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PJS deplores Israeli assault on Palestinian journalists in Nablus

Date: 2023-05-09 15:34:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10149179

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Omar Nazzal, member of the General Secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), deplored the Israeli occupation forces' assault on Palestinian journalists, who were covering the storming of the northern West ....

AL condemns Israeli crimes in Gaza Strip

Date: 2023-05-09 13:23:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:10149028

CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - The Arab League vehemently condemned the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The AL slammed the heinous crime committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip in the wee hours of Tuesday ....

UN coordinator urges Israel to stop demolitions in occupied West Bank

Date: 2023-05-09 08:27:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10148010

NEW YORK, May 9 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Tor Wennesland has called on Israel to stop demolitions and evictions in the occupied West Bank. "I am deeply disturbed by the 7 May demolition by Israeli authorities of ....

Palestine urges immediate int'l action to stop Israel’s crimes

Date: 2023-05-09 07:55:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10147910

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Tuesday condemned what it described as “the heinous crime” committed by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip, which led ....

Abbas: We will continue efforts to release all Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails

Date: 2023-05-09 04:30:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10147795

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinian side will continue its efforts to release all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, topped by Marwan Al Barghouthi. During a meeting in Ramallah last light ....

32 Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2023-05-09 03:54:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:10147787

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MWNA) - At least 12 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and 20 others were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday morning, ushering in a new aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli ....

Abbas receives Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II

Date: 2023-05-08 15:07:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10147109

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Monday received the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, the Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the world, Ignatius Aphrem II. The President received the ....

Palestinian PM urges UNESCO to stop Israel's establishment of settlement near ancient village

Date: 2023-05-08 11:15:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10146772

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to prevent Israeli occupation authorities from establishing an outpost close to ....

Abul Gheit: Nakba Day is remembrance of 'catastrophe' of Palestinian people

Date: 2023-05-08 11:10:39 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:10146625

CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit asserted the ceremony, which was held by the pan-Arab organization to commemorate Nakba Day is a remembrance of heinous crimes and massacres committed by the Israeli occupation ....

EU condemns demolition of school in West Bank

Date: 2023-05-08 07:59:58 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10146336

BRUSSELS, May 8 (MENA) - The European Union has condemned Israel's demolition of an EU-funded school in Jubbet Adh Dhib in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. "The EU has been following closely this case and has asked the Israeli authorities not ....