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PLO Secretary-General says leadership to boycott economic meeting with Israel

Date: 2023-06-18 10:58:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:10215469

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - Hussein al-Sheikh, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said Sunday that the Palestinian leadership has decided to boycott the Palestinian-Israeli Higher Economic Committee meeting, WAFA ....

Israel detains five Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-06-18 07:56:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10215041

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - Israel arrested on Sunday five Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said two Palestinians were arrested from the Gaza Strip and were led to an unknown destination. A freed ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa under protection of Israeli occupation troops

Date: 2023-06-18 07:31:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:10214996

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Asqa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. According to Palestinian local sources in the occupied city of Al Quds, the settlers guarded by ....

Saudi-Iranian relations based on mutual respect, non-interference: Saudi FM

Date: 2023-06-17 17:52:07 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10214499

TEHRAN, June 17 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said relations between the kingdom and Iran are based on mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs. Prince Faisal made the remarks during a joint press ....

Palestinian injured after being run over by Israeli army vehicle in Nablus

Date: 2023-06-17 08:52:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10213780

RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - A Palestinian was injured on Saturday after he was run over by an Israeli army vehicle during a raid of Askar refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, while others suffocated from inhaling teargas fired ....

Israeli soldiers shoot, injure a Palestinian youth during raid of Jenin

Date: 2023-06-17 08:48:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10213771

RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers on Saturday opened fire and injured a Palestinian youth during a raid of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to local and Palestinian security sources. They told WAFA that the youth was shot ....

Clashes erupt between Palestinians, Israelis in different parts of occupied West Bank

Date: 2023-06-16 15:58:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10213150

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces on Friday in different areas in the occupied West Bank. Armed Israeli settlers today assaulted and opened fire on Palestinians in the Ein Samia ....

50,000 worshippers perform Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-06-16 12:12:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10212768

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Approximately 50,000 worshippers performed Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. This number was recorded despite the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation army at the ....

2 Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire in south west bank

Date: 2023-06-16 11:26:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:10212599

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Two Palestinian youth, including a photojournalist, were injured Friday by Israeli gunfire during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in south west bank. Also, several Palestinians suffered from tear gas ....

Borrell: World community should positively work to solve conflict in Syria

Date: 2023-06-15 13:14:42 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:10211335

BRUSSELS, June 15 (MENA) - EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell called on the world community at large to positively work to solve the conflict in Syria and held its people and refugees abroad to end their crisis, according to a press ....