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Large stone of Al Aqsa Mosque's western wall falls

Date: 2018-07-23 12:05:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7501302

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - A large stone fell on Monday from the southwestern side of the wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, a matter which raised anger and fear of the Islamic Waqf department in Al Quds city, according to eyewitnesses. The accident ....

12 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in W.Bank

Date: 2018-07-23 10:14:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7501101

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Twelve Palestinian citizens were arrested on Monday by Israeli forces in the West Bank. In a press release, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that five Palestinians were arrested in Burqa and Beita towns in Nablus, ....

Palestinian president greets Sisi on July 23 Revolution anniv.

Date: 2018-07-23 09:29:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7501085

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday greeted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the 66th anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported. In his greeting cable to ....

Potential halt of UNRWA education services "catastrophic": Education Ministry

Date: 2018-07-23 09:11:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7500986

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education on Monday warned against the repercussions of a potential halt of education services provided by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) within ....

Palestinian minor killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem

Date: 2018-07-23 06:43:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7500874

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) – A Palestinian minor was killed while two others were wounded during clashes that broke out with Israeli forces on Monday in Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to ....

Islamophobia observatory decries al Aqsa mosque storming by ultra-Orthodox Jews

Date: 2018-07-22 14:55:48 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7500269

CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) - The Islamophobia observatory of Egypt's Dar Al Ifta (Ifta House) strongly condemned on Sunday the raid by of more than 1000 Jewish settlers on Al Aqsa mosque compound and performing Talmudic rituals to mark Tisha B'Av event, ....

Storming Al Aqsa Mosque by settlers requires Palestinian, Arab, Islamic, int'l response - ministry

Date: 2018-07-22 14:44:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7500267

RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned on Sunday the storming of AL Aqsa Mosque by hundreds of Jewish extremist settlers and performing Talmudic rituals. The storming incidents are part of the Israeli ....

Palestinian rights group slams Israeli escalation in Gaza

Date: 2018-07-22 14:24:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7500084

GAZA CITY, July 22 (MENA) - A Palestinian rights center condemned on Sunday the Israeli escalation and airstrikes on Gaza Strip, warning that the Israeli violations would fuel the situation in the region Since March 30, up to 156 Palestinians ....

More than 1000 Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2018-07-22 11:08:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7499740

RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - As many as 1,023 Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque in the morning on Sunday guarded by Israeli forces, an official of the Palestinian Awqaf Ministry said. This coincides with the anniversary of Tisha B'Av ....

Essential services on verge of shutting down in Gaza due to lack of emergency fuel

Date: 2018-07-22 10:59:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7499811

RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - Supplies of emergency fuel provided by the United Nations for critical facilities in Gaza are being fast depleted, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, warned on Sunday. In a press release, he called on ....