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Israel approves building new 20 thousand settlements in Al Quds

Date: 2018-08-15 21:40:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7535360

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) – The Israeli authorities agreed Wednesday on establishing new 20 thousand settlements in several neighborhoods in Al Quds. The new project will cost 1.4 billion shekel, Israel's Channel 2 reported. (MENA) M G E/M A F ....

At least 48 killed, 67 injured in suicide attack in Kabul: Afghani officials

Date: 2018-08-15 16:58:20 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7535212

KABUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in front of an educational center in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people and injuring 67, officials said. There was no immediate claim of ....

Israel detains 8 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-08-15 13:02:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7534492

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained at dawn on Wednesday eight Palestinians, including a journalist, from different governorates of the West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the forces detained the ....

PLO executive committee member praises Egyptian-Palestinian relations

Date: 2018-08-15 11:48:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7534497

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Ahmed al Tamimi praised the Egyptian-Palestinian relations and continued coordination between the leaders of the two countries. The remarks by ....

Israel fires at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

Date: 2018-08-15 10:12:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7534175

GAZA CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired on Wednesday morning at boats of Palestinian fishermen sailing off the northern shores of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that the gunboats fired at several boats but none was harmed. This ....

Israel reopens Karm Abu Salem crossing

Date: 2018-08-15 09:50:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7534266

GAZA CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli authorities reopened on Wednesday Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing with Gaza to allow fuel, construction materials, food and other goods into the besieged Gaza Strip, Wafa news agency reported according to Raed ....

Israel to open Karam Abu Salem border crossing Wednesday

Date: 2018-08-14 18:39:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7533581

GAZA CITY, Aug 14 (MENA) - Israel said it would reopen the Karam Abu Salem border crossing with the Gaza Strip and extend the strip’s permitted fishing zone on Wednesday morning, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. Israeli Defense Minister ....

Palestinian cabinet condemns Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-08-14 15:09:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7533206

RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian cabinet has strongly condemned the continued Israeli aggression and military escalation against the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian cabinet asserted that the Israeli targeting of the innocent civilians in the ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-08-14 13:15:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7533081

RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab al Magharibah gate under strong protection by Israeli occupation forces. Some 80 settlers, including 23 Jewish students, broke into the mosque and ....

Palestinian foreign ministry deplores Israel's confiscation of lands in W. Bank

Date: 2018-08-14 11:25:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7532769

RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned in the strongest terms the scooping and confiscation of lands in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry lashed out at the ruling right-wing party's ....