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  • Netanyahu instructs police to check Aqsa worshipers using hand-held metal detectors

    Date: 2017-07-26 09:15:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6916075

    RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave directives to police to check Aqsa worshipers using hand-held metal detectors, according to Hebrew-language media. The orders came hours after removing metal detectors ....

  • Hamas declared terrorist organisation by European Court of Justice

    Date: 2017-07-26 08:19:10 GMT - Luxembourg - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6916059

    LUXEMBOURG, July 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian group Hamas has been declared a terrorist organisation by the European Court of Justice, Euronews reported Wednesday. Judges in the European Union's most senior court ruled that the group should remain ....

  • Israeli occupants assault press teams at Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-07-26 08:13:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6915999

    RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have assaulted the press teams stationed in front of Asbat gate leading to Al Aqsa Mosque and banned their entry to the old city of Al Quds. Employees of Al Quds Awqaf Department led by ....

  • Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza Strip coast

    Date: 2017-07-26 07:56:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6916004

    GAZA CITY, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian fishing boats in the sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The attack falls within the framework of Israel's almost daily shooting at Palestinian fishermen. Under ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 21 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2017-07-26 07:41:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6916012

    RAMALLAH, July 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 21 Palestinians during crackdowns on a number of areas in the West Bank at dawn of Wednesday, according to local Palestinian media outlets. The arrests took place in Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalendia ....

  • Russia regrets UNSC refusal to condemn attack on embassy in Damascus

    Date: 2017-07-26 06:34:17 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:6915944

    NEW YORK, July 26 (MENA) - Moscow regrets that some UN Security Council members refused to qualify attacks on the Russian embassy in Damascus as terrorist acts, Russian Mission to the United Nations said in a statement as quoted by Tass news ....

  • Israeli forces injure 15 Palestinian worshipers near Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-07-25 22:04:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:119 - ID:6915801

    RAMALLAH, July 25 (MENA) – As many as 15 Palestinian worshipers were injured Tuesday during attacks by Israeli occupation forces near the Lions' Gate, a main entrance to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. The occupation authority used rubber bullets, ....

  • Netanyahu warns Iran filling void left by Daesh in Golan

    Date: 2017-07-25 17:21:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:6915536

    GAZA CITY, July 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that Iran is seeking to replace Daesh terror group in the Golan Heights in order to create a new front against Israel, The Times of Israel reported. “The ....

  • Jordanian king leading diplomacy to safeguard al Quds holy sites, FM

    Date: 2017-07-25 17:19:20 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:6915400

    AMMAN, July 25 (MENA) – Jordanian Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Safadi said Tuesday that Jordanian King Abdullah II is spearheading intensive efforts to safeguard the sanctity of Al Aqsa Mosque and preserve the status quo at al ....

  • Palestinian worshipers continue sit-in outside Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-07-25 16:18:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:6915125

    RAMALLAH, July 25 (MENA) – Palestinian worshipers performed Dhuhr (noon) prayers at the closest point to Al Aqsa Mosque near and inside the Lions’ Gate in rejection of the Israeli recent measures at the holy mosque. Al Quds residents continued ....

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