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  • 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 ....

  • Israeli settlers perform Talmudic rituals in vicinity of Nabi Yunus mosque

    Date: 2018-07-26 08:06:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7505293

    RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Halhul town, north of Hebron, and performed Talmudic rituals in the vicinity of Mosque of Nabi Yunus. In statements on Thursday, media activist Mohamed Awad said Israeli forces ....

  • Israeli artillery attack kills three Palestinians in Gaza

    Date: 2018-07-25 19:54:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7505020

    GAZA CITY, July 25 (MENA) – Three Palestinians were killed and a fourth was critically injured in an Israeli artillery attack on a location in the east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying on ....

  • US Pastor placed under house arrest in Turkey

    Date: 2018-07-25 13:30:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7504472

    ANKARA, July 25 (MENA) - A Turkish penal court on Wednesday issued a ruling to place under house arrest US Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who was behind bars since December 2016, in Turkey, Al Hurra TV reported. Brunson has been facing up to 15 ....

  • China calls for holding int'l conference to resume Palestinian-Israeli peace talks

    Date: 2018-07-25 10:10:22 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7504007

    BEIJING, July 25 (MENA) - China called for holding an international conference to resume peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis as soon as possible, Chinese media reported. While urging to stop violence against civilians and take steps ....

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