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Israeli forces detain several Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-11-26 13:00:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7686758

RAMALLAH, Nov 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Monday conducted multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and detained a number of Palestinians, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners Club (PPC) as saying. Israeli police detained at least 32 ....

Number of injured in 6.3 magnitude Iran quake rises to 634

Date: 2018-11-26 07:33:43 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7686497

TEHRAN, Nov 26 (MENA) - Iranian state television said the number of injured people from Sunday night's magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the country's west has risen to 634. A report Monday said most of the injured were immediately released from ....

Palestinian gov't deplores Israeli detention of Al Quds governor

Date: 2018-11-25 10:20:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7685080

RAMALLAH, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian government decried on Sunday the detention of Al Quds Governor Adnan Ghaith during an Israeli raid on his house in the occupied city. The step is "part of a continuous Israeli campaign against our ....

Shots fired near Austrian embassy in Ankara

Date: 2018-11-25 10:03:03 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7685042

ANKARA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Shots were fired near the Austrian Embassy in Ankara around midnight, Al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Sunday, citing the Turkish official news agency. The bullets were fired into the air from a white car and security ....

AL condemns Israeli decision against two senior Palestinian officials

Date: 2018-11-24 11:15:15 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7683925

CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) on Saturday condemned a decision by the Israeli occupation authorities against member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Minister of Al Quds Affairs Adnan al Husseiny, ....

Israeli naval forces detain three Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2018-11-23 09:02:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7682593

GAZA CITY, Nov 23 (MENA) - Israeli naval forces on Friday detained three Palestinian fishermen offshore Gaza city. Head of the Palestinian fishermen association Nezar Ayyash, said in press statements, that the three fishermen were detained while ....

Erekat condemns latest Israeli restrictions on two Jerusalem officials

Date: 2018-11-22 21:12:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7682321

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, condemned on Thursday the latest arbitrary measures by the Israeli authorities obstructing the work of the two main political Palestinian ....

Israeli occupation issues ban on Jerusalem governor's interaction with Palestinian officials

Date: 2018-11-22 17:31:31 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7682064

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - The so-called central commander of the Israeli army issued an order on Thursday banning the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, from interacting with a number of Palestinian officials. Under the ban order, ....

Israel bans Al Quds Affairs Minister from travelling for 3 months

Date: 2018-11-22 14:20:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7681741

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - Al Quds Affairs Department strongly condemned on Thursday Israel's decision to ban al Quds affairs minister from traveling abroad for three months. This is an unprecedented move that totally violates all international ....

Palestine slams US veto to draft resolution on stopping aggression on Gaza

Date: 2018-11-22 12:55:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7681407

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - The Palestinian cabinet condemned the US veto in the United Nations Security Council to a draft resolution on immediate intervention to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. The preliminary estimates of the ....