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  • US strongly rebukes Israel's settlement expansion

    Date: 2021-10-26 21:50:02 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:115 - ID:9238643

    WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (MENA) - The Biden administration "strongly opposes" plans by the Israeli government to expand settlements in the West Bank, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. During a press conference on Tuesday, Price added the ....

  • Al Azhar condemns Israeli plans to grab more lands in occupied West Bank

    Date: 2021-10-26 19:24:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:9238228

    CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) – Al Azhar has strongly decried plans by the Israeli occupation authorities to usurp more Palestinian plots of land in the occupied West Bank to build new housing units for Israeli settlers. Al Azhar reiterated in a statement ....

  • Israeli settlers assault ICRC staff in Nablus, injure some

    Date: 2021-10-26 14:45:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:9237846

    RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) - Israeli settlers assaulted staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Burin village, south of Nablus city, injuring three of them, according to a local source. Settlers used pepper spray to attack ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Aqsa under Israeli police protection

    Date: 2021-10-26 11:46:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:9237429

    RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Tuesday broke into Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police. About 80 settlers entered the mosque from Al Maghareba gate in groups and went on provocative tours inside the ....

  • Israel detains 4 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2021-10-26 11:45:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:9237382

    RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (MENA) - Israel detained on Tuesday four Palestinians including a freed prisoner from the West Bank. The forces detained two from Nablus and two from Bethlehem. Clashes broke out between the Palestinian youth and Israeli ....

  • Aoun: No return to civil war in Lebanon

    Date: 2021-10-26 09:58:57 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:9237197

    BEIRUT, Oct 26 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun has stressed that the repercussions of the recent security incidents have ended, and that there is no return to the civil war in Lebanon, despite the existence of a permanent disturbance of the ....

  • EU condemns Israel over plans to build 1,300 new settlement homes

    Date: 2021-10-26 07:25:39 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9236856

    BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (MENA) - The European Union has criticized Israel’s declaration that it will build over 1,300 new homes in West Bank settlements. “Settlements are illegal under international law and constitute a major obstacle to the achievement ....

  • Jewish settlers perform Talmudic prayers at Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2021-10-25 12:21:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9235508

    RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Monday performed Talmudic prayers at the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. In a press statement, the director of Islamic waqfs in Al Quds ....

  • Israeli occupation detains 13 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2021-10-25 10:57:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:9235350

    RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Israeli forces Monday overnight detained 13 Palestinians, including a cancer-stricken patient, from various parts of the West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said that Israeli forces rounded up a ....

  • Palestinian PM starts Monday European tour to rally political, financial support

    Date: 2021-10-24 14:30:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9233755

    RAMALLAH, Oct 24 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh is expected to start on Monday an European tour to rally a political and financial support to the Palestinian state. In a press release on Sunday, Palestinian Authority ....

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