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Israeli intelligence detains Palestinian Detainees Commission chief

Date: 2023-02-19 18:28:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10027832

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Israeli intelligence on Sunday detained Qadri Abu Baker, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, at Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan while he was on his way home back to Palestine, ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry urges UNSC to shoulder responsibility towards Palestinians

Date: 2023-02-19 12:19:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10027092

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry urged on Sunday the UN Security Council to shoulder its responsibility towards Palestinians and immediately intervene to end Israeli violations and its unilateral measures. In a press release, the ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli forces

Date: 2023-02-19 11:59:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10026971

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli occupation troops broke into Al Aqsa Mosque yards Sunday. Some 81 settlers barged into the courtyards of the mosque from the side of Bab al-Maghariba Gate and performed Talmudic ....

Fatah praises African support to Palestinian people, their cause

Date: 2023-02-19 11:50:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10027089

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization Movement of Fatah has appreciated the stance of South Africa and other African countries that supported the rights of the Palestinian people and rejected Israel's admission to the ....

US’ Blinken urges Israel, Palestine leaders to ‘restore calm’

Date: 2023-02-19 10:30:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10026903

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and separately with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, reaffirming US support for a “two-state solution” in the region and asking the ....

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continue protest against Israeli punitive measures

Date: 2023-02-19 09:26:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10026754

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continued their massive disobedience campaign for the 6th day in a row against punitive measures brought about by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In press ....

Blinken to Netanyahu: We strongly oppose unilateral measures on settlements

Date: 2023-02-19 09:15:31 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10026893

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late on Saturday, to express the administration's concerns over Israel's settlement policies, Ynet reported. Blinken told the prime ....

Israeli settlers attack a mosque in Hebron

Date: 2023-02-19 08:51:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10026847

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Extremist Israeli settlers attacked a mosque in the Old City of Hebron, the south of the occupied West Bank, hurling stones at the mosque and smashing its windows, according to local sources. Nidal Jabari, an Islamic ....

Civil disobedience starts across Jerusalem

Date: 2023-02-19 06:56:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10026657

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - An overall strike was staged on Sunday across Jerusalem in implementation of the civil disobedience called for by the Palestinian national and Islamic forces in protest of arbitrary Israeli measures against Palestinians in ....

Palestinian president probes developments in Palestine with Blinken

Date: 2023-02-18 15:49:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10026001

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday received a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which they discussed the latest developments in Palestine in view of Israel’s violations of ....