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Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi reaches plea bargain; to serve 8 months in jail
Date: 2018-03-21 21:13:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7307919
RAMALLAH, March 21 (MENA) - Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi reached a plea bargain with military prosecution on Wednesday, according to which she is to be sentenced to eight months in prison. The military court handling her case approved the plea ....
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Israeli forces arrest Al Aqsa security guard
Date: 2018-03-21 09:32:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7306615
RAMALLAH, March 21 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Wednesday a Palestinian security guard of Al Aqsa Mosque and took him to a nearby office affiliated to the occupation forces in East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a group of settlers, heavily guarded ....
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Israel arrests 35 Palestinians in WB, Al Quds
Date: 2018-03-21 08:29:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7306666
RAMALLAH, March 21 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested early Wednesday some 35 Palestinians during a large-scale military operation in the West Bank and Al Quds. Fifteen Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank and 20 in Al Quds. Israeli ....
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Israel arrests 15 Palestinians overnight in West Bank raids
Date: 2018-03-21 08:29:23 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7306667
GAZA CITY, March 21 (MENA) - The Israeli forces arrested 15 people overnight in the West Bank, all of whom are suspected of involvement in terror activities and violent disturbances against civilians and soldiers, The Jerusalem Post newspaper ....
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Pentagon spokesman calls for immediately halting violence in Syria's Afrin
Date: 2018-03-21 08:21:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7306616
WASHINGTON, March 21 (MENA) - Pentagon Spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway called for immediately halting violence in Syria's Afrin town, Alhurra news channel reported. Rankine-Galloway said it is imperative that we not relent on Daesh or ....
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Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi to stand closed trial
Date: 2018-03-20 14:51:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7305280
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - The Israeli military appeals court has ordered holding the proceedings of the trial of Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian girl who will stand trial for slapping Israeli soldiers, in closed trial. "The appeals court has ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry terms US Friedman's stances against Palestinians 'anti-Semitic'
Date: 2018-03-20 14:34:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7305271
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has slammed US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman's recent remarks against the Palestinian people and their national and humanitarian rights saying that his ....
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Four Israeli bulldozers push deep east of Khan Younis
Date: 2018-03-20 12:26:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7304976
GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - Four Israeli military bulldozers pushed deep into the Palestinian lands east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses said Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian-owned agricultural ....
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Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian school students in West Bank village
Date: 2018-03-20 08:57:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7304840
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday students from Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya village, north of the West Bank, as they were heading to their school which is located on the main Nablus-Ramallah road. Local sources told the ....
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Israeli troops storm village in Nablus following stabbing of settler
Date: 2018-03-19 07:47:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7302958
RAMALLAH, March 19 (MENA) - Israeli troops stormed the village of Aqraba south of Nablus after a Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli settler. The troops inspected the house of Abdel Rahman Mahmed bani Fadl, who stabbed the settler, in a step ....