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Palestinian official urges ICRC to reinstate second family visit to Palestinians in Israeli jails

Date: 2017-05-05 18:14:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:6798460

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) – Head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Issa Qaraqe on Friday called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to issue an urgent order reinstating the second family visit to the ....

OCHA: 191 Palestinians injured in WB in April

Date: 2017-05-05 17:31:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:6798416

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) – A total of 191 Palestinians, including 45 children, were injured by Israeli forces across the West Bank in April, the vast majority in clashes during demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, ....

Force feeding of Palestinians in Israeli jails life-threatening: Palestinian Health minister

Date: 2017-05-05 17:28:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6798415

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) – Palestinian Health Minister Jawad Awwad has warned of Israeli plans to force feed hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli jails. Such measure threatens the lives of the hunger-striking inmates and represents a ruling of ....

Qaraqe warns against harming imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

Date: 2017-05-05 17:10:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6798392

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - Head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe warned against harming hunger-striking Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who was placed in solitary confinement by Israeli authorities at the Jalame ....

Abbas due in Russia on May 11 - amb.

Date: 2017-05-05 10:51:42 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6797814

MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia on May 11 for talks with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on a host of issues of mutual concern, Palestinian Ambassador in Moscow Abdel Hafiz Nofal said. During a ....

Netanyahu warns Israel not bound by 2015 Iranian nuke deal

Date: 2017-05-04 21:25:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:6797445

GAZA, May 4 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is not bound by the 2015 agreement, signed between Iran and six world powers including the US, to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions ....

Safe zones to solve 50 percent of Syrian conflict - Erdogan

Date: 2017-05-04 16:52:28 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:6797081

ANKARA, May 4 (MENA) - Four de-escalation zones are slated to be established in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that the move would solve 50 percent of the problem in the country, according to Hurriyet Daily News. “A region ....

Israel demolishes three Palestinian homes south of Jerusalem

Date: 2017-05-04 11:58:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6796416

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers demolished on Thursday three Palestinian homes in al Walaja village, south of Jerusalem, WAFA news agency quoted a local municipal source as saying. Head of al Walaja village council Khader Araj said ....

Netanyahu slashes $1mln from UN contribution over UNESCO resolution

Date: 2017-05-04 10:27:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6796331

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his weekly cabinet meeting that Israel will cut dlrs 1 million from its annual contribution to the UN over UNESCO vote disavowing Israel's sovereignty in Al Quds city, Israel ....

Death toll in northeastern Iran mine blast reaches 22

Date: 2017-05-04 09:14:52 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:6796213

GORGAN, Golestan Prov, May 4 (MENA) - The number of the dead after the huge explosion in a coal mine in this northeastern Iranian province reached 22, according to the latest reports on Thursday morning. The major explosion in Zemestanyurt coal ....