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Israeli knesset officially disperses ahead of early elections
Date: 2018-12-27 05:47:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7732176
GAZA CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - The bill to dissolve the 20th Knesset passed all three plenum votes on Wednesday, meaning the election campaign period has officially begun, The Jerusalem Post newspaper said Thursday. The final vote count was 102 in ....
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OIC condemns terror attack in Iraq
Date: 2018-12-26 15:44:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7731751
JEDDAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Wednesday a terrorist attack that targeted Tal Afar, Nineveh Governorate, northwestern Iraq, on Tuesday. OIC Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen extended his ....
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Israeli settlers break into al-Aqsa mosque
Date: 2018-12-26 14:41:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7731530
RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Extremist Israeli settlers Wednesday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem under heavy protection by Israeli police, WAFA news agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying. Divided into groups, the settlers ....
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Palestine initiates application for full UN membership
Date: 2018-12-26 13:13:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7731259
RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad al Malki Wednesday announced that Palestine would initiate an application to gain full state membership at the United Nations. Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio station, ....
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3 blasts hit western, west-southern countrysides of Damascus
Date: 2018-12-26 06:52:15 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7730879
LONDON, Dec 25 (MENA) - Three explosions hit the western and the west-southern countrysides of Damascus, Head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman said. In statements to Sky News news channel, Abdel Rahman asserted that ....
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Weapons depot blows up in Damscus
Date: 2018-12-26 06:26:51 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7730890
DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (MENA) - A weapons depot blew up in an Israeli rocket attack targeting the Syrian capital Damascus, leaving three soldiers wounded, a military source said. Syrian air defenses intercepted the rockets launched by Israeli jets from ....
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Israel detains 9 Palestinians from Quds, Jenin
Date: 2018-12-25 11:29:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7729809
RAMALLAH, Dec 25 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Tuesday nine Palestinians from al Quds and Jenin in the West Bank. The forces detained eight Palestinians from al Quds and one from Jenin in the northern West Bank. Meanwhile, the forces ....
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Netanyahu could be Israel’s longest-serving PM despite decades of scandals
Date: 2018-12-25 10:44:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7729796
WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (MENA) - The Washington Post said that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wins next year’s freshly announced snap election, he will become Israel’s longest-serving premier — besting even the country’s founder, David ....
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Christmas festivities begin in West Bank town of Bethlehem
Date: 2018-12-24 13:24:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7728618
RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Palestinians are preparing to host pilgrims from around the world in celebrating Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, ABC News reported. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic cleric in the ....
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Barghouti slams Palestinian Constitutional Court ruling dissolving PLC
Date: 2018-12-24 11:41:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7728333
RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti slammed a ruling of the Constitutional Court dissolving the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). The court decision comes at a very difficult ....
