Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

Indonesia urges world not to remain silent about Palestine

Date: 2018-09-28 10:51:27 GMT - Indonesia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7596939

JAKARTA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has called on world community not to remain silent about Israel`s occupation of Palestine, the Indonesian Antara news agency reported. Kalla made the call on Thursday afternoon in his ....

UN Palestinian refugee agency narrows shortfall after US cuts

Date: 2018-09-28 09:33:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7596851

AMMAN/NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - UNRWA, A United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees, received contributions of $118 million on Thursday, narrowing a budget gap for this year to $68 million as it aims to fill a shortfall left by a cut ....

Lavrov, Abbas call for enhancing Palestinian-Russian ties

Date: 2018-09-28 08:54:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7596790

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for strengthening bilateral relations at their meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the Russian Foreign ....

Abbas: Al Quds issue is not for sale… 2 last New York

Date: 2018-09-27 19:14:42 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7596360

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said we have concluded agreements with Israel and they have abrogated all of them. Either Israel abides by these agreements, or else we will renege on them, WAFA reported. Israel will bear the responsibility ....

Abbas: Al Quds issue is not for sale

Date: 2018-09-27 18:20:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7596229

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday “Al Quds issue is not for sale” and that the Palestinian people’s rights “are not up for bargaining.” Speaking at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New ....

Abu Rudeineh: Not a single Israeli soldier will be accepted on Palestinian land

Date: 2018-09-27 13:45:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7595756

RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) - Reacting to statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York regarding keeping Israeli security forces in areas west of the Jordan River, that is the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, presidential spokesman ....

Middle East Quartet calls for preventing tensions in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-09-27 11:48:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7595582

NEW YORK/MOSCOW, Sept 27 (MENA) - Representatives of the Middle East Quartet members (Russia, the US, the EU and the UN) have held a meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, calling for efforts to prevent a new armed ....

Russian, Jordanian FMs probe ME conditions

Date: 2018-09-27 09:05:36 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7595185

MOSCOW, Sept 27 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi have discussed Middle East conditions especially the situation in Syria and Iraq on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations ....

Trump vows to release Mideast peace plan within 4 months

Date: 2018-09-26 21:54:12 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7594654

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hoped to present his long-anticipated peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians within four months, and said he favored a two-state solution to the decades of conflict ....

After Trump meeting, Netanyahu backs Palestinian state under Israeli security control

Date: 2018-09-26 21:08:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7594795

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters Wednesday he was not surprised by US President Donald Trump's remark that he favored a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying "Everyone ....