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  • UN Guterres welcomes Palestinian announcement of elections as ‘crucial step’ towards unity

    Date: 2021-01-17 10:28:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8755657

    RAMALLAH/NEW York, Jan 17 (MENA) - The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed Friday’s announcement by President Mahmoud Abbas of the first full parliamentary and presidential elections in 15 years, scheduled for May and July this year, ....

  • Injuries reported as Israeli occupation forces attack weekly West Bank protests

    Date: 2021-01-15 18:39:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8753878

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) – Several Palestinian and foreign protesters sustained injuries on Friday as Israeli occupation forces attacked weekly protests against Israeli occupation settlements in the West Bank districts of Hebron and Qalqilia, ....

  • Palestine records 822 Covid-19 cases, 27 deaths

    Date: 2021-01-15 12:24:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8753430

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Palestine recorded Friday 822 new Covid-19 cases and 27 deaths, WAFA cited Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh as saying. She announced that 822 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and 27 ....

  • Israel detains 19 Palestinians in Ramallah, Bireh

    Date: 2021-01-14 11:07:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8751870

    RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 19 Palestinians in Ramallah and Bireh governorates. The detainees include 14 from Ramallah and five from Bireh. (MENA) M H K/S R E ....

  • Palestinian minister urges protecting detainees in Israeli jails

    Date: 2021-01-13 07:45:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8749937

    RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al Kila on Wednesday urged the international community and international humanitarian organizations to work for protecting the Palestinian detainees and prisoners in Israeli jails. She ....

  • Lebanon lodges letter with UNSC lambasting Israel over air violations

    Date: 2021-01-12 16:13:55 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8749137

    BEIRUT, Jan 12 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun asked Tuesday Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Charbel Wehbe to address the UN Security Council and the UN secretary-general with an urgent message to condemn recent Israeli ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest 15 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2021-01-12 09:26:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8748595

    RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces raided early Tuesday morning several Palestinian towns and villages in the occupied territories and detained at least 15 people, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) and local ....

  • Israel records highest daily number of coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-12 07:17:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8748384

    GAZA CITY, Jan 12 (MENA) - Israeli health authorities announced on Tuesday that 9,589 coronavirus cases were reported in the past 24 hours. The new cases are the highest daily record since the start of the pandemic in Israel, said the ministry in ....

  • UN expert calls for reversal of Israel’s eviction order against 16 Palestinian families

    Date: 2021-01-11 16:33:23 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8747833

    GENEVA, Jan 11 (MENA) - A UN expert on Monday called on Israel to reverse its eviction orders for Palestinian families living in the Occupied East Jerusalem, calling them part of an alarming pattern to change the demography of the city, the Office ....

  • Palestine becomes first country in Middle East to register Sputnik V vaccine

    Date: 2021-01-11 14:46:46 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8747591

    MOSCOW, Jan 11 (MENA) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced the registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus by Palestine’s Health Ministry, the fund said in a statement on Monday. "The vaccine was ....

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