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Saudi king orders hosting of 1,000 male, female pilgrims from Palestine

Date: 2018-08-09 16:01:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7526473

RIYADH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered the hosting of 1,000 male and female pilgrims among the relatives of Palestinian martyrs, SPA news agency reported Thursday. The move comes as part of the king's Hajj ....

Violence renews between Israel, Palestinian resistance

Date: 2018-08-09 15:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7526433

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israel renewed its raids over Gaza Strip on Thursday shortly after the Palestinian resistance stopped launching rockets into Israel. Israeli artillery shelled an agricultural plot of land in central the enclave with no ....

Israeli military court remands Palestinian writer for 12 days

Date: 2018-08-09 15:09:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7526437

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - An Israeli military court Thursday remanded Palestinian writer Lama Khater in custody for 12 more days, Wafaa news agency quoted the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS attorney Firas Sabah said the court, which ....

Palestinian PM urges world countries to stop Israeli attack on Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 15:07:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7526215

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged the international community especially the European Union (EU) to exert utmost efforts to halt the Israeli aggression and violations committed against the Palestinians in Gaza ....

Syria's southwest fully purged of terrorist hotbeds: Russia

Date: 2018-08-09 14:59:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7526410

MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday affirmed that terrorist hotbeds have been completely uprooted in Syria's southwest. In a press conference, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said "Terrorist hotbeds have ....

March in Gaza Saturday to condemn Israeli blockade

Date: 2018-08-09 13:55:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7526010

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - The national authority for breaking the Gaza blockade said Thursday that a march will kick off from Gaza port on Saturday to reject the 11-year-old blockade imposed on the Palestinian enclave. Bassam al Monasra, the ....

France regrets escalation of violence between Israel, Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 13:19:44 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7526000

PARIS, Aug 9 (MENA) - France has expressed deep sorrow over the escalation of violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, urging both parties to exercise self-restraint. In a statement issued by the French Foreign Ministry of Thursday, France ....

Palestinian gov't calls for int'l intervention to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 11:38:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7525854

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) – Spokesman for the Palestinian Government Youssef al Mahmoud called on the international community to intervene to halt Israeli aggression on southern areas. In a statement released on Thursday, he blamed the Israeli ....

Arab League welcomes Colombia's recognition of Palestinian state

Date: 2018-08-09 11:30:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7525948

CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Arab League welcomed on Thursday Colombia's recognition of Palestine as an independent and sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The move makes Colombia the latest Latin American nation to recognize the ....

Ashrawi: US has no mandate to abrogate rights of Palestinian refugees

Date: 2018-08-09 10:21:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7525762

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) – Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi said that the US has no jurisdiction to disband the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) or to deprive ....