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  • UK has no plans to move its embassy to Al-Quds

    Date: 2018-05-14 11:42:02 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7399972

    LONDON, May 14 (MENA) - Britain has no plans to move its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Al Quds (Jerusalem) and still disagrees with the U.S. decision to do so, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman was quoted by The New York Times newspaper as ....

  • Second Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Gaza

    Date: 2018-05-14 11:40:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7399720

    GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) - One more Palestinian was shot dead on Monday by Israeli forces as thousands of Palestinians tried to break the siege over the Gaza Strip along the eastern borders, bringing to two the number martyrs, according to a ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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