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Israel detains 28 Palestinians from West Bank, Quds

Date: 2018-05-28 10:08:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7419718

RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 28 Palestinians on Monday from West Bank and al Quds. In a statement on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the forces detained 15 Palestinians from al Am'ari Refugee Camp in Ramallah ....

PNC praises PLO role in defending Palestinian rights

Date: 2018-05-28 09:45:44 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7419614

AMMAN, May 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Council (PNC) has asserted the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s commitment to self-determination and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Al Quds (East Jerusalem) as its ....

Israeli forces arrest 2 "suhoor callers" for annoying settlers

Date: 2018-05-28 09:08:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7419568

RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Israeli troops have arrested two pre-dawn drummers (Ramadan suhoor callers) in the Old City of al Quds under the pretext of annoying Israeli settlers. Mohamed Hajij and Saeid al Ajlouni were arrested and led to a ....

Syrian sources: army shelling targets areas controlled by opposition in Deraa

Date: 2018-05-28 09:03:55 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7419578

DAMASCUS, May 28 (MENA) - Syrian army forces on Monday shelled areas controlled by opposition factions in Deraa and its eastern countryside, Al Hurra News Channel reported quoting Syrian sources. No information on the number of casualties was ....

Russian jets intercept 2 Israeli F-16 over northern Lebanon

Date: 2018-05-28 06:41:39 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7419426

MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Russian warplanes have reportedly intercepted two Israeli F-16 jets over northern Lebanon. Russian Su-30 and Su-35 warplanes fly over Syria to carry out air missions there. Israel also uses Lebanon's air space to hit ....

1st cruise ship to sail from Gaza port to outside world Thursday

Date: 2018-05-27 13:48:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7418780

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - The first cruise ship will sail from the Gaza port to the outside world Thursday to mark the 7th anniversary of the Mavi Marmara Gaza flotilla incident, the Supreme National Authority of the March of Return and Breaking ....

Palestinian killed during Israeli shelling on Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-05-27 13:03:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7418687

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man succumbed Sunday to injuries he sustained during the Israeli shelling on east Rafah, south Gaza Strip, that took place in the morning. The young man is 25-year-old Nassim Marwan el Amor, said the ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa compound

Date: 2018-05-27 12:19:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7418280

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers and students broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sunday. Seventy-five Israeli extremists and 26 students made provocative tours of the courtyards under strict protection by the Israeli ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli court authorization to demolish Bedouin village in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-05-27 11:47:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7418410

RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned a decision by Israel’s Supreme Court permitting the demolition of a Palestinian village in the occupied Jerusalem. The court ruled that the Khan al Ahmar village was built ....

Former Mossad chief: Israel is no superpower

Date: 2018-05-27 11:29:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7418370

GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - Former Israeli Mossad Chief Shabtai Shavit said Israel is no superpower and “we cannot be the second country” in the world to use a nuclear weapon [following the US during World War II], stressing an Israeli preemptive ....