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AL holds meeting on Quds economic needs

Date: 2018-11-21 12:59:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7679766

CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - A Palestinian delegation to a meeting of the Arab League (AL) committee on supporting the Palestinian economy underlined the importance of providing the required funding for implementing the strategic development plan ....

Arab peace initiative stipulates Israeli withdrawal from Palestine: Fatah

Date: 2018-11-21 11:00:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7679589

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Fatah Movement said the Arab peace initiative that was approved in Beirut Arab Summit in 2002 stipulates Israel's withdrawal from the Palestinian lands it has been occupying since 1967 in return of normal relations with the ....

Settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-21 10:36:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7679531

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Thirty-four settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday from Al Magharba gate guarded by Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said they made provocative tours in the premises. Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers demolished a ....

Israel relocates long-serving prisoner to Hadarim detention center

Date: 2018-11-21 10:23:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7679499

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities moved long-serving prisoner Nael al Barghouthi from Beersheba prison to Hadarim detention center, the Palestinian Prisoner Club said. The occupation authorities claimed that he violated ....

Israeli bulldozers destroy 20 shops northeast of Al Quds

Date: 2018-11-21 10:01:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7679407

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army bulldozers destroyed 20 shops set up at the entrance to Shu'fat refugee camp, northeast of Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). According to eyewitnesses, Israeli snipers positioned on rooftops of ....

Israeli occupation forces blow up doors of dozens of houses, shops in Tulkarm

Date: 2018-11-21 09:44:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7679352

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces blew up on Wednesday the doors of Palestinian houses and shops in Deir al-Ghusun town in the West Bank city of Tulkarm amid heavy firing of sound bombs and tear gas canisters. According to ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns int'l silence at Israeli crimes in Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-21 09:30:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7679433

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Wednesday Israeli plans to enact new laws aiming at increasing settlement activities near Al Aqsa Mosque. In a statement, the ministry warned that the amendment to the ....

Israeli occupation issues demolition orders for 20 shops in Shu'fat camp

Date: 2018-11-21 07:42:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7679235

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces issued demolition orders for 20 shops in Shu'fat refugee camp, north of Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) under the pretext that they have no licenses. A number of the angry shops' owners said ....

Iran threatens to withdraw from 2015 nuclear deal

Date: 2018-11-20 17:27:56 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7678865

TEHRAN, Nov 20 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Tuesday warned that his country would withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal if its economic needs were not met with the framework of the agreement, Fars news agency reported. Zarif ....

Israel storms central Gaza, gunboats fire at Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2018-11-20 11:38:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7678263

GAZA CITY, Nov 20 (MENA) - Several Israeli vehicles stormed central Gaza Strip on Tuesday and scooped lands of Palestinians, eyewitnesses said. Also, the Israeli gunboats fired at the boats of Palestinian fishermen and no injuries were reported. ....