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Palestine National Council briefs world parliaments on Israeli violations

Date: 2021-03-07 11:16:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8835918

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestine National Council (PNC) said Sunday it briefed parliaments of the world on the latest violations of the rights of the Palestinian people by the Israeli occupation and Israeli measures to change the ....

PPC: 35 Palestinian female prisoners held in Israeli jails

Date: 2021-03-07 09:58:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8835722

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) said that the Israeli occupation authorities held 35 Palestinian female prisoners, including 11 mothers, in jails, WAFA news agency reported Sunday. In a report on the occasion of ....

Three fishermen die in explosion off Khan Younis

Date: 2021-03-07 09:46:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8835693

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - Three Palestinian fishermen were killed in a mysterious explosion on Sunday while they were sailing off the city of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and witnesses. WAFA news ....

Occupation forces open fire at fishermen, farmers in Gaza

Date: 2021-03-07 08:57:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8835537

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - Israeli forces opened fire Sunday at Palestinian fishermen sailing off Gaza City and farmers to the east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Wafa News Agency reported quoting local sources. Israeli naval boats ....

Israeli occupation forces detain four Palestinians from Al Quds, West Bank

Date: 2021-03-07 08:29:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8835571

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday detained four Palestinians from Al Quds and West Bank cities, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported. Three boys, including two brothers, were arrested in Al Quds after the Israeli ....

California judge rules against attempts to silence and intimidate Palestinian-American activist

Date: 2021-03-06 14:12:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8834203

RAMALLAH, WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - A California judge has rejected a defamation lawsuit that attempted to silence and intimidate Suhair Nafal, a Palestinian-American activist, which was brought against her by a former Israeli soldier who claimed ....

WB: $25 mln grant to support Palestine’s efforts to confront Corona

Date: 2021-03-06 11:04:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8834113

RAMALLAH, March 6 (MENA) - The World Bank (WB) announced its approval of a new grant of $ 25 million to support the efforts of Palestinian municipalities to confront the repercussions of the Corona pandemic. According to the Palestinian News ....

Russia urges urgent IAEA meeting on US return to JCPOA

Date: 2021-03-05 20:01:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8833454

MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) - Moscow is calling for convening a meeting as soon as possible to return the United States to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and restore Iran's obligations under the deal, Sputnik quoted Russian Permanent ....

Israeli forces detain seven Palestinians in Hebron

Date: 2021-03-05 10:00:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8832422

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Friday seven Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, according to security sources. The sources said Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians after storming their ....

Israeli court approves a settler-only elevator at Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2021-03-04 22:15:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:127 - ID:8832027

RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - Israel's supreme court approved today a license for the installation of an elevator next to the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, which would only serve Israeli settlers, WAFA News ....