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Palestinian President phones Saudi CP

Date: 2017-08-25 21:36:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:6962105

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday phoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for talks on the outcome of a meeting between Abbas and a US delegation in Ramallah city on Thursday. The two sides agreed to ....

EU demands Israel rebuild Palestinian school structures

Date: 2017-08-25 20:08:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:6962059

GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (MENA) – Israel must rebuild the two Palestinian schools it demolished, the European Union said as it condemned the Israeli forces actions against Palestinian and Beduin construction in Area C of the West Bank, the Jerusalem Post ....

PLO member condemns opening of synagogue in Al Quds

Date: 2017-08-25 16:55:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6961868

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) – Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee Ahmed Qurei on Friday condemned the opening of a synagogue in Silwan town in the occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli ministers, Knesset members and ....

Israeli occupation forces disperse anti-settlements protest in W.Bank

Date: 2017-08-25 16:54:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6961862

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces dispersed Friday an anti-settlements protest by use of force in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya. The protest was organized by a number of ....

Haartez: Israel revokes citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouin

Date: 2017-08-25 15:08:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6961612

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - Israeli authorities revoked citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouins in southern Israel over the past years on grounds of erroneous registration, Haartez reported on Friday. These Bedouins found themselves not Israeli ....

Israeli occupation dismisses Palestinian teachers from job

Date: 2017-08-25 09:39:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6961052

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA)- An Israeli newspaper website wrote on Friday that Israel's Ministry of Education targets Palestinian teachers working in schools in Al Quds and other 1948 areas. Some 12 Palestinian teachers have been dismissed or ....

Liberman: "We will not comply to Iran establishing itself in Syria"

Date: 2017-08-24 13:59:51 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:6960186

GAZA CITY, Aug 24 (MENA) - Israeli Secretary of Defense Avigdor Liberman said that: "Iran is trying to build a new air force base and navy base in Syria. Israel will not tolerate this." He made the statement one day after Israeli Prime Minister ....

Palestinians expect US delegation to carry responses on establishment of Palestinian state

Date: 2017-08-24 13:56:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:6959869

RAMALLAH, Aug 24 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al Maleki expected the US delegation to the Middle East peace process to carry responses to the Palestinian questions on the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state ....

Palestinians protest US delegation visit to Palestinian Authority

Date: 2017-08-24 13:52:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:6960008

RAMALLAH, Aug 24 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinian national and popular powers staged a protest on Thursday that soon turned to a march towards the presidential headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in protest against the US delegation's ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 31 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2017-08-24 12:33:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:6959753

RAMALLAH, Aug 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained 31 Palestinians in the West Bank during the past 24 hours. The Palestinian Society Prisoner's Club said in a statement nine citizens were arrested in Al Quds, one in the town of Abu ....