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  • Israeli forces detain 17 Palestinians from WB

    Date: 2018-04-22 10:41:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7363179

    RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Sunday 17 Palestinians including a child from several West Bank governorates. Thirteen citizens were arrested from Ramallah and Al Bireh, according to a statement by the ....

  • Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm into archaeological zone in Sebastia village

    Date: 2018-04-22 08:32:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7363010

    RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed into the archaeological zone in Sebastia village north Nablus in northern the West Bank. The settlers were guarded by the Israeli army, Mayor of Sebastia Mohamed Azem said. The ....

  • Macron: Egypt-brokered reconciliation essential to establish unifed Palestinian state

    Date: 2018-04-21 21:25:56 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7362756

    PARIS, April 21 (MENA) – French President Emanuel Macron hailed efforts led by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, with the support of Egypt, for an inter-Palestinian reconciliation necessary to build the foundations of a united state, the Elysee ....

  • Palestinian UN envoy urges probe into Israeli Gaza killings

    Date: 2018-04-21 09:41:06 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7361467

    NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour has called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish a commission to carry out an independent investigation into the Israeli killing and wounding of Palestinians during ....

  • Turkish lawmakers approve early elections in June

    Date: 2018-04-20 21:56:30 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7361264

    ANKARA, April 20 (MENA) – Turkey's parliament has approved holding the country's presidential and parliamentary elections a year-and-half early, a change President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said is needed because of uncertainties over Syria, ABC News ....

  • Death toll of Gaza-Israel border clashes rises to 4

    Date: 2018-04-20 18:03:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7361047

    GAZA CITY, April 20 (MENA) - The death toll of clashes between Israeli forces and protesters at the Gaza Strip-Israel border has risen to four, including a teenager, the spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra said in a ....

  • Second Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza

    Date: 2018-04-20 15:40:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7360633

    GAZA CITY, April 20 (MENA) - A second Palestinian young man was shot and killed by Israeli forces as they attacked non-violent protests of the Great March of Return at the border of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Ahmad Rashad ....

  • EU official: Egypt, Russia, China, US invited to Syria conf. in Brussels

    Date: 2018-04-20 14:13:49 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7360632

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - China, Russia, Egypt, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Turkey, the United States and Saudi Arabia are among countries invited to the international conference on Syria in Brussels, a EU source said Friday, according to a Sputnik ....

  • Romania's president dispels rumors of embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-04-20 13:04:58 GMT - Romania - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7360511

    BUCHAREST, April 20 (MENA) - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has said that his country will not be moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until after a final peace accord is signed between the Israelis and the Palestinians, ....

  • Palestinian youth injured in head by Israeli fire dies - Health Ministry

    Date: 2018-04-20 11:18:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7360365

    GAZA CITY, April 20 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds after Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at him in eastern Jabalia city of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. Earlier in ....

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