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  • UN defends work of Palestinian refugee agency

    Date: 2018-01-16 08:39:13 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7193325

    NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the work of the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees "is critical" and if the United States or any other donor cuts its contributions "we will have to find other ....

  • PLO central council suspends Oslo agrement with Israel

    Date: 2018-01-15 22:01:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:114 - ID:7193121

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Central Council Monday has decided that the transitional period stipulated in the agreements signed in Oslo, Cairo and Washington, with its obligations no longer stand. The ....

  • Israel extends remand of Palestinian girl who hit soldiers

    Date: 2018-01-15 18:07:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7192885

    GAZA CITY, Jan 15 (MENA) - An Israeli military court has extended the detention of a Palestinian teen filmed last month slapping soldiers, ABC news reported on Monday. Ahed Tamimi was filmed in December outside her family home, pushing, kicking ....

  • Lebanese speaker heads to Tehran to participate in PUOICM conference

    Date: 2018-01-15 16:49:35 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7192691

    BEIRUT, Jan 15 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri headed to the Iranian capital, on Monday leading a parliamentary delegation to take part in the 13th session of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC, PUOICM), due to ....

  • Israeli forces kill young Palestinian in West Bank

    Date: 2018-01-15 16:48:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7192701

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli occupation forces killed a young Palestinian during clashes in the town of Jayus, east the city of Qalqilya, West Bank. In a statement, the ministry said 24-year-old ....

  • Netanyahu claims refusing to recognize Israel real reason of no peace in ME

    Date: 2018-01-15 16:23:37 GMT - India - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7192723

    NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the real reason behind absence of peace in the Middle East is the Palestinian refusal to recognize the Jewish state within any borders, The Jerusalem Post reported ....

  • OIC denounces terrorist attack in Baghdad

    Date: 2018-01-15 15:37:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7192642

    RIYADH, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) denounced Monday the terrorist attack which occurred in central Baghdad, leaving scores dead and others injured, Saudi news agency reported. In a statement, Secretary-General ....

  • Israeli army makes limited incursion into northern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2018-01-15 13:00:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7191960

    GAZA CITY, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Israeli army made a limited incursion into northern the Gaza Strip on Monday. Four Israeli military bulldozers were sent to Beit Hanoun crossing in northern Gaza and scooped up lands near the separation fence, ....

  • Israeli forces capture 15 Palestinians from WB

    Date: 2018-01-15 10:32:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7191716

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Monday 15 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank. In a released statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said the forces arrested eight from Bethlehem, three from ....

  • Netanyahu ‘disappointed’ by Modi’s rejection of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

    Date: 2018-01-15 07:19:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7191203

    GAZA CITY, Jan 15 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he was “disappointed” by India’s refusal to back recognition of Jerusalem as his country’s capital but would not let it spoil his landmark visit to the Asian giant, The ....

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