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AL official urges applicable plan against Israeli violations of human rights

Date: 2019-02-19 09:54:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7811476

CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Arab League Assistant Secretary General Haifa Abu Ghazala urged drawing up a practical and applicable plan to confront the Israeli violations of human rights. During the inauguration of the 45th session of the Arab Human ....

Israeli artillery shells villages in northern Gaza

Date: 2019-02-18 07:49:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7809473

GAZA CITY, Feb 18 (MENA) - Israeli artillery shelled late on Sunday two sites in northern the Gaza Strip. The Israeli tanks fired two missiles in eastern Beit Hanoun town and a missile in eastern Jabalia town in northern Gaza, eyewitnesses ....

Turkey detains 3,673 people over links with PKK

Date: 2019-02-17 21:46:56 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7809347

ANKARA, Feb 17 (MENA) - The Turkish security forces arrested at least 3,673 people across the country over links with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Alhurra reported Sunday. The Turkish authorities target supporters of Fethullah Gulen who is ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under police protection

Date: 2019-02-17 18:20:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7808806

RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday Al Aqsa Mosque, guarded by Israeli police forces. Eyewitnesses said 60 settlers, including 18 students of Talmudic institutes, broke into the mosque and made provocative ....

Palestine urges int'l community anew to stop Israeli escalation

Date: 2019-02-17 16:49:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7808883

RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian caretaker government urged anew the international community and organizations to shoulder their responsibilities and stop the dangerous Israeli escalation. The Israeli cabinet funds new settlement ....

Israel evicts Palestinian family from their home in Jerusalem

Date: 2019-02-17 12:14:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7808211

RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (MENA) - Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family on Sunday from their home in the Old City quarter of Jerusalem after an Israeli court had ruled that the property was built on a land that belongs to Jewish settlers. The ....

Netanyahu names Katz as acting FM

Date: 2019-02-17 11:19:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7808259

GAZA CITY, Feb 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the appointment of Intelligence and Transportation Minister Israel Katz as acting foreign minister for the remaining days of the current government, giving Katz a good ....

Tight security measures in Al Quds after stabbing attack

Date: 2019-02-17 08:38:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7807996

RAMALLAH, Feb 17 (MENA) - Main and side streets around a settlement in Al Quds have been closed following a stabbing attack, according to witnesses. Military checkpoints at the entrances of the occupied city have been also brought to a close as ....

Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2019-02-17 08:30:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7807982

GAZA CITY, Feb 17 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired on Sunday at Palestinian fishermen sailing in Khan Youns sea, southern the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that the fishermen had to return their boats to shore to escape the Israeli machine-gun ....

Israeli forces injure 20 Palestinians at Gaza border

Date: 2019-02-15 18:11:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7806235

GAZA CITY, Feb 15 (MENA) - At least 20 Palestinians, including a child, were injured by live bullets on Friday as Israeli forces attacked hundreds of protesters at Gaza-Israel border, WAFA quoted the Ministry of Health as saying. The forces fired ....