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  • AL chief: US decision on Al Quds rejected... 3 last Cairo

    Date: 2018-01-17 11:25:55 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7195669

    The AL chief noted that an announcement by the US withholding millions of dollars in aid to the UNRWA is closely associated with Washington's decision recognizing Al Quds as the capital of Israel. Israel announced two days ago building more ....

  • AL chief: US decision on Al Quds rejected... 2 Cairo

    Date: 2018-01-17 11:24:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7195663

    The AL chief said at the international conference on Al Quds that an Arab ministerial meeting will be held on February 1st for discussing detailed steps and measures that will be taken by the Arab countries for supporting the Palestinian cause. He ....

  • AL chief: US decision on Al Quds rejected

    Date: 2018-01-17 11:21:10 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7195664

    CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Wednesday that Al Qud is not just a piece of land but part of the Arab and Muslims' conscience and spirit. Addressing an international conference on supporting Al Quds ....

  • PLO executive committee to convene after Abbas's foreign tour: Shaath

    Date: 2018-01-17 10:45:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7195437

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will confer with the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) upon his return home from a foreign tour, which kicked off from Cairo, Foreign Affairs Adviser of ....

  • Russia urges careful examination of positive aspects of Iranian nuclear deal

    Date: 2018-01-17 10:32:45 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7195411

    MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry urged careful examination of the positive aspects of the Iranian nuclear deal, a statement said on Wednesday. During a press conference on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted ....

  • Palestinian Information Ministry says cut in US aid to UNRWA "political blackmail"

    Date: 2018-01-17 10:12:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7195408

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Information Ministry has slammed a US decision to freeze 65 million dollars that had been destined for UNRWA, calling it a "political blackmail" and a "rejected bargain" against lawful Palestinian rights, ....

  • Israeli PM: Moving US embassy in one year

    Date: 2018-01-17 09:31:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7195409

    GAZE CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday expected that the US embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Al Quds within one year, according to Yedioth Ahronoth website. The newspaper quoted the Israeli ....

  • Israeli military bulldozers storm into eastern Khan Younis

    Date: 2018-01-17 09:26:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7195229

    GAZA CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - A number of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers stormed into eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza early on Wednesday. Four bulldozers started scooping agricultural lands near the separation barrier under the ....

  • Israeli police allow extremists to publicly perform Talmudic rituals in Al Aqsa - Palestinian official

    Date: 2018-01-17 08:21:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7195225

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Media coordinator at the Department of Islamic Endowments in Al Quds City Firas Aldebs said Wednesday that Israeli occupation police permitted extremists to publicly perform Talmudic rituals in the courtyards of Al Aqsa ....

  • US says withholding $65 million from UNRWA 'not aimed at punishing'

    Date: 2018-01-17 06:40:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7195094

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Trump administration's decision to withhold $65 million from UNRWA, the UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees and their descendants, was "not aimed at punishing" the ....

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