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  • Yisrael Beytenu threatens to quit government if Israeli draft bill passes 3rd reading

    Date: 2018-03-12 09:04:34 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7290184

    GAZA CITY, March 12 (MENA) - An Yisrael Beytenu source said Monday that if the Israeli draft bill passes its third reading in the Knesset, the party would quit the government, Ynet reported. According to a compromise reached late Sunday between ....

  • Palestinian FM to file lawsuit against Netanyahu, Lieberman at ICC -- Official

    Date: 2018-03-12 08:54:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7290174

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki will leave for the Hague in days to file a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor ....

  • 27 Palestinians detained from West Bank, Quds

    Date: 2018-03-12 08:42:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7290095

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday 27 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank and al Quds. The occupation forces stormed a number of homes during the detention campaign, Palestinian sources said. The forces ....

  • Israeli forces destroy headstones of several tombs in Old City

    Date: 2018-03-12 08:05:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7290094

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces destroyed the headstones of several tombs in Al Shuhada cemetery off the walls of the Old City in Al Quds. Eyewitnesses said the occupation forces stormed the cemetery and knocked down several headstones ....

  • Israel detains 10 Palestinian fishermen in Rafah

    Date: 2018-03-12 07:58:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7290055

    GAZA CITY, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli navy detained on Monday ten Palestinian fishermen while fishing in the sea in Rafah in southern the Gaza Strip. Nizar Ayash, head of the Palestinian fishermen's union, said the ten fishermen were on board of a ....

  • Death toll among Turkish troops, their allied factions in Afrin rises to 421

    Date: 2018-03-12 06:24:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7289986

    LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that the death toll among Turkish troops and their affiliated factions rose to 421 during the Turkish military campaign on Afrin city in Northern Syria, Sky News ....

  • Death toll from Ghouta raids up to 1,140 -- SOHR

    Date: 2018-03-12 05:59:55 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7289968

    DAMASCUS, March 12 (MENA) - The death toll from raids on eastern Ghouta has risen to 1,140 over 22 days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Syrian army has fully surrounded Doma city and is advancing in the vicinity of Haresta city, ....

  • Israeli opposition leader calls for early elections

    Date: 2018-03-11 21:39:05 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7289648

    GAZA, March 11 (MENA) - Zionist Union head and Opposition leader Avi Gabbay called for early elections Sunday in the wake of mounting evidence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in at least four corruption investigations, The Jerusalem Post ....

  • Abbas to meet Jordanian king on Monday

    Date: 2018-03-11 20:50:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7289862

    RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Fatah Central Committee member Hussein Al Sheikh said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman on Monday. In a statement on Sunday, Al Sheikh added that he would accompany ....

  • Israeli settler runs over Palestinian youth eastern Al Quds

    Date: 2018-03-11 19:01:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:7289639

    RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) – An Israeli settler run over a Palestinian youth in Hizma town, eastern Al Quds, on Sunday. The Palestinian suffered various injuries from the incident, and moved to hospital, medics reported. Meantime, an Israeli ....

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