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Palestinian PM posts EU envoys on political updates

Date: 2017-12-06 13:53:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7126628

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Foreign Minister Riyad Malki warned on Wednesday that any change in the status of Jerusalem would heighten tension and violence in the region, said WAFA news agency. Hamdallah ....

British foreign secretary "concerned" about planned US recognition of Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-06 10:37:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7125921

LONDON, Dec 6 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that he was concerned about reports that US President Donald Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, The Daily Mail reported. "Lets wait and see what ....

Israeli settlers storm shrine of Prophet Youssef in Nablus

Date: 2017-12-06 08:43:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7125742

RAMALLAH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Hundreds of Zionist settlers stormed the shrine of Prophet Youssef in Nablus Wednesday, under the protection of occupation forces. The settlers intended to perform Talmudic rituals in the area. (MENA) M A E/R G E ....

Coptic Orthodox Church condemns US plan to recognize al Quds as capital of Israel

Date: 2017-12-06 08:09:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7125661

CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church has voiced great concern about media reports pertaining to a US intention to recognize al Quds as a capital of Israel. This step violates all international conventions about al Quds, the Church ....

US issues travel warning for Jerusalem's Old City, WB amid embassy row

Date: 2017-12-05 20:59:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7125454

RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (MENA) - The US Consulate General in Jerusalem issued on Tuesday a travel warning calling on American citizens living in the city not to travel to the Old City or the West Bank after Palestinians announced plans for three days of ....

Arab Knesset member calls Trump decision on Jerusalem as “political attack”

Date: 2017-12-05 20:09:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7125393

GAZA CITY, Dec 5 (MENA) - An Arab member of Knesset has called US President Donald Trump's plans to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and start the process of moving the US embassy to Jerusalem a "political attack," the Jerusalem Post reported ....

UN opposed to unilateral action on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-05 19:46:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7125394

NEW YORK, Dec 5 (MENA) - The UN said Tuesday Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposes any unilateral action on Jerusalem that could undermine a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ABC News reported. UN spokesman Stephane ....

Palestine’s presidency rejects moving US embassy to Al Quds

Date: 2017-12-05 19:06:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7125296

RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (MENA) – The Palestinian Presidency has expressed its total rejection of Washington’s decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Al Quds, asserting it will have serious repercussions on the Middle East peace process. In a ....

Trump informs Abbas he intends to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-05 17:05:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7125105

RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he plans to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during a phone call with the leader Tuesday, according to Abass' spokesman ....

Palestinians call for popular wrath to face US' attempt to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Date: 2017-12-05 14:25:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7124666

RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (MENA) - Palestinian fractions stressed Tuesday that the policy of US President Donald Trump which they described as based on political blackmailing will destroy his ability to achieve his plans in the region. The Palestinian ....