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Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israeli laws seek to terrorize critics

Date: 2018-10-20 10:47:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7629958

RAMALLAH, Oct 20 (MENA) - A proposed Israeli law that would impose stiff prison terms on activists in the anti-Israel boycott movement seeks to terrorize Israel critics, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said. An Israeli parliamentary committee is ....

Israeli navy detains Palestinian fishermen in Gaza sea

Date: 2018-10-20 07:23:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7629673

GAZA CITY, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Israeli navy detained on Saturday two Palestinian fishermen as they were sailing in the northern Gaza shore, WAFA news agency reported. The navy detained the two fishermen brothers and seized their boat while they ....

130 injured at Gaza border in fresh Israeli suppression

Date: 2018-10-19 18:34:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7629418

GAZA CITY, Oct 19 (MENA) - At least 130 Palestinians were injured by live bullets or suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked fresh Great March of Return protests at the between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The troops fired ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry deplores US decision to merge consulate with embassy

Date: 2018-10-19 09:44:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7628740

RAMALLAH, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the recent US decision to close its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem and merge it with the US embassy in the city, WAFA news agency reported on Friday. Closing the ....

Erekat calls for int'l investigation into Israeli war crimes

Date: 2018-10-18 16:26:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7628049

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Saeb Erekat on Thursday called for an immediate international investigation into the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. Erekat submitted a formal petition to ICC ....

US to merge Jerusalem consulate with new embassy

Date: 2018-10-18 15:18:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7628052

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (MENA) - The United States says it is placing its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians under the authority of its embassy to Israel, Ynetnews reported. The US State Department said Thursday that merging the ....

OIC condemns violence in Afghanistan

Date: 2018-10-18 15:08:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7628007

RIYADH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) strongly condemned attack targeting a candidate office in Helmand Region in Southern Afghanistan as well as a suicide attack on foreign troops' patrol, in Bagram Region. In a ....

70 settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-10-18 11:04:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7627545

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Seventy Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba gate on Thursday guarded by Israeli forces. The settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the holy site, WAFA News Agency reported. (MENA) Y Y E/S R E ....

Riyadh denies reports on meeting bet. Saudi, Israeli chiefs of staff

Date: 2018-10-17 19:28:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:7626786

RIYADH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Saudi Defense Ministry on Wednesday denied Israeli media reports alleging that a meeting has taken place between Saudi military Chief of Staff Gen. Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, and his Israeli counterpart Gadi ....

OIC Commends UN Vote Giving Palestine More Powers during 2019 Meetings

Date: 2018-10-17 14:38:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7626104

RIYADH, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the United Nations decision, with a majority of 146 votes, to grant the State of Palestine more powers to perform its duties as the Chair of the Group of 77 + China in ....