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  • Netanyahu claims Palestinians don't want to resolve conflict with Israel

    Date: 2017-12-24 13:32:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7156948

    GAZA CITY, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that it is the Palestinians who do not want to reach a solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "has decided he was quitting ....

  • Israel detains 535 Palestinians since Trump's decision on Al Quds

    Date: 2017-12-24 11:56:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7156604

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained early Sunday five Palestinians from the West Bank making the number of those arrested since the decision of US President Donald Trump on recognizing Al Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel 535 ....

  • Israeli troops arrest young man near Ibrahimi Mosque

    Date: 2017-12-24 11:29:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7156415

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday a young man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron. Yazan Mahmoud Taha, 27, was arrested while attempting to stop Israeli troops from detaining some children near the ....

  • Jewish settlers storm al Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2017-12-24 11:26:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7156474

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - A group of extremist Jewish settlers stormed earlier Sunday al Aqsa mosque compound through al Magharba gate, under the protection of the occupation forces. Over 60 settlers broke into the holy site and took provocative ....

  • Regime forces renew shelling of Damascus countryside: SOHR

    Date: 2017-12-24 11:14:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7156426

    LONDON, Dec 24 (MENA) - Syria regime forces bombarded anew Damascus southeastern countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Sunday. The regime troops pounded with dozens of missiles several opposition-held areas in Damascus ....

  • Trump administration scrambles to contain int'l rejection of Jerusalem decision

    Date: 2017-12-24 10:55:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7156471

    WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Trump administration has scrambled to contain the remarkably broad international rejection of its new policy toward Jerusalem, including from important allies — using threats, assurances and a cold shoulder to try to ....

  • Israel closes northern entrance to Ramallah

    Date: 2017-12-24 10:30:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7156264

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces closed the northern entrance to the cities of Ramallah and al Bira in the occupied West Bank for security reasons. The closure comes in the wake of protests and confrontations that have been ....

  • SOHR says regime troops shell areas in Rif Hama

    Date: 2017-12-24 10:12:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7156326

    LONDON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Sunday that regime troops re-shelled areas in Rif Hama and that big blasts rocked Rif Idlib, causing material damage. No word of casualties was reported. The Syrian ....

  • Palestinian dies of wounds in Gaza

    Date: 2017-12-24 09:40:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7156259

    GAZA CITY, Dec 24 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth died Sunday of wounds he sustained in clashes with Israeli forces east of Gaza. Mohamed Sami Hashem el Dahdouh, 19, was shot in the neck on December 8 by the Israeli forces near military checkpoint of ....

  • Israel detains 8 Palestinians from Quds

    Date: 2017-12-24 07:33:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7156071

    RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained late on Saturday eight Palestinians from Quds, mostly children. This comes as part of a new detention campaign in al Quds. Tensions have been high on the Palestinian territories, especially al ....

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