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  • 21 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

    Date: 2018-02-05 08:44:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7228152

    RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Israeli troops arrested 21 Palestinians in a manhunt operation in different parts of the West Bank Monday. Four Palestinians, including two brothers, from Hebron are among the arrestees, the Palestinian prisoners' ....

  • Norwegian lawmaker nominates BDS movement for Nobel Prize

    Date: 2018-02-04 19:30:59 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7227692

    ROME, Feb 4 (MENA) – Norwegian lawmaker Bjornar Moxnes has nominated the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for this year’s Nobel Prize, WAFA reported on Sunday. MP Moxness officially nominated the BDS movement for ....

  • US troops in Israel for missile defense drill

    Date: 2018-02-04 16:25:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7227533

    GAZA, Feb 4 (MENA) - US troops are in Israel and have deployed anti-missile defense systems across the Israel ahead of the biennial Juniper Cobra military exercise. The large-scale, five-day drill will simulate a massive missile attack on Israel ....

  • Ashkelon Prison administration transfers all detainees to other prisons - CDA

    Date: 2018-02-04 15:50:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7227399

    RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs (CDA) said that the administration of Israeli Ashkelon Prison transferred all the detainees to other prisons. In press statements on Sunday, the CDA lawyer ....

  • Israeli forces detain 22 Palestinians in West Bank, Al Quds

    Date: 2018-02-04 14:08:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7227222

    RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained at dawn Sunday 22 Palestinians from Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem) and the West Bank. In Al Quds, the troops arrested 11 Palestinians, nine of them from Abu Dis in the southeast of the ....

  • Israel begins handing out deportation notices to African migrants

    Date: 2018-02-04 13:55:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7227142

    RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority began serving deportation notices to Eritrean and Sudanese migrants and asylum seekers, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. In December, the Knesset approved an amendment ....

  • Shaath: Japan to increase contribution to UNRWA

    Date: 2018-02-04 13:47:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7226557

    RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - Japan has decided to raise its contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to meet the deficit after the US has decreased its funding of the organization. A statement, released by the office of the ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli aggression in Jenin

    Date: 2018-02-04 10:55:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7226586

    RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression in Jenin. The Israeli offensive is yet another proof of how extremist and racist the Israeli military and political bodies are, the Ministry ....

  • Israel demolishes 2 Palestinian classrooms in al Quds

    Date: 2018-02-04 10:26:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7226450

    RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Information has slammed the demolition of two classrooms in Abu Nawwar community in the occupied East Jerusalem, seeing in it yet another instance of ethnic cleansing policies by Israel. ....

  • UN: More than 270,000 Syrians displaced from Idlib

    Date: 2018-02-04 08:45:50 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7226317

    NEW YORK, Feb 4 (MENA) - More than 270,000 Syrians have fled battles in the northwestern provinces of Idlib and Hama between government forces and opposition factions since mid-December 2017, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. UN ....

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