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Ministerial meeting on UNRWA raises remarkable $122 million

Date: 2018-09-28 19:56:36 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7597602

AMMAN/NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - A Ministerial Meeting, held in New York raised a remarkable US$122 million for the UN Palestine refugees agency (UNRWA), the agency said in a statement Friday. The foreign ministers of Jordan, Sweden, Turkey, ....

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians, injure 500 at Gaza border

Date: 2018-09-28 17:26:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7597496

GAZA CITY, Sept 28 (MENA) - At least six Palestinians were killed and 500 others were injured by live bullets or suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked fresh Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border, WAFA ....

Russia hopes Israel will abide by int'l laws on Syria: official

Date: 2018-09-28 11:17:24 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7597009

MOSCOW, Sept 28 (MENA) - Russia hopes that Israel would abide by international laws and agreements on Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Friday. Israelis have extended their condolences at all levels after Russian ....

EU proposes additional €40 mn for UNRWA

Date: 2018-09-28 11:04:20 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7596854

BRUSSELS, Sept 28 (MENA) - The European Commission proposed additional €40 million support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the European Commission said in a press release on ....

Indonesia urges world not to remain silent about Palestine

Date: 2018-09-28 10:51:27 GMT - Indonesia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7596939

JAKARTA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has called on world community not to remain silent about Israel`s occupation of Palestine, the Indonesian Antara news agency reported. Kalla made the call on Thursday afternoon in his ....

UN Palestinian refugee agency narrows shortfall after US cuts

Date: 2018-09-28 09:33:16 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7596851

AMMAN/NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - UNRWA, A United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees, received contributions of $118 million on Thursday, narrowing a budget gap for this year to $68 million as it aims to fill a shortfall left by a cut ....

Lavrov, Abbas call for enhancing Palestinian-Russian ties

Date: 2018-09-28 08:54:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7596790

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for strengthening bilateral relations at their meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the Russian Foreign ....

Abbas: Al Quds issue is not for sale… 2 last New York

Date: 2018-09-27 19:14:42 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7596360

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said we have concluded agreements with Israel and they have abrogated all of them. Either Israel abides by these agreements, or else we will renege on them, WAFA reported. Israel will bear the responsibility ....

Abbas: Al Quds issue is not for sale

Date: 2018-09-27 18:20:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7596229

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday “Al Quds issue is not for sale” and that the Palestinian people’s rights “are not up for bargaining.” Speaking at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New ....

Abu Rudeineh: Not a single Israeli soldier will be accepted on Palestinian land

Date: 2018-09-27 13:45:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7595756

RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) - Reacting to statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York regarding keeping Israeli security forces in areas west of the Jordan River, that is the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, presidential spokesman ....