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Palestinian Foreign Ministry deplores US decision to merge consulate with embassy

Date: 2018-10-19 09:44:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7628740

RAMALLAH, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the recent US decision to close its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem and merge it with the US embassy in the city, WAFA news agency reported on Friday. Closing the ....

Erekat calls for int'l investigation into Israeli war crimes

Date: 2018-10-18 16:26:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7628049

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Saeb Erekat on Thursday called for an immediate international investigation into the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. Erekat submitted a formal petition to ICC ....

US to merge Jerusalem consulate with new embassy

Date: 2018-10-18 15:18:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7628052

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (MENA) - The United States says it is placing its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians under the authority of its embassy to Israel, Ynetnews reported. The US State Department said Thursday that merging the ....

OIC condemns violence in Afghanistan

Date: 2018-10-18 15:08:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7628007

RIYADH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) strongly condemned attack targeting a candidate office in Helmand Region in Southern Afghanistan as well as a suicide attack on foreign troops' patrol, in Bagram Region. In a ....

70 settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-10-18 11:04:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7627545

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Seventy Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba gate on Thursday guarded by Israeli forces. The settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the holy site, WAFA News Agency reported. (MENA) Y Y E/S R E ....

Riyadh denies reports on meeting bet. Saudi, Israeli chiefs of staff

Date: 2018-10-17 19:28:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:7626786

RIYADH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Saudi Defense Ministry on Wednesday denied Israeli media reports alleging that a meeting has taken place between Saudi military Chief of Staff Gen. Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, and his Israeli counterpart Gadi ....

OIC Commends UN Vote Giving Palestine More Powers during 2019 Meetings

Date: 2018-10-17 14:38:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7626104

RIYADH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the United Nations decision, with a majority of 146 votes, to grant the State of Palestine more powers to perform its duties as the Chair of the Group of 77 + China in ....

Palestinian foreign ministry slams absence of int'l stance condemning Israeli policies

Date: 2018-10-17 14:15:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7625966

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has warned of the repercussions of what it called "great hysteria" that dominates the thoughts and actions of the far-right Israeli government and the absence of ....

Palestinian killed, 14 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-10-17 12:22:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7625976

GAZA CITY, Oct 17 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man from Beit Hanoun city was killed in an Israeli airstrike Wednesday against a site in Um Al Nasser village. As well, ten Palestinians, including six school students, were wounded in Israeli ....

Palestinian martyred, 3 injured in Israeli raids in northern Gaza

Date: 2018-10-17 07:08:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7625316

GAZA CITY, Oct 17 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed and three others injured on Wednesday in an Israeli raid on northern Gaza, according to local media sources. Israeli war jets launched a series of raids at the early hours of the morning ....