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Erekat: Attempts to force Palestinians to accept dictations 'will be in vain'

Date: 2018-01-03 12:04:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7172245

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Executive Committee, said that any attempt by the United States and Israel to force the Palestinians to accept dictations "will be in vain". ....

US after arson, violence in Iran: UN mission

Date: 2018-01-03 07:10:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7171753

TEHRAN, Jan 3 (MENA) - The United States is supporting violence and arson in Iran in order to conceal the defeat of Washington's and its allies' policies in the region, Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN announced in a statement on Tuesday ....

16 Israeli soldiers committed suicide in 2017 - official report

Date: 2018-01-02 22:50:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:7171585

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Sixteen Israeli soldiers committed suicide in 2017, Times of Israel quoted a report by the Israeli army as saying Tuesday. According to the report, 15 soldiers committed suicide in 2016 and 15 others in 2015. (MENA) M ....

French FM's visit to Iran postponed

Date: 2018-01-02 22:06:56 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7171601

PARIS, Jan 2 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani decided to postpone French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Tehran this week to a later date, Al Arabiya news channel quoted a statement ....

India officially cancels $500-million defense deal with Israel

Date: 2018-01-02 20:31:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7171514

GAZA CITY, Jan 2 (MENA) - Two weeks before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to India, New Delhi has officially cancelled a $500-million defense deal with defense giant Rafael to purchase Spike anti-tank guided missiles, The JPost ....

Palestinian injured in Israeli shooting in Nablus

Date: 2018-01-02 19:22:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7171435

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian citizen was injured on Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces opened fire against him at a village in Nablus city in the occupied West Bank. The man was injured during clashes with Israeli troops at Salim ....

Israeli decision on WB declaration of war against Palestinians -- Cabinet

Date: 2018-01-02 13:44:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7170719

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Cabinet on Tuesday said that a decision adopted by the right wing extremist Likud party imposing Israeli hegemony on the West Bank if applied by the Israeli government will be a declaration of war against the ....

Palestinian presidency: Knesset resolutions,Trump decision illegal

Date: 2018-01-02 12:50:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7170674

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency Nabil Abu Rudeina has described as null and void an Israeli Knesset's bill on Jerusalem and the decision by US president Donald Trump on recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's ....

Fox News says it has documents that Iranian regime scared of protests

Date: 2018-01-02 12:17:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7170681

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (MENA) - Fox News network said on Tuesday that it obtained leaked Iranian documents purporting that the Iranian regime is scared of the current bloody protests plaguing the country. The network indicated that these documents ....

Israel nabs 15 Palestinians including woman

Date: 2018-01-02 11:31:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7170556

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Tuesday 15 Palestinians including a woman during raids on several cities of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement. Forces detained ....