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Abbas says Palestinians ready for secret, public peace talks with Israel

Date: 2018-09-21 18:54:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7586637

RAMALLAH/PARIS, Sept 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that he has not rejected peace negotiations as Israel accuses. "The rejection is always from (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu," Abbas told reporters in ....

Israel presents downed jet findings to Russian delegation

Date: 2018-09-20 20:43:44 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7585565

MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - An Israeli Defense Forces delegation met with their Russian counterparts to present findings about the downed Russian fighter jet which Syria shot down Monday night after an Israeli air strike, the IDF spokesperson unit said ....

EU official: EU will support Palestinian authority move at ICC against Israel

Date: 2018-09-20 17:01:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7585282

GAZA CITY, Sept 20 (MENA) - Chairman of European Parliament's standing Delegation for relations with Palestine Neoklis Sylikiotis said the EU would support Palestinian authority if it went to the International Criminal Court against Israel's war ....

Israel to present findings in Moscow over downing of Russian plane

Date: 2018-09-20 10:34:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7584404

MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - An Israeli air force delegation will travel Thursday to Moscow in an attempt to ease the tensions caused by Monday night’s incident in which a Russian military plane was downed off Syria's coast. The delegation will be ....

Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza, Jerusalem

Date: 2018-09-18 20:57:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7582099

RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed Tuesday in Gaza and Jerusalem, WAFA reported. A Palestinian was killed by Israeli military police near Damascus Gate in the occupied Jerusalem. Also, two Palestinians were shot dead by ....

16 Palestinians detained from West Bank

Date: 2018-09-18 10:06:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7581069

RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) - Israel detained 16 Palestinians on Tuesday from different governorates in the West Bank. One of them was killed during the detention campaign. Israeli forces stormed into the house of 24-year-old Mohamed Zaghloul in ....

Turkey, Russia agree to create demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib

Date: 2018-09-17 19:43:50 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7580607

MOSCOW, Sept 17 (MENA) - The leaders of Russia and Turkey on Monday announced that a deep demilitarized zone will be established in Syria's Idlib region, the last bastion of anti-government fighters where fears had been high of a devastating ....

Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians in WB, Jerusalem

Date: 2018-09-17 10:39:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7579588

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained early Monday 19 Palestinians from various West Bank districts and Jerusalem, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians, aged 16 to 19, from Jerusalem’s town of ....

Israel to expel French-American professor arrested during West Bank protest

Date: 2018-09-16 19:09:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7578902

RAMALLAH, Sep 16 (MENA) – Israel is set to expel the foreign law professor arrested Friday on 'suspicion of disrupting the actions of Israeli soldiers on duty’ at the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, which is facing imminent demolition, WAFA ....

Israeli killed in stabbing attack in West Bank

Date: 2018-09-16 15:21:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7578405

GAZA CITY, Sept 16 (MENA) - A 40-year-old Israeli man was killed on Sunday in a stabbing attack at the entrance to a mall near the West Bank's Gush Etzion Junction said Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The victim was identified as Ari Fuld, a father of ....