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  • Netanyahu talks about Africa, ignoring investigations on weekly cabinet meeting: Jerusalem post

    Date: 2017-08-06 13:37:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:6932667

    GHAZA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu avoided the topic of the police investigations against him and spoke instead about his achievements in Africa and efforts to find a solution for the Netiv Ha’Avot outpost in Gush ....

  • OIC urges Iran to cooperate in investigations over Saudi embassy attack

    Date: 2017-08-06 13:04:57 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:6932659

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The general secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged Iran for more clarity and cooperation pertaining to the investigations which it vowed to carry out concerning that attacks on the Saudi embassy in ....

  • Israeli settlers storm anew Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-08-06 11:16:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6932313

    RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Groups of Israeli settlers stormed anew Al Aqsa Mosque via al Magharba gate under the protection of Israeli police. As many as 115 Israeli settlers toured the mosque compound in a provocative way amid tight monitoring by ....

  • 2 Israeli gunboats, 2 reconnaissance aircraft violate Lebanese waters, airspace

    Date: 2017-08-05 22:18:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:6931880

    BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said Saturday two Israeli gunboats violated the country's territorial waters, while a reconnaissance plane violated the country's airspace. The gunboats violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras al ....

  • Israeli forces injure 3 Palestinians, detain child in Hebron

    Date: 2017-08-04 21:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6930657

    RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were injured and a child was detained in an attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers on residents of the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. Israeli soldiers intervened to protect the settlers ....

  • Police flip former Israeli PM confidant into state witness

    Date: 2017-08-04 16:40:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6930465

    GAZA CITY, Aug 4 (MENA) - A deal was signed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former chief of staff and confidant Ari Harow Friday which will see him become a state witness in a string of ongoing investigations against Netanyahu involving ....

  • Palestinian official injured as Israeli forces suppress march in Hebron

    Date: 2017-08-04 13:19:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6930099

    RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Head of Palestine's Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission Walid Assaf was wounded on Friday, when Israeli forces dispersed Palestinian protesters in Kharsa village in southern Al Khalil (Hebron). Local sources said ....

  • Israeli forces beef up security measures around Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-08-04 11:03:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6929890

    RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces stepped up security measures in al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) ahead of Friday prayers, amid a detention campaign that targeted several Palestinians in the West Bank, including a member of the ....

  • Israeli gunboat violates Lebanese territorial waters off Ras Naqoura

    Date: 2017-08-03 19:54:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:6929462

    BEIRUT, Aug 3 (MENA) – An Israeli gunboat violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras el Naqoura on Thursday, the Lebanese army said. The gunboat remained in the water for five minutes, the army added in a statement. Violations are a ....

  • Hamas is ready to dissolve administrative committee in Gaza strip

    Date: 2017-08-03 10:11:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6928225

    GHAZA, Aug 3 (MENA) - Hamas movement on Thursday expressed readiness to dissolve the administrative committee in Gaza strip immediately if the national unity government took over full responsibility of the coastal enclave. In a statement, member ....

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