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  • Israeli police allow extremists to publicly perform Talmudic rituals in Al Aqsa - Palestinian official

    Date: 2018-01-17 08:21:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7195225

    RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Media coordinator at the Department of Islamic Endowments in Al Quds City Firas Aldebs said Wednesday that Israeli occupation police permitted extremists to publicly perform Talmudic rituals in the courtyards of Al Aqsa ....

  • US says withholding $65 million from UNRWA 'not aimed at punishing'

    Date: 2018-01-17 06:40:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7195094

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Trump administration's decision to withhold $65 million from UNRWA, the UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees and their descendants, was "not aimed at punishing" the ....

  • Disabled Palestinian activist killed by Israeli gunfire, finds autopsy

    Date: 2018-01-16 22:54:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:7194963

    LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - An autopsy has found that a disabled Palestinian activist was shot dead by Israeli troops as he protested against Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, The Independent reported Tuesday. Ibraheem ....

  • Israel detains 10 Palestinians

    Date: 2018-01-16 21:57:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7194662

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Tuesday ten Palestinians including children and youths after raids in Al Quds and Silwan town. The forces detained seven Palestinian children from Mount of Olives in Al Quds and three ....

  • US withholds $65m from UN agency for Palestinian refugees

    Date: 2018-01-16 21:22:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7194954

    RAMALLAH/WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - The US is cutting $65 million in funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, slashing this year's first contribution by more than half, a State Department official announced Tuesday, France 24 reported. ....

  • There is no peace partner -- Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2018-01-16 13:42:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7194059

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that an incitement campaign by the Israeli right-wing ruling party against the Palestinian people and their leaders atop of whom comes President Mahmoud Abbas attests to the ....

  • Israel to ban all humanitarian visits by Hamas members - paper

    Date: 2018-01-16 10:16:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7193501

    GAZA CITY, Jan 16 (MENA) - The Israeli government told the High Court on Monday that members of the Palestinian movement of Hamas and their first-degree relatives will be banned from making humanitarian visits to Israel, Times of Israel reported ....

  • Settlers storm Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, Palestinian injured

    Date: 2018-01-16 10:03:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7193396

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed on Tuesday Joseph's tomb in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, inciting clashes that left a Palestinian youth injured. Palestinian security sources said that several Palestinians suffered ....

  • Israeli forces storm several apartments in Ein-Munjed

    Date: 2018-01-16 09:39:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7193379

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stormed a number of residential units in Ein-Munjed, south of Ramallah city, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. In statements to WAFA news agency, journalist Zahran Hamad said that Israeli ....

  • Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under Israeli army protection

    Date: 2018-01-16 09:09:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7193425

    RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - A group of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers carried out provocative tours at the holy ....

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