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Israeli navy detains 2 Palestinian fishermen in northern Gaza
Date: 2018-05-24 10:53:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7414543
GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - The Israeli navy detained on Thursday two Palestinian fishermen while fishing in the sea in northern Gaza. The fishermen are brothers, said head of fishermen union Nizar Ayyash. The Israeli gunboats confiscated the ....
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Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection
Date: 2018-05-24 10:49:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7414540
RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) – A group of Jewish settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli forces, stormed Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi gate. The settlers moved inside the mosque in a provocative manner and then exited from Al Selsla gate, ....
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Israel plans to build 2,500 settlement units in WB
Date: 2018-05-24 08:39:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7414323
RAMALLAH, May 24 (MENA) – The Israeli government announced Thursday it plans to build 2,500 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank. Israeli media outlets quoted Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman as saying that the government ....
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French PM Philippe cancels visit to Israel next month
Date: 2018-05-23 19:09:51 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7413837
PARIS, May 23 (MENA) - France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has cancelled a planned trip to Israel early next month, citing "domestic agenda reasons", his office said on Wednesday. Philippe had been expected to visit Jerusalem on June 1 for ....
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Erekat demands Swiss minister explains, apologizes for statements on Palestine refugees
Date: 2018-05-23 15:53:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7413624
RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), demanded on Wednesday from the Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to explain statements he made on the UN refugee ....
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Palestine joins Chemical Weapons Convention
Date: 2018-05-23 14:59:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7413607
RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - The State of Palestine deposited on May 17 its instrument of accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ....
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US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman docks at Souda, Crete
Date: 2018-05-23 10:57:59 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7413175
ATHENS, May 23 (MENA) - A massive US aircraft carrier — the USS Harry S. Truman — has arrived at an American naval base in Souda Bay, Crete where it will remain until May 28, the Greek Reported reported Wednesday. The $45 billion (€38 billion) ....
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More than 40 countries take part in Argonaut international exercise
Date: 2018-05-23 10:44:54 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7412950
NICOSIA, May 23 (MENA) - Over 40 countries are taking part in or are observing the international maritime search & rescue exercise "Argonaut 2018" which takes place in Larnaca, 23 and 24 of May, Cyprus News Agency reported. “Argonaut’s scenario ....
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Launching probe into Israeli crimes to take time - Jaradat
Date: 2018-05-23 09:37:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7412895
RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - Palestinian Authority (PA) Deputy Foreign Minister Tayseer Jaradat said the file of the Palestinian cause was referred to the International Criminal Court, but launching an investigation into the Israeli crimes will take ....
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Israeli police close Jerusalem's Damascus Gate courtyard
Date: 2018-05-22 21:28:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7412553
RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Israeli police on Tuesday closed Jerusalem's Damascus Gate courtyard with iron barriers, WAFA News Agency reported. The Israeli police left only a small corridor outlined by iron barriers for people to walk through to ....
