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Erekat welcomes forming committee by UNHRC to probe Israeli violations

Date: 2018-05-18 18:54:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7407035

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Executive Committee Saeb Erekat welcomed on Friday forming a committee by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to probe the Israeli violations in ....

23 Paletinians injured by Israeli forces - Health Ministry

Date: 2018-05-18 18:22:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7406994

GAZA CITY, May 18 (MENA) - Twenty-three Palestinian protesters were injured by Israeli troops during Friday's peaceful Great March of Return in the east of the Gaza Strip, according to the initial report released by the Palestinian Health Ministry ....

Five Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces along Gaza borders

Date: 2018-05-18 17:16:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7406960

RAMALLAH, May 18 (MENA) - Five Palestinian citizens were wounded by Israeli fire along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip during Friday's peaceful Great March of Return. Israeli occupation forces fired dozens of tear gas canisters and live ....

UN official holds Israel responsible for recent bloody events in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-18 12:50:30 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7406586

GENEVA, May 18 (MENA) - Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, held Israel responsible for the recent bloody events in Gaza. The remarks came in Geneva, at a UN Human ....

Kremlin: Putin, Assad assert importance of creating conditions for political settlement in Syria

Date: 2018-05-17 20:08:43 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7406015

MOSCOW, May 17 (MENA) - Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Bashar al-Assad of Syria, who held talks in Sochi on Thursday, pointed out the importance of creating further conditions for resumption of a full-fledged process of political settlement ....

Arish general hospital receives injured Palestinians from Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-05-17 14:38:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7405599

ARISH, Egypt, May 17 (MENA) - Arish General Hospital continues receiving wounded Palestinians from the Gaza Strip for treatment. There are medical staff and ambulances waiting at Rafah border crossing to help transfer the injured coming from the ....

Palestinians urged to participate in Friday’s Great March of Return

Date: 2018-05-17 13:42:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7405010

GAZA, May 17 (MENA) – The Higher National Commission for the March of Return and Breaking the Siege urged people across Palestine to take part in the Great March of Return on Gaza borders after Friday prayer. The commission, which is a ....

Palestinian president receives phone call from Jordanian king

Date: 2018-05-17 13:12:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7405170

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call from Jordanian King Abdullah II who extended condolences over the death of Palestinians martyred by Israeli forces on Gaza border on Monday. During the phone ....

54 Palestinians clinically dead from Gaza unrest - authority

Date: 2018-05-17 12:12:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7405284

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Fifty-four of the Palestinians who were wounded in the latest Gaza unrest are clinically dead, according to an independent Palestinian authority on Thursday. At a press conference, chairman of the Independent Palestinian ....

Malaysian PM condemns violence against Palestinians

Date: 2018-05-17 11:46:35 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7405281

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad condemned on Thursday Israeli violence against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that left 60 Palestinians dead on Monday. Mohamad said Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian ....