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Settlers attack Palestinians near Israeli checkpoint, slash tires of cars
Date: 2018-08-23 12:52:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7544707
RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - At least two Palestinians Thursday were injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers near Zaatara Israeli military checkpoint, south of Nablus, in occupied West Bank, said security sources. Sources told WAFA that the ....
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Erekat urges holding Israel accountable for growing settlement activities
Date: 2018-08-23 11:17:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7544526
RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - PLO executive committee secretary Saeb Erekat called on Thursday for holding Israel accountable for okaying more settlement activities, referring to last week's UN report that called for holding those who violate the ....
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UN Israeli violence panel chief resigns
Date: 2018-08-22 18:15:23 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7544048
GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - Chief of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commission on Israeli violence against Palestinians David Crane has resigned for "personal reasons", said a spokesman on Wednesday. Crane submitted his resignation to UNHRC ....
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US replaced with UK in constructing re-designed Arak heavy reactor
Date: 2018-08-22 15:39:16 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7543967
Tehran, Aug 22 (MENA) - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says that the United Kingdom has taken over the share of the United States in a working group tasked with re-building Arak heavy reactor. “The ....
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PLO slams Trump statements on Jerusalem
Date: 2018-08-22 12:53:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7543690
RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned statements made by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Virginia state as he stressed that the issue of Jerusalem is off the negotiations' table. Member of the ....
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Israel hands Palestinian demolition notice in Bethlehem
Date: 2018-08-22 10:23:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7543601
RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces handed a Palestinian resident of Khedr town in southern Bethlehem a notice for the demolition of his house, citing construction without a permit as a pretext. The 120-square-meter-sized house ....
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Israeli police fine Palestinian family for son’s funeral attended by hundreds
Date: 2018-08-21 19:29:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7543173
GAZA CITY, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Israeli police fined on Tuesday a Palestinian family 50,000 shekels ($13,600) after hundreds of people participated in the funeral of its son, who is accused by Israeli forces of trying to stab a police officer. ....
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100, 000 worshippers perform Eid prayers at Aqsa mosque
Date: 2018-08-21 11:27:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7542546
RAMALLAH, Aug 21 (MENA) - Nearly 100,000 worshippers performed Eidul Adha prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, said Feras al Debs, the media official at the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf. The worshippers included citizens from Arab towns inside ....
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian on Gaza border
Date: 2018-08-20 21:03:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7542116
GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was killed Monday after Israeli occupation quelled the continuing Great March of Return protests at Gaza border, local sources said. Earlier on the day, the Israeli army said its forces opened ....
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Israel approves construction of 106 new settler units near Bethlehem
Date: 2018-08-20 13:10:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7541577
RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli authorities approved the construction of 106 new housing units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat, to the south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, said local activist Hasan Breijieh. The Higher ....
