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  • 423 new coronavirus cases in Israel, 0.8% of tests return positive

    Date: 2021-07-12 08:45:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9057221

    GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - Some 423 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Sunday, with 0.8% of tests returning positive, Jerusalem Post quoted Monday morning update by the Health Ministry. Of those infected, 47 were in ....

  • Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque, 7 Palestinians arrested

    Date: 2021-07-12 08:21:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:9057178

    RAMALLAH, July 12 (MENA) - A number of Jewish settlers stormed on Monday into Aqsa Mosque from Bab al Magharbeh and conducted provocative tours under the protection of Israeli forces. The settlers performed their Talmudic rituals and chanted ....

  • Palestinian official warns against Israeli attempts to impose sovereignty over East Jerusalem

    Date: 2021-07-11 19:21:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:9056584

    RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - Palestinian presidential adviser for East Jerusalem affairs Ahmed al Ruwaidi warned against attempts by the Israeli occupation forces to exercise full authority over the holy city. The Israeli occupation authorities ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry continues raising family reunification issue at int'l level

    Date: 2021-07-11 10:32:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9055549

    RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) - Ahmed Al-Deek, the political advisor to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, said the ministry, through the Palestinian mission in Geneva, will continue raising the issue of Palestinian family reunification at the ....

  • Italy allows stranded migrants to dock in Sicily

    Date: 2021-07-10 17:05:43 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:9054966

    ROME, July 10 (MENA) - Italy has agreed to allow the disembarking of 572 rescued migrants following a charity ship’s desperate plea that food was running short and tensions rising on the crowded Ocean Viking, The Washington Post reported ....

  • Travelers entering Israel to isolate up to 24 hours as of July 16

    Date: 2021-07-09 17:39:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:9053389

    GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry said on Friday that people entering Israel will be required to isolate for up to 24 hours beginning on July 16, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to the announcement, the obligation ....

  • UN investigator calls on int'l community to designate Israeli settlements as 'war crime'

    Date: 2021-07-09 17:10:00 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9053354

    GENEVA, July 9 (MENA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, called on the international community to designate the creation of Israeli settlements as a war crime ....

  • Israeli forces detain seven Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2021-07-09 09:21:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:9052508

    RAMALLAH, July 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank on Friday, according to local and security sources. The occupation forces arrested three Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of ....

  • Jordan to receive 50 mln cubic meters of water under agreement with Israel

    Date: 2021-07-08 15:56:57 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9051389

    AMMAN, July 8 (MENA) – Jordan and Israel on Thursday reached an agreement under which Israel will provide the Kingdom with 50 million cubic meters of additional purchased water, Petra reported. At a meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ....

  • Israel confirms 518 new cases of COVID-19

    Date: 2021-07-08 12:16:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:9050884

    GAZA, July 8 ( MENA) - The Health authorities in Israel recorded 518 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which brings the total tally of infections there since the beginning of the outbreak to 844,684. The Ministry of Health stated, in a ....

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