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  • Israeli forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2017-09-06 12:12:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:6977442

    RAMALLAH, Sept 6 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested nine Palestinians from various places of the Western Bank during the past hours. Palestinian Prisoner's Club said the occupation forces arrested three citizens from Jayyous town in ....

  • Erekat: Israel should be punished for violating Palestinian rights

    Date: 2017-09-06 10:18:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:6977038

    RAMALLAH, Sept 6 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat called on the international community to take action against the Israeli occupation forces for violating the rights of ....

  • Settlers storm Aqsa mosque amid protection of Israeli occupation forces

    Date: 2017-09-06 08:46:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6977006

    RAMALLAH, Sept 6 (MENA) - Groups of settlers stormed on Wednesday al Aqsa Mosque through Bab el Magharba amid the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said settlers toured the mosque compound in a provocative way with the ....

  • Abbas receives ICRC President

    Date: 2017-09-05 22:11:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:6976644

    RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting Tuesday with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). During the meeting, Abbas briefed Maurer about the situation in the ....

  • Palestinian foreign ministry slams Israeli intransigence

    Date: 2017-09-05 16:21:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:6976089

    RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates warned that the continuity of Israeli intransigence opens the door to all probabilities, especially in light of the Israeli imperialist escalation in the occupied ....

  • Palestinian PM posts Swiss minister on occupation obstacles

    Date: 2017-09-05 16:09:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6976224

    RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA)- The Palestinian prime minister posted on Tuesday the Swiss State Secretary for International Finance Matters Joerg Gasser, who is visiting here, on Israeli obstacles in development and investment in Palestine. Rami ....

  • Jerusalem Post: War unlikely to be launched with Hezbollah

    Date: 2017-09-05 15:14:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:6976124

    GAZA, Sept 5 (MENA) – As Israel's army began their largest drill in 20 years simulating a war with Hezbollah, it is unlikely that Israeli soldiers will see a real conflict with it in the near future, Jerusalem Post said in a report on Tuesday. ....

  • Russian strikes destroy Daesh strongholds in Deir ez-Zor: Moscow

    Date: 2017-09-05 15:10:57 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:6976095

    MOSCOW, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry revealed on Tuesday that Russian airstrikes helped the Syrian army to break through terrorist defenses and lift Deir ez-Zor's siege, Russian news agency Sputnik reported. Moreover, the Russian ....

  • ICRC head starts visit to Palestine, Israel Tuesday

    Date: 2017-09-04 12:46:55 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6974560

    GENEVA, Sept 3 (MENA) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer will embark Tuesday on a three-day visit to Palestine and Israel to assess the humanitarian situation there. Maurer is set to hold high-level meetings ....

  • Netanyahu Pledges to deport African migrants

    Date: 2017-09-04 09:26:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6974264

    GAZA CITY, Sept 4 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged various steps to deport more of the country’s remaining 38,000 African migrants, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reported. At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said, ....

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