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Israeli authorities blockade Nablus entrances after hit-and-run incident

Date: 2018-08-16 21:11:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7537194

RAMALLAH, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Israeli forces blocked Thursday night the entrances to Nablus, after an Israeli female settler was killed in a hit-and-run incident. The woman, 42, who was hit by a car in the Havat Gilad area on Thursday, was ....

Syrian reconstruction talks premature - Pompeo

Date: 2018-08-16 13:53:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7536501

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed, during a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, that any discussions of reconstruction in Syria are premature without a political solution, the State ....

UNRWA says its schools will start new schoolyear on time

Date: 2018-08-16 12:55:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7536494

GAZA CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl announced that the schoolyear for 526,000 Palestine refugee girls and boys will open on time in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, WAFA ....

Building 20,000 Israeli settlement units in Quds declaration of war : Palestinian govt.

Date: 2018-08-16 11:18:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7536175

RAMALLAH, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Israeli approval of plans to build 20,000 settlement units in Al Quds is a new violation against the city, Spokesman for the Palestinian government Youssef al Mahmoud. In a press statement on Thursday, Mahmoud ....

13 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank

Date: 2018-08-16 10:36:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7536046

RAMALLAH, Aug 16 (MENA) - Thirteen Palestinians, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Palestinian citizens were arrested in Al ....

Palestinian reporter Dar Ali moved to Ofer military prison

Date: 2018-08-15 21:53:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7535218

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Palestinian journalist Ali Dar Ali, 34, who was detained on Wednesday morning by Israeli occupation forces, was moved to Ofer military prison, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission. In a ....

Israel approves building new 20 thousand settlements in Al Quds

Date: 2018-08-15 21:40:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7535360

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) – The Israeli authorities agreed Wednesday on establishing new 20 thousand settlements in several neighborhoods in Al Quds. The new project will cost 1.4 billion shekel, Israel's Channel 2 reported. (MENA) M G E/M A F ....

At least 48 killed, 67 injured in suicide attack in Kabul: Afghani officials

Date: 2018-08-15 16:58:20 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7535212

KABUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in front of an educational center in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people and injuring 67, officials said. There was no immediate claim of ....

Israel detains 8 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-08-15 13:02:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7534492

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained at dawn on Wednesday eight Palestinians, including a journalist, from different governorates of the West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the forces detained the ....

PLO executive committee member praises Egyptian-Palestinian relations

Date: 2018-08-15 11:48:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7534497

RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Ahmed al Tamimi praised the Egyptian-Palestinian relations and continued coordination between the leaders of the two countries. The remarks by ....