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Mikati denies meddling in judiciary probing Beirut Port blast

Date: 2022-01-17 08:10:15 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9370507

BEIRUT, Jan 17 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Najuib Mikati has denied interference in work of the judiciary probing the Beirut Port blast. Mikati, in statements Monday, stressed that he is calling for revealing the truth that all Lebanese ....

Russian envoy calls for Mideast Quartet ministerial meeting

Date: 2022-01-15 15:21:14 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9368259

MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Minister on the Middle East Peace Process Vladimir Safronkov discussed Saturday with his Mideast Quartet (Russia, the United States, the UN and the European Union) counterparts ....

Secret plea deal in Netanyahu corruption trial said to await his approval

Date: 2022-01-14 22:04:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9367475

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Prosecutors are reportedly fuming over reports that former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding secret talks with the attorney general over a plea deal in his corruption trial, which is now said to be ....

Israeli forces injure 7 Palestinians in Qalqilya

Date: 2022-01-14 20:37:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:9367412

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces Friday during the weekly protests against Israeli settlement construction in Qalqilya. WAFA reported that Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters with ....

Israel: 76,134 students, teachers test positive for COVID-19

Date: 2022-01-13 14:12:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9365489

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - As many as 76,134 students and teachers at Israeli schools have tested positive for COVID-19, the Israeli Health Ministry announced on Thursday. Of that total, 64,824 students have been infected with the virus in ....

Palestinian young man wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2022-01-13 12:47:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9365299

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Tubas city in the northeastern West Bank, state news agency WAFA quoted medical sources as saying. The soldiers shot a young man with a ....

Israeli municipality issues order to demolish mosque in occupied Jerusalem

Date: 2022-01-12 18:54:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:9364087

RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Israeli municipality issued Wednesday a decision to demolish a mosque in Isawiyya neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. According to WAFA correspondent in Jerusalem, the municipality notified caretakers of the ....

Israeli navy targets fishing boat off Gaza shore

Date: 2022-01-12 18:02:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:9364117

RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - Israeli navy on Wednesday attacked a fishing boat sailing off the Gaza shore. A fisherman told Palestinian media sources in Gaza that the fishermen were sailing six nautical miles into the sea when Israeli navy boats ....

Israel again breaks single-day COVID cases record with nearly 38,000 infections

Date: 2022-01-11 19:38:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:9362328

RAMALLAH, Jan 11 (MENA) – Israel on Tuesday again reported a new record number of single-day COVID-19 cases, with nearly 38,000 new infections, as the Omicron variant continues to rapidly spread across the country, Ynetnews reported. The Health ....

Palestine's Mufti deplores Israeli settlers' repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-01-11 14:05:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:9361711

RAMALLAH, Jan 11 (MENA) - Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Mohamed Hussein condemned on Tuesday the Israeli settlers’ repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces. Hussein made the remarks during ....