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Palestinian PM urges UNESCO to stop Israel's establishment of settlement near ancient village

Date: 2023-05-08 11:15:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10146772

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to prevent Israeli occupation authorities from establishing an outpost close to ....

Abul Gheit: Nakba Day is remembrance of 'catastrophe' of Palestinian people

Date: 2023-05-08 11:10:39 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10146625

CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit asserted the ceremony, which was held by the pan-Arab organization to commemorate Nakba Day is a remembrance of heinous crimes and massacres committed by the Israeli occupation ....

EU condemns demolition of school in West Bank

Date: 2023-05-08 07:59:58 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10146336

BRUSSELS, May 8 (MENA) - The European Union has condemned Israel's demolition of an EU-funded school in Jubbet Adh Dhib in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. "The EU has been following closely this case and has asked the Israeli authorities not ....

Israeli occupants detain 16 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2023-05-08 06:45:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10146204

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained 16 Palestinians during raids in the various areas of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation forces detained former prisoner Mohamed El ....

Palestinian official to MENA: Occupation attempts to undermine education process doomed to fail

Date: 2023-05-07 12:21:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10145325

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Education Nafie Assaf said on Sunday that the occupation attempts to undermine education process in Palestine is doomed to fail. In statements to MENA correspondent in ....

EU urges Israel to respect right of Palestinian children to education

Date: 2023-05-07 11:50:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10145058

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Appalled by reports that the EU-funded school in Jubbet Ad Dhib is being demolished by Israeli authorities, the pan-European body has called on Israel to halt all such operations that increase the suffering of the ....

Israeli soldiers storm secondary school in Ramallah

Date: 2023-05-07 10:39:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10144991

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers stormed on Sunday a secondary school in Kafr Ein northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian security sources said the soldiers fired tear gas bombs at the school causing the suffocation ....

Ultraorthodox rabbi leads scores of settlers while storming Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-05-07 10:11:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10144996

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - US-born Israeli right-wing Rabbi Yehuda Glick led on Sunday scores of Ultraorthodox Jews in storming Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab Al Maghareba (Morocco Gate) under the protection of the Israeli police. Sources said that the ....

Siege on Palestinian Jericho continues for 16th consecutive day

Date: 2023-05-07 10:08:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10145048

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli Occupation Forces continued on Sunday their siege on the West Bank city of Jericho for the 16th consecutive day with tightened military measures at checkpoints. All the main and secondary entrances and exits of ....

Israel arrests 11 Palestinians in various parts in West Bank

Date: 2023-05-07 10:05:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10144974

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Sunday 11 Palestinians, including three children and a woman, in various parts of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources said three children were arrested in Al-Awja village, north of ....