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PNC says Palestinians follow path of Yasser Arafat in struggling for rights

Date: 2017-11-10 13:39:22 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7084265

AMMAN, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Palestinian National Council (PNC) stressed that the Palestinian people are following the path of their late leader Yasser Arafat in struggling for their just right to freedom and having an independent state with Jerusalem ....

Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque during Jewish feast

Date: 2017-11-10 13:34:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7084333

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israeli authorities decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) in southern West Bank to Muslims on Friday until Sunday. In statement to MENA, Director of Public Relations and Information in Hebron ....

Israeli forces suppress rally near Ramallah, injuries reported

Date: 2017-11-10 12:43:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7084193

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) – A number of Palestinians and foreign advocates of the Palestinian cause were injured on Friday, when Israeli security forces suppressed a rally in Bil'in village near Ramallah. The peaceful protest, which is part of ....

Demining operations in Syria's al Bokmal city started- Russian defense min.

Date: 2017-11-10 11:37:48 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7084029

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday that work is in progress on demining the Syrian city of al Bokmal. The Syrian army supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces have captured the last stronghold of Daesh ....

Parts of cabinet "can’t live" with trump's two-states demand: Israeli minister

Date: 2017-11-09 20:48:43 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7083280

GAZA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Many ministers will vote against a US peace push based on a two-state solution, Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis warned ahead of his trip to the US next week, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. Akunis said he ....

IRG arrests more than 30 persons on spying charges

Date: 2017-11-09 16:05:12 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7083158

TEHRAN, Nov 9 (MENA) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced on Thursday that more than 30 persons of dual nationality were arrested during the past two years. Most of them are arrested on the backgrounds of espionage charges. Sky News Channel ....

Israel detains Palestinian youth under pretext of holding knives

Date: 2017-11-09 12:51:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7082668

RAMALLAH, Nov 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian young man at the entrance of Kochav Yaakov settlement in southeastern Ramallah under the pretext of possessing knives. The Palestinian young man has been detained after ....

Israeli settlers erect tents in central Hebron

Date: 2017-11-09 12:24:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7082559

RAMALLAH, Nov 9 (MENA) - The Israeli settlers and forces erected tents Thursday in central Hebron in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the Israeli forces erected the tents in the Ibrahimi area to celebrate a Jewish festival. (MENA) Y Y E/S R E ....

Israel detains 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-11-09 12:23:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7082555

RAMALLAH, Nov 9 (MENA) - The Israeli forces on Thursday arrested 11 Palestinians during raids in the districts of the West Bank, including Jenin, Bethlehem and Al Quds. In a statement by Palestinian Prisoner Club, the Israeli army arrested five ....

Israel imposes new restrictions over Palestinians' movement via Erez crossing

Date: 2017-11-09 11:20:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7082341

RAMALLAH, Nov 9 (MENA) - The Israeli authorities imposed new restrictions over the movement of the residents of Gaza strip, Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday. In a detailed report, Israeli Liaison Office officials told the Palestinian civil ....