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Israel approves new settlement plans in WB

Date: 2018-01-05 06:49:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7175300

RAMALLAH, Jan 5 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has approved a new plan to expand Israeli settlements and housing units in all parts of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli government offered earlier 900 new housing units in the ....

Erekat: US administration impose solutions on Palestinians

Date: 2018-01-04 12:12:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7174099

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat said what the Trump administration is actually doing is moving to a new stage namely imposing solutions on the Palestinian people. These solutions ....

Palestine slams Israeli bill on execution of Palestinian detainees

Date: 2018-01-04 11:24:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7173927

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Thursday the Israel Knesset's preliminary approval of a bill to execute Palestinian detainees. The draft law is part of Israel's arbitrary actions against the Palestinian ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-01-04 11:16:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7173844

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers stormed Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque compound through Al Magharba gate, under the protection of the occupation forces, according to eyewitnesses. The settlers took provocative tours at the mosque's ....

Knesset approval on draft law on executing Palestinians racist crime

Date: 2018-01-04 11:03:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7173873

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Justice Ali Abu Diak said that the approval of the Israeli Knesset on a draft law on executing the Palestinians comes within the framework of state terror, war crimes, aggression and crimes against ....

Israeli warplanes raid agricultural lands in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-01-04 09:15:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7173646

GAZA CITY, Jan 4 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes dropped on Thursday four rockets on agricultural lands in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip. The aerial bombardment left no casualties, Palestinian radio stations said. On Wednesday, Israeli media ....

Three mortar shells fired at Eshkol as sirens fail to blare

Date: 2018-01-03 20:40:41 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7173292

GAZA CITY, Jan 3 (MENA) - Three mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip at the Eshkol Regional Council on Wednesday just hours apart, all of which landing in open, uninhabited fields. No injuries or damage were reported, according to ....

Knesset moves to ease restrictions on death penalty for Palestinians

Date: 2018-01-03 16:31:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7173032

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Israeli Lawmakers moved a step closer toward instituting the death penalty for Palestinians carrying out suicide operations in Israel Wednesday after the the Knesset approved in a preliminary reading a bill sponsored by ....

Palestinians do not accept blackmailing over their rights to Al Quds -- Fatah

Date: 2018-01-03 13:14:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7172413

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah Movement Usama al Quasmy said on Wednesday that the Palestinian people will never accept any blackmailing over their historical rights to Al Quds city. The statements were made in ....

Palestinian presidency: Al Quds & its sanctities 'not for sale'

Date: 2018-01-03 12:07:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7172038

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian National Authority Nabil Abu Rudaina said that Al Quds city and its sanctities "are not for sale". The spokesman gave this statement on Wednesday in response to US President Donald Trump's ....