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170 civilians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-04 16:27:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7383675

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - Palestinian health ministry said 170 Palestinian civilians, including three journalists, were injured by live shots or suffocated from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked the protests of the ongoing ....

Palestinian president chairs 1st meeting of PLO's new executive committee

Date: 2018-05-04 16:27:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7383644

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presided over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s first meeting of its new executive committee at the presidential headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, some 10 ....

Gaza: Scores flock to eastern border for Friday's protests

Date: 2018-05-04 11:16:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7383069

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) – Scores of Palestinians started on Friday flocking to the eastern Gaza border in preparation for taking part in the Great March of Return for the sixth week. According to the latest figures disclosed by the Palestinian ....

PNC: Transition period with Israel no longer exists

Date: 2018-05-04 07:42:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7382774

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Council (PNC) on Friday reiterated condemnation of US President Donald Trump's illegal decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy to it. This came during the ....

Palestinian president re-elected as chairman of PLO Executive Committee

Date: 2018-05-03 23:04:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7382693

RAMALLAH, May 3 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Thursday evening. Abbas’s expected reappointment came at the end of a four-day ....

Iranian FM: Bluster or threats won’t get US a new deal

Date: 2018-05-03 16:48:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7382279

TEHRAN, May 3 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that ‘bluster or threats won’t get the US a new deal,’ Mehr News Agency reported. Zarif made the remarks in a video posted on his Twitter on Thursday. “For the first ....

Palestine to sue Giro d'Italia organizers

Date: 2018-05-03 15:01:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7382048

RAMALLAH, May 3 (MENA) - Palestine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday raised alarm over Israel's plans to exploit the international cycling race Giro d'Italia, which will kick off Friday in Jerusalem, through promoting its colonial views on ....

Israel halts entry of imported vehicles to Gaza: Palestinian association

Date: 2018-05-03 13:15:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7381547

GAZA CITY, May 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities are halting the entry of newly imported vehicles to the Gaza Strip in continuation of a ban that was imposed ahead of the Jewish holidays which are now over, the Association of Importers of ....

Scores of Jewish settlers storm Aqsa mosque

Date: 2018-05-03 13:01:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7381868

RAMALLH, May 3 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers pushed deep into Aqsa mosque Thursday under tight security measures by occupation troops. Eyewitnesses said the settlers made provocative tours inside the mosque amid attempts to perform Talmudic ....

Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2018-05-03 13:00:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7381430

RAMALLAH, May 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday apprehended 13 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club announced. Six of those arrested are from Nablus while three citizens were detained from ....