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Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2017-12-07 22:17:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7129599

RAMALLAH, Dec 7 (MENA) – Scores of Palestinians were wounded on Thursday in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, medics said. Four Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, while 42 others ....

Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces near Ramallah

Date: 2017-12-07 17:37:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7129233

RAMALLAH, Dec 7 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured with rubber bullets and suffered suffocation in clashes with Israeli occupation forces near Ramallah. At least nine Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets and scores others ....

Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza fall inside Strip

Date: 2017-12-07 17:32:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7129257

GAZA CITY, Dec 7 (MENA) - Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on Thursday evening. The projectiles were seen landing inside the Strip, Haaretz reported. Rocket sirens sounded in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and Israeli ....

3 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Gaza city

Date: 2017-12-07 11:38:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7128389

GAZA CITY, Dec 7 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Khan Yunis city south of the Gaza strip. The clashes erupted after a group of Palestinian youth protested against US President Donald Trump's ....

Clashes between Palestinians, Israeli forces in Gaza, leaving injuries

Date: 2017-12-07 11:02:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7128263

GAZA, Dec 7 (MENA) - Clashes were erupted Thursday between Palestinian youths and the Israeli occupation forces in eastern Khan Younes city in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian young man was injured and others suffocated by teargas shot at them by ....

Israel detains 36 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-12-07 09:19:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7127974

RAMALLAH, Dec 7 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested Thursday 36 Palestinians from different districts in the West Bank, 21 of them from the Nablus area village of Qusra. In a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, it said that ....

Israel steps up security presence in al Quds

Date: 2017-12-07 08:57:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7127892

RAMALLAH, Dec 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities stepped up security measures in al Quds city and around al Aqsa mosque. The Israeli move came after US President Donald Trump decided on Wednesday to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv ....

Bahrain: US recognition of Al Quds as Israel capital jeopardizes peace process

Date: 2017-12-06 22:57:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7127572

MANAMA, Dec 6 (MENA) – The US administration’s decision to recognize Al Quds as Israel’s capital jeopardizes the Middle East peace process, Bahrain said. According to BNA, the kingdom reasserted its firm stance in support of the Palestinian ....

Kuwait regrets US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Date: 2017-12-06 22:54:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7127574

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 6 (MENA) – The state of Kuwait has expressed its profound regret over the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and move its embassy to the holy city, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted, KUNA ....

Britain PM rebukes Trump's 'unhelpful' decision on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-06 22:47:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:7127508

LONDON, Dec 6 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she regards the decision by the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel unhelpful. The action is unhelpful to prospects for peace in the region, May was quoted by ....