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Israel bans children from playing in Aqsa yards

Date: 2017-10-03 10:28:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7021247

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Israeli authorities issued a decision Tuesday banning children in al Quds from playing in Aqsa yards. This comes after a petition filed by Jewish organizations complaining from the kids who play football in the yards of ....

Palestinian PM lauds Egypt's efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation.. 1 GAZA

Date: 2017-10-02 13:50:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7019526

Addressing the press conference, Hamadallah said that we are returning to the Gaza Strip to achieve reconciliation and national unity as well as ending the division so as to be able to rebuild Gaza under the directives of Palestinian President ....

Daesh leader in Howeija killed

Date: 2017-10-02 13:01:21 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7019428

BAGHDAD, Oct 2 (MENA) - A Daesh leading figure was killed in Howeija, southwestern Kirkuk in clashes with the Iraqi popular mobilization forces. An Iraqi source in Kirkuk said, as quoted by Sumaria TV on Monday, that Abu Belal el Masri, a leading ....

Palestinian PM lauds Egypt's efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation

Date: 2017-10-02 11:49:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7019507

GAZA CITY, Oct 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah expressed appreciation for the strenuous efforts exerted by Egypt to achieve Palestinian reconciliation, lauding its continued role in supporting the Palestinian ....

Israeli troops arrest 19 Palestinians in West Bank including two journalists

Date: 2017-10-02 10:27:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7019429

RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Monday arrested 19 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank including two journalists. Four Palestinians from Bethlehem, four from Nablus, four from Hebron including journalist Alaa al ....

Palestinian PM arrives in Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-10-02 10:19:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7019467

RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, accompanied by a group of ministers, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday, on a visit, his first since 2015, Palestinian sources said. Hamdallah will take over government ....

Palestinian PM heads for Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-10-02 09:32:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7019213

RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, accompanied by a group of ministers, headed for Gaza Strip on Monday, on a visit, his first since 2015, Palestinian sources said. Hamdallah will take over government ....

UN Mideast peace envoy arrives in Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-10-02 09:24:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7019204

GAZA CITY, Oct 2 (MENA) - UN Mideast peace envoy Nikolay Mladenov arrived here on Monday through Israeli-controlled Erez crossing in northern the coastal enclave to oversee national reconciliation efforts. The visit comes a few hours ahead of the ....

Netanyahu denies Israeli role in Kurdish referendum

Date: 2017-10-01 19:54:04 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7018740

GAZA CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was not involved in the Kurdish referendum, Haaretz reported. "Israel played no part in the Kurdish referendum, aside from the natural, deep and ....

CIP head reveals Chinese initiative to reconstruct Gaza

Date: 2017-10-01 13:15:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7018190

GAZA CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) – Chairman of the Consortium of Independent Palestinians (CIP) Mounib El Masri has unveiled an economic and political Chinese initiative to reconstruct the Gaza Strip. In a press conference held on Sunday at the Press ....