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Israeli PM Netanyahu meets with Jason Greenblatt

Date: 2017-07-12 17:49:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:6894781

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Donald Trump’s Middle East Advisor Jason Greenblatt in Al Quds Wednesday ahead of the president’s announcement to restart peace talks between Israel and the ....

Palestine urges Arab information ministers to rally efforts against Israel's terrorism

Date: 2017-07-12 15:38:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6894613

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Deputy Minister of Information Mahmoud Khalifa called on the Arab Information Ministers' Council to exert more efforts to overcome black terrorism practiced by the Israeli occupation, warning against the danger ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 21 Palestinians, prepare to demolish martyr house

Date: 2017-07-12 11:20:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:6893750

RAMALLAH, July 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Wednesday 21 Palestinians during a raid in several areas in the West Bank. The family of one martyr from Deir Abu Mashal village in northwest of Ramallah was notified by the ....

Two Palestinian youths killed by Israel occupants in Jenin

Date: 2017-07-12 06:28:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:6893448

RAMALLAH, July 12 (MENA)- Two Palestinian youths were killed and a third was injured at dawn Wednesday when Israeli occupation forces opened fire at them in Jenin refugee camp in northern the West Bank. Palestinian medical sources said the two ....

Palestinian govt delays local elections in Gaza

Date: 2017-07-11 14:05:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6892731

RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian government on Tuesday decided to delay local elections in the Gaza Strip until conditions are favorable. The elections had been scheduled to take place on October 14. (MENA) M A E/A S E ....

Israeli settler's car runs over Palestinian in El Ezaria town

Date: 2017-07-11 13:19:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6892415

RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crew rushed a Palestinian young man to El Ezaria hospital in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem), after a car of a Jewish settler ran over him. The wounds of the 32-year-old ....

Turkish authorities detain over 100 information technology experts

Date: 2017-07-11 11:18:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6892195

ANKARA, July 11 (MENA) - Turkish authorities issued on Tuesday an arrest warrant against 105 information technology experts suspected to have helped in a coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last year. Fifty-two suspects were ....

PA, Israel sign deal to boost WB electricity

Date: 2017-07-10 14:24:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6890822

GAZA CITY, July 10 (MENA) - Israel Electric Corp and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement on Monday to boost Israeli electrical supply to the West Bank (WB), even as Gaza endures daily blackouts in a Palestinian political dispute, said ....

IsDB pays dlrs 8 m for Gaza reconstruction - UNRWA official

Date: 2017-07-10 11:41:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:6890447

GAZA CITY, July 10 (MENA) - The Media Adviser of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Adnan Abu Hasna said the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) paid 8 million dollars for rebuilding more than ....

Palestinian youth killed, Israeli soldier injured in runover attempt near Bethlehem

Date: 2017-07-10 11:02:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6890369

RAMALLAH, July 10 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli forces on Monday in southeastern Bethlehem under runover and stabbing claims. Palestinian sources said the Palestinian tried to run over an Israeli soldier then he collided into ....