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Israeli occupants detain 16 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2023-05-08 06:45:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10146204

RAMALLAH, May 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained 16 Palestinians during raids in the various areas of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation forces detained former prisoner Mohamed El ....

Palestinian official to MENA: Occupation attempts to undermine education process doomed to fail

Date: 2023-05-07 12:21:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10145325

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Education Nafie Assaf said on Sunday that the occupation attempts to undermine education process in Palestine is doomed to fail. In statements to MENA correspondent in ....

EU urges Israel to respect right of Palestinian children to education

Date: 2023-05-07 11:50:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10145058

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Appalled by reports that the EU-funded school in Jubbet Ad Dhib is being demolished by Israeli authorities, the pan-European body has called on Israel to halt all such operations that increase the suffering of the ....

Israeli soldiers storm secondary school in Ramallah

Date: 2023-05-07 10:39:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:10144991

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers stormed on Sunday a secondary school in Kafr Ein northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian security sources said the soldiers fired tear gas bombs at the school causing the suffocation ....

Ultraorthodox rabbi leads scores of settlers while storming Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-05-07 10:11:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10144996

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - US-born Israeli right-wing Rabbi Yehuda Glick led on Sunday scores of Ultraorthodox Jews in storming Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab Al Maghareba (Morocco Gate) under the protection of the Israeli police. Sources said that the ....

Siege on Palestinian Jericho continues for 16th consecutive day

Date: 2023-05-07 10:08:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:10145048

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli Occupation Forces continued on Sunday their siege on the West Bank city of Jericho for the 16th consecutive day with tightened military measures at checkpoints. All the main and secondary entrances and exits of ....

Israel arrests 11 Palestinians in various parts in West Bank

Date: 2023-05-07 10:05:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:10144974

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Sunday 11 Palestinians, including three children and a woman, in various parts of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources said three children were arrested in Al-Awja village, north of ....

AIHRC: Taliban Court’s verdict to punish citizens violates human rights

Date: 2023-05-07 10:02:55 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:10144939

KABUL, May 7 (MENA) - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has described the Taliban court’s verdict on retribution, stoning, and implementation of Sharia limits on alleged criminals as “shocking, terrible and group ....

Iraqi president restores Iraqi artifacts borrowed by Britain

Date: 2023-05-07 09:22:34 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:10144935

BAGHDAD, May 7 (MENA) - President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid decided on Sunday to restore the Iraqi artifacts borrowed by Britain, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. A statement by the Presidency of the Republic said "the ceremony of receiving ....

Palestine denounces Israeli demolition of school in Bethlehem

Date: 2023-05-07 08:09:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10144750

RAMALLAH, May 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Education Ministry denounced on Sunday the Israeli demolition of a primary school in Bethlehem. This gruesome crime comes as part of a series of Israeli practices targeting educational institutions, the ....