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Knesset approves 'reasonableness' law to prevent judicial checks on political power

Date: 2023-07-24 14:37:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:10270970

RAMAAHL, July 24 (MENA) - Israeli Parliament on Monday approved the contentious "reasonableness" law that prevents judicial checks on political power, after weeks of unprecedented protests that have crippled the country, according to CNBC ....

Judicial overhaul talks collapse as Knesset votes on key coup bill

Date: 2023-07-24 12:40:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:10270616

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Israel's lawmakers are holding the final vote on the reasonableness bill, while police are clashing with pro-democracy protesters who are rallying outside the parliament building, Haaretz newspaper reported on ....

Palestinian people repeat victims of Israeli occupation: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

Date: 2023-07-24 11:47:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10270418

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said the Palestinian people used to be repeat victims of the Israeli occupation and its domestic crises, amid double standard of the international community. This came ....

Palestinian PM slams Israeli aggression on Nur Shams refugee camp

Date: 2023-07-24 11:16:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10270402

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said today that the attack on Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Monday is the best proof of the Israeli mentality of destruction and killing, said WAFA. An Israeli army ....

Israeli navy detains four Gaza fishermen, seizes their boat

Date: 2023-07-24 10:14:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10270225

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation naval boats Monday detained four Gaza fishermen, siblings, off the sea of Gaza City and seized their fishing boat, reported WAFA correspondent, as army vehicles infiltrated the southern Gaza Strip ....

Israeli anti-government protesters attempt to block entrance to Israeli Knesset

Date: 2023-07-24 09:41:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10270194

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - As the Israeli Knesset continued to discuss the bill to reduce the reasonableness standard ahead of the vote in its second and third reading later in the day, anti-government and anti-judicial reform demonstrators ....

Israeli occupation forces detain eight Palestinians from WB

Date: 2023-07-24 08:08:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10269931

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces raided on Monday several areas in the occupied West Bank and detained about a dozen people, according to various sources. Forces also raided the town of Beita, south of Nablus, and detained ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa under protection of occupation troops

Date: 2023-07-24 08:04:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10269932

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers broke into the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque Monday under heavy protection from Israeli troops, according to eyewitnesses. Settlers raided the holy Mosque and took provocative tours in its ....

13 Palestinians injured during Israeli raid on Tulkarm refugee camp

Date: 2023-07-24 07:07:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10269908

RAMALLAH, July 24 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were injured by live bullets fired by Israeli soldiers during a raid Monday on Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, and nine others were injured by shrapnel, according to the ....

President Abbas to start official visit to Turkey Tuesday

Date: 2023-07-23 11:33:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10269156

RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to start an official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, during which he will meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, WAFA News Agency reported. The Ambassador ....