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Washington opposes storming of Aqsa mosque by Israeli minister

Date: 2023-01-03 12:31:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:9951509

WASHINGTON, January 3 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said Tuesday that his country rejects the storming of Aqsa mosque by Israeli far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In statements carried by the US-funded Al Hurra ....

Presidency spokesman slams Ben-Gvir's storming of Aqsa

Date: 2023-01-03 09:17:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9950947

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that the Israeli Jewish supremacist Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir's storming of al-Aqsa Mosque is a challenge to Palestinian people, the Arab nation and the ....

Israeli supremacist Ben-Gvir storms Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque

Date: 2023-01-03 07:49:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:9950760

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Israeli supremacist Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir Tuesday stormed the compounds of al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem under heavy protection from the Israeli forces, WAFA reported. Ben-Gvir ....

Biden advisor to visit Israel mid January

Date: 2023-01-03 06:38:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:9950685

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - The White House has said that Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor to US President Joe Biden, is set to visit Israel mid January. During his visit, Sullivan will hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ....

Arab Parliament condemns Israeli escalation in WB, Al Quds

Date: 2023-01-02 15:33:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9950134

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament strongly denounced attempts by the new Israeli government to escalate settlement activities in the West Bank and Al Quds city. Such practices are a blatant violation of international law, it warned in a ....

Palestinian presidential spokesman warns Israel of any change at Al Aqsa Mosque, escalated annexation activities

Date: 2023-01-02 15:03:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:9950035

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh on Monday warned Israel that repeated threats to change the historical status quo in Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by demanding permission to perform Jewish ....

Baghdad airport denies reports about air travel disruption

Date: 2023-01-02 11:55:35 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:9949707

BAGHDAD, Jan 2 (MENA) - The administration of Baghdad International Airport denied news reports about air travel disruption Monday. In a statement, carried by Alsumaria news channel, the administration asserted all flights are being smoothly ....

Damascus International Airport back into service

Date: 2023-01-02 08:56:52 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9949376

DAMASCUS, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Syrian Ministry of Transport has announced the return of Damascus International Airport to service and the resumption of flights as of 9:00 a.m. Monday, SANA reported. On its official Facebook page, the ministry ....

Israeli soldiers kill 2 Palestinians, injure 8 near Jenin

Date: 2023-01-02 06:07:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:9949165

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - On Monday dawn, dozens of armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Kafr Dan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, to demolish the homes of two slain Palestinians, killed two young men, ....

7,000 Palestinians arrested by Israeli occupation in 2022, say prisoner rights groups

Date: 2023-01-01 20:03:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:9949046

RAMALLAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - Nearly 7,000 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian Territories in 2022, according to a joint report issued Sunday by prisoner advocacy groups. The joint report, issued by the ....