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  • Sara Netanyahu goes on trial over fraud charges

    Date: 2018-10-07 17:07:42 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7610609

    GAZA CITY, Oct 7 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, appeared in court on Sunday for the first hearing in the fraud trial against her, in which she is alleged to have misused state funds in ordering catered meals from ....

  • Russia says regrets Netanyahu-Abbas meeting not organized yet

    Date: 2018-10-07 08:37:21 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7609932

    ATHENS, Oct 7 (MENA) - Moscow regrets that the initiative regarding the meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been implemented yet because the Israeli side avoids dialogue, Russian ....

  • Israeli navy detains two fishermen off Gaza shore

    Date: 2018-10-06 09:47:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7608792

    GAZA CITY, Oct 6 (MENA) - Israeli navy ships detained two Gaza fishermen while sailing off the northwestern shores of Gaza, WAFA News Agency reported on Saturday. He said the navy ships opened their water hoses at several fishing boats in the ....

  • UNRWA concerned about statements made by Israeli mayor of Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-10-05 14:11:19 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7608048

    GENEVA, Oct 5 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) expressed its concern on Friday about recent statements made by the Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem on its operations and installations in the occupied East Jerusalem. UNRWA ....

  • Liberman warns Hamas: 'Holidays are over, take that into account '

    Date: 2018-10-05 10:44:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7607698

    GAZA CITY, Oct 5 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, on Friday morning warned Palestinian Hamas movement against escalating riots along the Gaza border, The Jerusalem Post reported. "We passed the month of Tishrei exactly as we ....

  • Israeli settlers harass villagers near Nablus as olive harvest begins

    Date: 2018-10-05 10:02:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7607678

    RAMALLAH, Oct 5 (MENA) - As Palestinians embark on picking their olives, a main income-generating season for thousands of Palestinian families, Israeli settlers harassed on Friday Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the village of Sebastia, ....

  • Israel detains 14 Palestinians in West Bank raids

    Date: 2018-10-04 12:12:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7606327

    RAMALLAH, Oct 4 (MENA) - The Israeli military detained early Thursday 14 Palestinians, including a journalist, during raids in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC). It said the army detained four people from Salfit ....

  • 15 Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire near Beit Hanoun crossing

    Date: 2018-10-03 19:12:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:7605311

    RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian protesters near Beit Hanoun crossing, killing a teenager and injuring 15 others, Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported adding that some of the injured were shot ....

  • Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

    Date: 2018-10-03 18:17:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:7605369

    RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - An Israeli army sniper shot Ahmed Samir Abu Habel, 15, in the head and killed him on Wednesday during protests at the northern Gaza border with Israel, according to WAFA correspondent and medical sources. They said Israeli ....

  • Cabinet sets phone numbers for garbage complaints

    Date: 2018-10-03 17:10:30 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7605262

    CAIRO, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Cabinet has set two WhatsApp numbers for receiving public complaints about garbage piles. The contacts are 01555516528, and 01555525444, along with hotline number 16528. Complaints could be also filed on new website ....

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