Middle East
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Rocket fired from Gaza lands at Sderot
Date: 2022-04-20 21:15:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:9532262
RAMALLAH, April 20 (MENA) - A rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza into Israel late Wednesday, the Israeli army said. “A rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory,” the military said in a brief ....
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OIC condemns continued Israeli escalation against Aqsa
Date: 2022-04-20 20:31:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:9532234
JEDDAH, April 20 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha dispatched similar letters to several international actors about the ongoing Israeli violation of Al Aqsa Mosque that included closure ....
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Blinken calls on Israel, Palestinians to 'end the cycle of violence'
Date: 2022-04-20 20:15:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9532226
WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders Tuesday to "end the cycle of violence" after a sharp escalation in tensions between the two sides in recent days. In separate calls with ....
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Safadi, US officials talk tension in occupied Quds
Date: 2022-04-20 19:31:23 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9532194
AMMAN, April 20 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Wednesday met with a US delegation in Amman to discuss the recent flare-up in occupied Quds, Petra News Agency reported. Safadi and the US officials discussed the reasons behind ....
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Incitement to violence at Jerusalem holy sites should be utterly rejected: UN
Date: 2022-04-20 18:56:52 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:9531863
CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland voiced his grave concern over the security situation in Israel and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, over the past two ....
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Abbas briefs UN envoy on recent Israeli aggression on Aqsa mosque
Date: 2022-04-20 09:54:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:9530908
RAMALLAH. April 20 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas has affirmed his absolute rejection to any change to the historical status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. President Abbas made his remarks during a meeting with the UN Middle East ....
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Russia says gravely concerned over escalation of violence at al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2022-04-19 20:45:25 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:9530436
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on Israel and Palestine to exercise self-restraint and not to heighten the political tensions in the Middle East. “We are extremely concerned over the escalation of violence in the ....
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Hundreds of Jewish settlers swarm into Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2022-04-19 13:51:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:9529592
RAMALLAH, April 19 (MENA) - Hundreds of Jewish settlers broke in large numbers into Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday under the protection of Israeli police on the occasion of Jewish Passover. About 600 settlers conducted provocative tours and ....
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Hundreds of Jewish settlers swarm into Ibrahimi Mosque
Date: 2022-04-19 13:49:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:9529780
RAMALLAH, April 19 (MENA) - Hundreds of Jewish settlers broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al Khalil (Hebron) south the West Bank and performed Jewish rituals and danced inside its precincts as they celebrated the Passover holiday. Israeli ....
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OIC strongly condemns Israeli violations against Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2022-04-19 12:13:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9529471
RIYADH, April 19 (MENA) - The OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) strongly condemned the brutal assault on peaceful Palestinian worshippers inside Al Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli occupation forces. While the brutality of ....