor: Israel violates its own commitments

Date: 2018-10-21 15:07:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7631736

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, said on Sunday that by arresting the Governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, Israel was further violating its own commitments and obligations ....

OIC welcomes plebiscite in the Southern Philippines

Date: 2018-10-21 13:07:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7631600

JEDDAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the announcement by the Philippines Commission on Election (COMELEC) that on 21st January 2019 a plebiscite exercise will be held to decide the ....

Jordan cancels annexes of peace treaty With Israel

Date: 2018-10-21 13:05:51 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7631592

RAMALLAH/AMMAN, Oct 21 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah informed Israel on Sunday he will not renew two annexes of the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan concerning territory leased to Israel, said Israeli newspaper Haaretz. In a meeting ....