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Russia concerned over Israel’s strikes against Gaza Strip - diplomat
Date: 2018-06-20 13:57:11 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7451867
MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Moscow is concerned over the Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip and calls on all parties to hold a large-scale dialogue, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters. "Moscow is concerned over ....
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Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2018-06-20 13:41:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7451695
RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Jewish settlers stormed on Wednesday Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. They entered from Al Magharba Gate and provocatively toured Islam's third holiest site. The Israeli occupation forces are ....
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Israeli occupation forces demolish gate of bus station near Jerusalem
Date: 2018-06-20 09:52:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7451299
RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces' bulldozers on Wednesday demolished a gate of a bus station in Wadi el Goz district near the old fence of Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the bulldozers removed the barbed wire on the entrance of ....
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Israeli warplanes shell Palestinian resistance site in Gaza
Date: 2018-06-19 22:33:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7451001
GAZA CITY, June 19 (MENA) – Israeli warplanes pounded a site of the Palestinian resistance in southern the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday night. The targeted site was affiliated to the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing ....
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UN envoy: Palestinian refugees 'weeks away' from major cuts
Date: 2018-06-19 21:42:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7450959
GAZA CITY, June 19 (MENA) - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is "weeks away from painful cuts" to its emergency assistance for Gaza and refugees elsewhere because of an unprecedented gap in its budget of more than $250 million, the UN Mideast ....
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Israeli reconnaissance drone crashes in southern Syria
Date: 2018-06-19 19:54:23 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7450865
GAZA CITY, June 19 (MENA) - The Israeli army said on Tuesday evening that one of its drones crashed in Syrian territory, The Times of Israel reported. It was not immediately clear why the Skylark reconnaissance drone landed near Hader in southern ....
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Quds Mufti urges action to protect Aqsa against Israeli practices
Date: 2018-06-19 12:46:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7449957
RAMALLAH, June 19 (MENA) - Mufti of Al Quds Sheikh Mohammed Hussein on Tuesday called for adopting a prompt action to protect Al Aqsa Mosque against the Israeli occupation practices. In a released statement, he described the Israeli practices as ....
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Egypt's envoy to Jordan chairs UNRWA advisory commission meeting
Date: 2018-06-19 09:36:03 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7449710
CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Jordan Tarek Adel chaired the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) advisory commission meeting, currently held at the Jordanian Dead Sea resort. Addressing the meeting, Ambassador Adel asserted the ....
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Israel targets shepherds, Palestinian youths in Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-06-19 08:06:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7449640
GAZA CITY, June 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces opened fire on Tuesday at a group of shepherds east of Deir al Balah in the Central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the shooting took place near Kissufim military post. Israeli forces also opened fire ....
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Erekat: US wants to turn Palestine cause into humanitarian issue rather than political
Date: 2018-06-19 08:04:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7449660
RAMALLAH, June 19 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Tuesday that the United States is trying to turn the Palestinian cause from a political issue into a ....