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AL says Cairo Peace Summit reflected consensus on rejecting Palestinians' displacement

Date: 2023-10-21 18:39:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:10403700

CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Hossam Zaki said the Cairo Peace Summit reflected Arab and international consensus on rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians, reaching an immediate ceasefire ....

UNICEF: 1m children in Gaza need protection

Date: 2023-10-21 18:31:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:10403702

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - UNICEF Special Representative for Palestine Lucia Elmi said Saturday one million children in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of protection. In a press briefing, Elmi added the aid that entered the Gaza Strip today is ....

EU humanitarian aid to Palestinians increase to USD 47 mln - Berger

Date: 2023-10-21 18:14:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:10403675

CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) – Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt Ambassador Christian Berger announced on Saturday the increase of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people from USD 21 to 47 million. In statements to Al Qahira Al Ikhbariya on ....

Jordanian king, French president mull Gaza's deteriorating situation

Date: 2023-10-21 17:35:45 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:10403638

AMMAN, Oct 21 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah on Saturday received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gaza, a statement by the Royal Court read. King Abdullah stressed the need for the ....

Algeria sends humanitarian aid to Gaza via Rafah crossing

Date: 2023-10-21 17:12:42 GMT - Algeria - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:10403636

ALGIERS, Oct 21 (MENA) - Algeria announced it will send urgent humanitarian aid to Arish airport to be delivered to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing. In a statement released on Saturday, the Algerian Presidency said that Algeria ....

France approves pro-Gaza protest Sunday

Date: 2023-10-21 16:59:48 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:10403635

PARIS, Oct 21 (MENA) - Paris police on Saturday approved a protest to be staged Sunday in solidarity with the war-torn Gaza Strip. However, the police warned that “violations will not be tolerated.” The rally is okayed in response to a ....

Palestine's UN envoy urges int'l community not to allow Israel to continue its crimes in the Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-10-21 16:54:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:10403637

NEW YORK, Oct 21 (MENA) - Palestine's UN envoy Riyad Mansour urged the international community not to allow the continuation of crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. This came in messages sent by the ....

Russia initiates UNSC meeting on Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Russia’s UN mission

Date: 2023-10-21 16:51:12 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:10403623

MOSCOW, Oct 21 (MENA) - Russia plans to request another meeting of the UN Security Council in order to discuss solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky revealed ....

Abbas meets number of world officials on sidelines of Cairo Summit

Date: 2023-10-21 16:30:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:10403580

CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had separate meetings with a number of world officials on the sidelines of the Cairo Summit for Peace in the New Administrative Capital on the Gaza escalations. Italy Prime Minister ....

Iraqi PM meets Jordanian king on sidelines of Cairo Summit for Peace

Date: 2023-10-21 16:11:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:10403615

CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al Sudani met Saturday Jordanian King Abdullah II on the sidelines of the Cairo Summit for Peace. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the evolving situation in the occupied Palestinian ....