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Knesset moves to ease restrictions on death penalty for Palestinians

Date: 2018-01-03 16:31:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7173032

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Israeli Lawmakers moved a step closer toward instituting the death penalty for Palestinians carrying out suicide operations in Israel Wednesday after the the Knesset approved in a preliminary reading a bill sponsored by ....

Palestinians do not accept blackmailing over their rights to Al Quds -- Fatah

Date: 2018-01-03 13:14:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7172413

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah Movement Usama al Quasmy said on Wednesday that the Palestinian people will never accept any blackmailing over their historical rights to Al Quds city. The statements were made in ....

Palestinian presidency: Al Quds & its sanctities 'not for sale'

Date: 2018-01-03 12:07:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7172038

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian National Authority Nabil Abu Rudaina said that Al Quds city and its sanctities "are not for sale". The spokesman gave this statement on Wednesday in response to US President Donald Trump's ....

Erekat: Attempts to force Palestinians to accept dictations 'will be in vain'

Date: 2018-01-03 12:04:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7172245

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Executive Committee, said that any attempt by the United States and Israel to force the Palestinians to accept dictations "will be in vain". ....

US after arson, violence in Iran: UN mission

Date: 2018-01-03 07:10:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7171753

TEHRAN, Jan 3 (MENA) - The United States is supporting violence and arson in Iran in order to conceal the defeat of Washington's and its allies' policies in the region, Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN announced in a statement on Tuesday ....

16 Israeli soldiers committed suicide in 2017 - official report

Date: 2018-01-02 22:50:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:7171585

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Sixteen Israeli soldiers committed suicide in 2017, Times of Israel quoted a report by the Israeli army as saying Tuesday. According to the report, 15 soldiers committed suicide in 2016 and 15 others in 2015. (MENA) M ....

French FM's visit to Iran postponed

Date: 2018-01-02 22:06:56 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7171601

PARIS, Jan 2 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani decided to postpone French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Tehran this week to a later date, Al Arabiya news channel quoted a statement ....

India officially cancels $500-million defense deal with Israel

Date: 2018-01-02 20:31:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7171514

GAZA CITY, Jan 2 (MENA) - Two weeks before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to India, New Delhi has officially cancelled a $500-million defense deal with defense giant Rafael to purchase Spike anti-tank guided missiles, The JPost ....

Palestinian injured in Israeli shooting in Nablus

Date: 2018-01-02 19:22:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7171435

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian citizen was injured on Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces opened fire against him at a village in Nablus city in the occupied West Bank. The man was injured during clashes with Israeli troops at Salim ....

Israeli decision on WB declaration of war against Palestinians -- Cabinet

Date: 2018-01-02 13:44:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7170719

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Cabinet on Tuesday said that a decision adopted by the right wing extremist Likud party imposing Israeli hegemony on the West Bank if applied by the Israeli government will be a declaration of war against the ....