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Israeli forces storm houses of Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah

Date: 2021-05-15 17:21:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:8958411

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) – Israeli forces stormed on Saturday a number of houses in Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied Jerusalem, WAFA reported. They also assaulted the residents of the neighborhood. Clashes erupted between the Israeli forces ....

Paris police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters

Date: 2021-05-15 17:17:42 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8958437

PARIS, May 15 (MENA) - Police in Paris on Saturday fired tear gas and aimed water cannons at protesters defying a ban on marching against Israeli attacks on Gaza, trying to disperse demonstrators gathering in groups of several hundred, France 24 ....

Palestinians shot, injured in various WB clashes

Date: 2021-05-15 16:34:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8958377

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Clashes continued Saturday as Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters in various areas of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that its field crews dealt with 13 rubber bullet, live ....

Israeli jets bomb press building in Gaza; 7 injured in WB clashes

Date: 2021-05-15 16:03:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:8958358

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Israeli occupation warplanes destroyed the Galaa tower in Gaza City, which international media operating in the Gaza Strip. Seven rockets have crumbled to the ground the 12-storey tower that gathers many international ....

Palestine calls for urgent meeting of Middle East Quartet foreign ministers

Date: 2021-05-15 13:42:41 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8958166

MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - Palestine calls for an urgent meeting of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators (Russia, the United States, the UN and the EU) at the level of foreign ministers, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal ....

Palestinian presidency: Ongoing Israeli crimes harm interests of region, world countries

Date: 2021-05-15 13:32:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8958055

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Palestinian presidency spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh on Saturday warned that the ongoing Israeli crimes would harm the interests of the region and the whole world. In statements to WAFA news agency, Abu Rudeineh stressed ....

Israel bombs high-rise building in Gaza

Date: 2021-05-15 13:13:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8958150

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Israel leveled to the ground on Saturday a high-rise tower that housed international and local news outlets in Gaza city. The 12-storey tower in central Gaza City collapsed after Israeli airstrikes targeted the building ....

Abbas chairs snap meeting to follow up Palestinian developments

Date: 2021-05-15 13:10:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8958140

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chaired on Saturday an emergency meeting to follow up the situation in the Palestinian territories. The meeting was attended by Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh and a number ....

Israeli forces arrested 52 Palestinians in Acre, Lod

Date: 2021-05-15 12:24:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8958020

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 52 Palestinians in Acre City and 15 others in Lod City over clashes in the Palestinian territories, reported the Palestinian News Agency Wafa Saturday quoting sources in the two cities. Israeli ....

Palestinian presidency: No peace without independent Palestinian state

Date: 2021-05-15 10:23:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8957830

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency stressed on Saturday no peace or security can be achieved without establishing an independent Palestinian state with al-Quds as its capital, Wafa News Agency reported quoting a presidential ....