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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 ....

Israeli occupation closes southern entrance of Bethlehem, wound Palestinian

Date: 2018-09-16 11:51:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7578171

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday closed the southern entrance of Bethlehem in the West Bank and prevented vehicles from entering the area. The Palestinian news agency quoted a security source as having said the ....

Palestinian FM condemns Israel crackdown on peaceful return march

Date: 2018-09-16 10:53:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7578017

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned brutal attacks by Israeli forces cracking down peaceful rallies as part of the Great March of Return on the Gaza Strip border. The Ministry cited the killing of ....

Israeli forces detain 16 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-09-16 09:39:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7577935

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Sunday morning detained 16 Palestinians during wide-scale raids across the occupied West Bank. One Palestinian from Jerusalem, three from Hebron, two from Qalqilya and two from Nablus were ....

Abbas says Palestinian leadership to seek UN action

Date: 2018-09-15 19:59:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7577593

RAMALLAH, Sept 15 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that the leadership will seek action in the United Nations regarding the suffering of the Palestinian people, especially in the aftermath of the recent US and Israeli ....

Erdogan failed to rule Turkey, manage its economy: opposition leader

Date: 2018-09-15 10:29:04 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7576653

ANKARA, Sept 15 (MENA) – Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu said Ankara is suffering a very dangerous economic crisis, noting that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has failed to rule the country and manage ....

Germany says it is worried about closure of PLO's office in Washington

Date: 2018-09-14 16:40:05 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7576282

BERLIN, Sept 14 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry said that it is worried about the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s office in Washington. "Considering the current lack of communication we are seeing between the ....

Trump's envoy: We are ready to face Israel's criticism of ME peace plan

Date: 2018-09-14 13:20:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7576043

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said that the Trump's administration is prepared to face Israel's criticism of parts of the Middle East peace plan, Alhurra channel reported. "We’re ....