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Russia urges settling Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Date: 2023-01-19 10:06:31 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9975800

NEW YORK/MOSCOW, Jan 19 (MENA) - Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, called for promoting multilateral efforts aiming at settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In statements to Russia Today on Thursday, ....

"Cairo" summit asserted centeralization of Palestinian cause: PLF member to MENA

Date: 2023-01-19 09:39:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:9975697

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) Wasel Abu Yousef said on Thursday that the tripartite summit that took place on Tuesday in Egypt in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Jordanian King ....

Israel releases freedom fighter Maher Younis after 40 years of captivity

Date: 2023-01-19 08:52:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:9975730

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) – After serving 40 years in Israeli prisons for resisting the occupation, freedom fighter Maher Younis, the longest-serving prisoner in the world, is free at last and back at his home this morning after his release from Kidar ....

Israeli occupation forces kill two Palestinians in Jenin

Date: 2023-01-19 07:36:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:9975649

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces this morning killed two Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army gunfire since the start of the year to 17. The ....

Israel's High Court blocks Arye Deri from serving as minister

Date: 2023-01-18 18:27:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:9975268

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Shas chairman Arye Deri cannot retain his position as interior and health minister, the High Court ruled on Wednesday in response to petitions challenging Deri's appointment and the Basic Law amendment that allowed his rise ....

European delegation visits Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-01-18 11:34:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9974256

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - A diplomatic delegation from the EU on Wednesday visited Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied al Quds. Representatives and consuls from the EU and other countries visited Al Aqsa Mosque to confirm the EU Union's position on the ....

Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-01-18 10:03:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:9974000

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers stormed Wednesday the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. According to eyewitnesses, the settlers barged into the courtyards of the mosque from the side of Bab ....

Israeli occupation continues destroying Wadi al Rababa lands in Silwan

Date: 2023-01-18 09:35:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:9973886

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities on Wednesday continued acts of destruction in the Wadi al Rababa lands in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Wadi al Rababa’s area is estimated at around 210 dunums and ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 11 Palestinians from Al Quds, Al Khalil

Date: 2023-01-18 09:05:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:9973870

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained eleven Palestinians from Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and the West Bank city of Al Khalil (Hebron) Wednesday. Palestinian sources said the Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians from ....

Palestinians confront occupation army securing settlers attacking Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

Date: 2023-01-18 07:57:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:9973633

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted in the wee hours of Wednesday in the West Bank City of Nablus after settlers, protected by the Israeli occupation army, attacked Joseph's Tomb on the outskirts of the City. Residents of Nablus took ....