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Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israel's settlement activities

Date: 2018-10-30 12:33:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7646002

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry Tuesday denounced the escalating expansion of settlements in collaboration with Israeli ministers and officials and the storming of houses in the Old Town in Hebron by Israeli ....

Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2018-10-30 12:31:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7646249

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have detained 15 Palestinian citizens from different parts of the West Bank, since Monday night until dawn Tuesday. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement on Tuesday that ....

Abbas to preside over meeting to put into force measures against Israel

Date: 2018-10-30 11:16:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7646027

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee secretary general Saeb Erekat has said that president Mahmoud Abbas will on Tuesday preside over a meeting of the higher national committee he formed to ....

Scores of settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under Israeli occupation protection

Date: 2018-10-30 10:52:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7645975

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - At least 140 Jewish settlers stormed al Aqsa Mosque compound from Bab el Maghreba gate under tight protection from the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said the settlers carried out provocative tours of the holy ....

Palestinian national forces call for boycotting E. Jerusalem municipal elections

Date: 2018-10-30 10:19:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7645909

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - The national and Islamic forces and popular and religious authorities in Palestine called on East Jerusalem residents to boycott the municipal elections of the Israeli occupation authorities in the holy city which will ....

Fatah satisfied with PCC decisions

Date: 2018-10-30 09:25:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7645711

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Fatah lauded the final statement and decisions taken during recent meetings of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC). In a statement on Tuesday, Fatah spokesman Osama Al-Qawasmi said the council's decision comes in a ....

Chinese envoy urges continued humanitarian support for Syrian people

Date: 2018-10-30 07:17:00 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7645580

BEIJING/NEW YORK, Oct 30 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy has called on the international community to continue to provide humanitarian support for Syrian people in need. Ambassador Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the United ....

PLO central council suspends recognition of Israel

Date: 2018-10-29 21:48:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:7645401

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian Central Council has decided to annul the commitments of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority under its agreements with Israel. The council also suspended the ....

PLO calls on ICC to immediately investigate Israeli crime of killing 3 Gaza children

Date: 2018-10-29 10:50:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7643933

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately investigate the horrific crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces against three children from the Gaza ....

Israeli forces arrest 21 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-10-29 10:45:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7644039

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 21 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said. The arrests took place in the governorates of Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Biera, Ramallah and Al ....