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Jordanian king departs for Germany

Date: 2022-04-10 11:02:09 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9514604

AMMAN, April 10 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II departed for Germany on Sunday to undergo a surgery to treat a thoracic herniated disc, Petra News Agency reported. Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II was sworn in as Regent, in the ....

Israel's Shaked rejects offer to join Likud government

Date: 2022-04-09 21:28:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:9514002

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked reportedly held talks with Likud about joining the opposition party after Yamina MK Idit Silman quit the coalition this week and left the government without a majority, the Times of ....

Palestine holds Israeli gov't responsible for current escalation

Date: 2022-04-09 17:51:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:9513760

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Saturday held the Israeli government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett the fully and directly responsible for the current Israeli escalation of violence in the ....

Israeli occupation forces surround home of Tel Aviv attacker

Date: 2022-04-09 11:54:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:9513124

RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have surrounded the West Bank home of the Tel Aviv attacker, and asked his family to turn themselves in. A third Israeli died Friday following the attack by a Palestinian man, who opened fire ....

80,000 Palestinians flock to Al Aqsa for Ramadan's 1st Friday Prayers

Date: 2022-04-08 13:03:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:9512040

RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians attended the first Friday Prayers in the holy month of Ramadan at Al Aqsa Mosque as Israeli security forces were on high alert in Jerusalem. Al Waqf estimated around 80,000 Palestinian ....

Man carried out Tel Aviv attack found, killed by Israeli security forces in Jaffa

Date: 2022-04-08 10:06:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9511748

RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - The man, who carried out a shooting attack in central Tel Aviv, is found in nearby Jaffa and killed by Israeli security forces, the Times of Israel reported Friday. According to Alon Ben David, the shooter is identified ....

Israeli forces detain 13 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2022-04-07 13:29:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:9510691

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained Thursday at least 13 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians in multiple raids in Ramallah ....

Chinese FM holds phone talks with Israel's alternate prime minister

Date: 2022-04-07 09:46:59 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9510045

BEIJING, April 7 (MENA) - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated Palestinians' right to set up a state of their own. During a phone conversation with Israel's alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at ....

8 Palestinians arrested in WB

Date: 2022-04-06 20:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:9509561

RAMALLAH, April 6 (MENA) – Israeli occupation troops arrested eight Palestinians in various West Bank cities, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday. The occupation forces arrested Palestinians from the cities and towns of Nablus, Qalqilya, Bayt ....

ALU chief condemns Israeli settlers' storming of Al Aqsa Mosque complex

Date: 2022-04-05 20:02:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:9507893

CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) Makkawi bin Issa condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque's courtyards by a number of Jewish settlers. In a statement released on Tuesday, Bin Issa said Israeli settlers' ....