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US to restore sanctions on Iran, second round to be applied on Nov. 5

Date: 2018-08-06 20:02:15 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7521923

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restore nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, increasing economic pressure on Tehran and renewing his criticism of what he called a "horrible, one-sided" nuclear ....

Israeli settlers knock down two homes southern WB

Date: 2018-08-06 13:43:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7521189

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli settlers, escorting a bulldozer, demolished on Monday two Palestinian homes at Beit al-Baraka church compound, in the north of Al Khalil city (Hebron), southern the West Bank (WB), despite the presence of a court ....

New Jewish "Nation-State" bill exposes Israel's hypocritical democracy

Date: 2018-08-06 13:16:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7520938

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Knesset Member Youssef Jabareen of the Joint (Arab) List on Monday called upon all international entities to expose Israel's violations of its commitments to the world community. The new "Jewish Nation-State bill" ....

PLO official says humanitarian project in Gaza paves way for "deal of century"

Date: 2018-08-06 11:17:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7520609

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Secretary of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat has said that the so-called "humanitarian project" in the Gaza Strip paves the way for implementing the "deal of the century". ....

Israeli troops arrest 16 citizens from WB including 2 journalists

Date: 2018-08-06 11:13:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7520732

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities have arrested 16 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank and East Jerusalem (Al Quds) since last night, according to a statement released by the Palestinian Prisoners' Club on Monday. The ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2018-08-06 11:05:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7520939

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday from Bab al Magharba guarded by Israeli police. Some 90 settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the mosque, eyewitnesses said. Consul General of Israel in ....

Fuel crisis threatens closure of Gaza health facilities

Date: 2018-08-06 10:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7520712

GAZA CITY, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry has warned against the repercussions of fuel shortage that might threaten the closure of health facilities at the Gaza Strip. In a brief statement released on Monday, Palestinian Health ....

Palestinian teen dies of wounds during Gaza border protests

Date: 2018-08-05 20:44:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7520331

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man died on Sunday of his wounds when Israeli occupation forces shot him at the protests of the Great March Return, eastern Bureij, central Gaza Strip. In a statement by the Palestinian Health ....

3 Palestinians injured along Gaza borders

Date: 2018-08-05 20:25:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7520269

GAZA CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - At least three Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli forces’ fire to the east of Al-bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, medical sources were quoted by WAFA news agency as saying on Sunday. Israeli forces ....

12 Palestinians arrested in WB, East Jerusalem

Date: 2018-08-05 13:45:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7519494

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians on Saturday and early Sunday in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In a press release on Sunday, the club said seven Palestinians were arrested ....