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Palestine handed over bullet that killed Abu Akleh to US - attorney-general

Date: 2022-07-02 21:21:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9652640

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Attorney-General Akram Al-Khatib said that the Israeli sniper’s bullet which killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 will not be handed over to the Israeli occupation authorities, WAFA ....

Palestinian PM holds Israel responsible for death of Palestinian woman in Damon prison

Date: 2022-07-02 15:27:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:9652168

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh reacted to the death of Saadia Farajallah, 68, who died on Saturday's morning of yet unknown reasons in the Israeli prison of Damon, the Palestinian Authority held the Israeli ....

Israeli soldiers attack a woman’s funeral in Beit Ummar

Date: 2022-07-01 20:42:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:9651106

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday attacked a Palestinian woman’s funeral in the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank province of Al Khalil (Hebron), according to local sources. Mohammad Awad, a local ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes statements by World Council of Churches on occupied territories

Date: 2022-07-01 14:21:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9650610

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed Friday statements by the World Council of Churches on the status quo in the occupied Palestinian territories. In the most recent statement after its meeting in Geneva, the World ....

Lebanese president briefed on outcome of maritime border demarcation file

Date: 2022-07-01 12:57:45 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:9650599

BEIRUT, July 1 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun met on Friday the United States’ Ambassador to Beirut Dorothy Shea at the Presidential Palace, according to the National News Agency of Lebanon. Lebanese-American relations and ways to ....

17 Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire during settlers' raid in Nablus

Date: 2022-06-30 10:57:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9648873

RAMALLAH, June 30 (MENA) - As many as 17 Palestinians were Thursday injured by Israeli gunfire during confrontations that erupted as dozens of extremist Israeli settlers raided the area of Joseph's Tomb, to the east of the occupied West Bank city of ....

Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming election

Date: 2022-06-29 20:12:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:9648291

RAMALLAH, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in upcoming elections, his office said Wednesday as quoted by Israel Radio. The government announced last week that it would dissolve the Knesset ahead of elections ....

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-06-29 10:20:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:9647066

RAMALLAH, June 29 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the yards of Al Aqsa Mosque Wednesday, protected by the heavy presence of Israeli forces. About 111 settlers stormed the complex, which is being guarded by Israeli police. The ....

UN peace coordinator calls for resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to restore peace

Date: 2022-06-28 07:26:07 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:9644701

NEW YORK, June 28 (MENA) - UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Tor Wennesland called for resuming negotiations to bring about peace between Palestinians and Israelis, the UN News Center reported Tuesday. "The ....

Palestinian grand mufti warns Israeli excavations could cause collapse of Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-06-27 11:08:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9643352

RAMALLAH, June 27 (MENA) - The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Mohammad Hussein, Monday warned that the ongoing excavations carried out by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Elad settlement group for some time near ....