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OIC commends ICC's decision to open a probe into situation into Palestine
Date: 2021-03-04 20:54:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:121 - ID:8831991
RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation welcomed on Thursday the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the situation in Palestine. In a press statement, the OIC General ....
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Palestine, EU ink partnership agreement for trade
Date: 2021-03-04 19:36:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:8831735
RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS, March 4 (MENA) – Palestinian Ambassador to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg Abdul Rahim El Farra signed on Thursday the temporary European-Mediterranean partnership agreement for trade and cooperation between the European Union and ....
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36 settlers break into Aqsa mosque compound
Date: 2021-03-04 11:21:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8830739
JERUSALEM, March 4 (MENA) - As many as 36 settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers toured different yards of the holy site before leaving via Bab El Maghreba. Al Aqsa ....
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Israel detains 14 Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2021-03-04 09:38:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8830301
RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained on Thursday 14 Palestinians from the West Bank. The forces detained five Palestinians from Quds, three from Nablus and three from Bethlehem. The occupation forces also detained two freed ....
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Israel declares large swaths of land south of Hebron as “state land”
Date: 2021-03-03 19:26:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:8829711
RAMALLAH, March 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities declared on Wednesday hundreds of dunums of land in the town of Yatta to the south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank as “state land”. WAFA reported that Israeli army forces ....
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ICC to investigate Israeli war crimes in Palestinian lands
Date: 2021-03-03 16:30:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:8829268
RAMALLAH/THE HAGUE, March 3 (MENA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague announced on Wednesday her office would formally open a probe into reported war crimes in the Palestinian territories. In a statement, ....
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69 settlers storm into Aqsa
Date: 2021-03-03 10:21:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8828249
RAMALLAH, March 3 (MENA) - As many as 69 settlers stormed into Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday, the Palestinian awqaf department said. The settlers conducted provocative tours in the mosque grounds guarded by the Israeli forces. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....
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Israel registers new 4,240 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-03 10:00:02 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8828126
GAZA CITY, March 3 (MENA) - Israeli health authorities on Wednesday registered new 4,240 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours. According to a health ministry statement that was published by the Jerusalem Post, the total number of infections ....
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Agricultural drone crashes in Southern Israel --paper
Date: 2021-03-03 09:03:24 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8827904
GAZA CITY, March 3 ( MENA) - Israeli authorities said an Israeli crop duster used for aerial spraying of crops near Moshav Shilat in southern Israel crashed, reported the Jerusalem Post Wednesday. The pilot sustained medium injuries and was ....
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Pentagon: US airstrike in Syria 'proportionate military response'
Date: 2021-03-02 21:08:12 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:8827606
WASHINGTON, March 2 (MENA) - The Pentagon said that a US airstrike last week in eastern Syria, which killed one fighter in an Iranian-backed militia and wounded two others, was a proportionate military response taken together with diplomatic ....