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Thousands of Palestinians hold rallies in Ramallah against US embassy move
Date: 2018-05-14 11:27:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7399811
RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinians took out to streets in Ramallah city Monday to mark the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day and to protest against relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, due later today. Protesters ....
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Israeli forces detain eight Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2018-05-14 11:20:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7399797
RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained four Palestinians after storming and ransacking their ....
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Seven Palestinians injured by Israeli bullets in Gaza
Date: 2018-05-14 09:57:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7399500
GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were injured on Monday when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a march to mark Nakba Day and to reject the relocation of the US Embassy to the occupied city of al Quds. Palestinian medical ....
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Lavrov calls situation on Iran deal a 'crisis'
Date: 2018-05-14 09:55:01 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7399548
MOSCOW, May 14 (MENA) - The circumstances surrounding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program are a crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad ....
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Fatah: Relocation US embassy to Jerusalem flagrant violation of int'l conventions
Date: 2018-05-14 09:08:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7399425
RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - Fatah Central Committee member Mohamed Ashtia stressed on Monday that relocating the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of Palestinian Nakba Day is a flagrant violation of international laws and ....
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Ashrawi slams US decision to relocate embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Date: 2018-05-14 08:59:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7399438
RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said the decision to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a new Nakba inflicted on the Palestinians, the UN justice and international legitimacy. She called ....
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Comprehensive strike declared in Gaza on 70th anniversary of Nakba
Date: 2018-05-14 08:17:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7399263
GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) - Gazans started a comprehensive strike on the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. Calls for "return" marches and rallies to break the siege imposed on the enclave have been made. Shops and government ....
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Extremist settlers write racist graffiti on walls, cars in occupied Jerusalem
Date: 2018-05-14 07:16:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7399238
RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - A group of extremist settlers of the so-called "Price Tag" Monday wrote racist graffiti in Hebrew on Palestinian cars and buildings and slashed car tires in the occupied city of al Quds. Palestinian sources said the ....
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Israeli forces carry out limited incursion into Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-05-14 06:52:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7399227
GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) - Israeli military vehicles carried out a limited incursion into cultivated lands along the borders in Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian sources said. The Israeli bulldozers scooped farmlands and installed barbed wire and ....
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Palestinians denied movement to Old City
Date: 2018-05-13 15:06:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7398532
RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Palestinian residents of al Quds (East Jerusalem) have been denied movement inside the Old City at a time when Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day. An Israeli court order has been issued for shop owners to close during ....