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Israeli forces detain seven Palestinians, injure another across West Bank

Date: 2021-11-03 13:33:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:9251481

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Wednesday detained at least seven Palestinians and injured another across the West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians after storming their ....

UK announces funding for climate, environment in MENA region

Date: 2021-11-03 10:17:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:9250858

GLASGOW, Nov 3 (MENA) - UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly has announced £50m UK funding for the High Impact Partnership on Climate Action (HIPCA). The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched ....

Israeli occupation evacuates Sheikh Jarrah district

Date: 2021-11-03 07:12:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:9250567

RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday overnight evacuated Sheikh Jarrah district in Al Quds city from protesters. The Israeli troops forced the residents, who are supporting other residents threatened with forced ....

Blinken: US supports Lebanese people in security restoration, economic recovery

Date: 2021-11-02 13:02:23 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:9249543

GLASGOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday in Glasgow on the margin of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). Blinken underscored the continued U.S. support ....

Gantz cancels plan to allow Jews to privately buy land in West Bank

Date: 2021-11-01 20:43:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:127 - ID:9248493

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz declared last week to the Supreme Court that he is cancelling an initiative by the defense establishment that would allow Jews to buy land in the West Bank privately, Haaretz newspaper ....

Israeli military vehicles storm into Khan Yunis

Date: 2021-11-01 15:49:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:9247795

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Military vehicles of the Israeli occupation army stormed into eastern Khan Yunis, in southern the Gaza Strip, on Monday. The Israeli incursion aimed at razing Palestinian farmlands and included intermittent shooting, ....

Settlers storm Aqsa under Israeli police protection

Date: 2021-11-01 11:10:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:9247278

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Monday broke into Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police. About 93 settlers entered the mosque from Al Maghareba gate in groups and went on provocative tours inside the mosque, ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 14 Palestinians from various WB cities

Date: 2021-11-01 10:44:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:9247256

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained 14 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, according to Palestinian security sources. In the southern West Bank, the sources confirmed a raid in Hebron ....

Head of CDA asserts importance of role of ALU in internationalizing prisoners file

Date: 2021-11-01 07:32:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9246857

CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) - Chairman of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs (CDA) Qadri Abu Bakr asserted the importance of the role of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) in internationalizing the file of Palestinian prisoners held ....

Palestine urges urgent Quartet meeting to reach two-state solution

Date: 2021-10-31 16:29:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:9246021

RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has called on the Middle East Quartet to hold a ministerial meeting as soon as possible to reach a two-state solution. In a press release on Sunday, the ....