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Palestinian president contacts Arab leaders to halt Israeli aggression on Al Aqsa mosque

Date: 2018-07-27 16:31:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7507561

RAMALLAH, July 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas contacted Arab and world leaders on Friday to warn them of the consequences of the Israeli measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the latest of which was its attack on worshippers who ....

OCHA: 182,618 people remain displaced in southern Syria

Date: 2018-07-27 13:15:21 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7507235

GENEVA, July 27 (MENA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that following five weeks of sustained hostilities in Southern Syria, as many as 182,618 people remain displaced from their areas of origin. Speaking ....

Israeli stabbed to death near Ramallah

Date: 2018-07-26 22:19:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:7506677

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - An Israeli settler died of the wounds he suffered on Thursday after he was stabbed by a young Palestinian in Adam settlement, southeast the city of Ramallah. The young Palestinian was killed by Israeli occupation forces ....

Israeli occupation forces kill young Palestinian near Ramallah

Date: 2018-07-26 19:30:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7506566

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces killed Thursday a young Palestinian for allegedly stabbing three Israeli settlers in Adam settlement near the city of Ramallah. Israeli media said that three settlers were injured in a stabbing ....

Erekat says Palestinians will continue struggle against Israeli occupation

Date: 2018-07-26 18:48:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7506355

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Executive Committee Saeb Erekat stressed on Thursday that the Palestinian people will continue their steadfastness and struggle against the Israeli ....

Netanyahu rejected Russian offer to hold summit meeting with Abbas

Date: 2018-07-26 18:16:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7506478

GAZA CITY, July 26 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Russian offer to hold a summit meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. The Prime Minister said he will not meet ....

Palestinian Health Ministry: 152 Palestinians killed, 16,750 injured in March Return protests

Date: 2018-07-26 18:11:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7506385

GAZA CITY, July 26 (MENA) – As many as 152 Palestinians were killed while 16,750 injured and suffocated in the weekly Great March of Return protests that started on March 30, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday. The ministry ....

Israel halts constructing Gaza separation barrier

Date: 2018-07-26 14:39:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7505830

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - The Israeli army said that it halted construction work of Gaza separation barrier built by Israel along the border with the enclave for fear of the Gazan snipers. Israel stopped building the barrier separating it of ....

China asserts support for Palestinians' right to establish their independent state

Date: 2018-07-26 11:35:34 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7505637

BEIJING, July 26 (MENA) - China asserts its clear and firm stance towards the Palestinian cause, voicing its support to the legitimate right of the Palestinians to establish their independent state, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang ....

Dozens of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-07-26 11:16:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7505682

RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli extremist settlers stormed Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi Gate under tight security measures imposed by Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said that the Jewish extremists carried out provocative tours in the ....