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  • Palestinian President receives call from Kerry

    Palestinian President receives call from Kerry

    Date: 2014-10-31 16:07:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1238509

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Friday a phone call from US Secretary of State John Kerry. They discussed ways to stop the Israeli attacks on Al-Quds (Occupied East Jerusalem) city. Abbas said the Israeli attacks will spark ....

  • Qatari plane carrying weapons arrives at Misrata Airport: Libyan army spokesman

    Qatari plane carrying weapons arrives at Misrata Airport: Libyan army spokesman

    Date: 2014-10-31 15:31:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1238425

    Spokesman for the Libyan Armed Forces Mohamed Hijazi said Friday that a Qatari aircraft landed at Misrata Airport with weapons and ordnance on board. Hijazi told Sky News TV channel that 95% of Benghazi is under control of the Libyan ....

  • Israel arrests 2 Palestinians

    Israel arrests 2 Palestinians

    Date: 2014-10-31 15:21:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1238361

    Israeli occupation forces arrested two Palestinians as they attempted to enter an Israeli settlement from the Gaza Strip on Friday, The Jerusalem Post reported. The two were stopped near the Gaza border with Israel's Sdot Negev Regional ....

  • Possibilities to violate truce with Gaza: Israel chief-of-staff

    Possibilities to violate truce with Gaza: Israel chief-of-staff

    Date: 2014-10-31 09:53:37 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1236589

    Israeli Chief-of-Staff Benny Gantz revealed that there are possibilities to violate the truce with the Gaza Strip, The army is ready to do anything to defend Israel, Gantz said. ....

  • Kerry urges calm in Al-Quds

    Kerry urges calm in Al-Quds

    Date: 2014-10-31 08:32:45 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1235929

    US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Israel to reopen Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque to worshipers. Earlier, Israel took the unusual step of closing Al-Aqsa mosque compound to all visitors amid concerns over a rapid escalation of violence in ....

  • Palestinian official says Al-Aqsa closure 'deliberate step'

    Palestinian official says Al-Aqsa closure 'deliberate step'

    Date: 2014-10-31 08:21:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1235817

    A Palestinian official said Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem is an unprecedented step. "This closure has noting to do with security measures that Israeli police claimed," Ahmed Qurei, a member of the Executive ....

  • Hamas calls for Friday protests to defend Aqsa Mosque

    Hamas calls for Friday protests to defend Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-10-30 16:31:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:1233713

    Hamas movement called on Palestinians to stage rallies on Friday to protest Israeli practices in Al-Quds (Occupied East Jerusalem) and defend Aqsa Mosque. In a press release Thursday, Hamas urged the Palestinians in the West Bank not to leave ....

  • Palestinian groups bless assassination attempt against Jewish rabbi

    Palestinian groups bless assassination attempt against Jewish rabbi

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:24:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:1233261

    Palestinian movements, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, welcomed an assassination attempt against Yehuda Glick, a far-right rabbi who has led a campaign for Jews to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Jerusalem's most sensitive site and holy to Islam ....

  • Netanyahu urges restraint in Al-Quds

    Netanyahu urges restraint in Al-Quds

    Date: 2014-10-30 12:08:26 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1231401

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for restraint Thursday in the wake of the attempted assassination of Rabbi Yehuda Glick in Al-Quds (Occupied East Jerusalem) the night before, saying that "no side should take the law into its own ....

  • Lebanese parlt chief welcomes Sweden's recognition of Palestinian state

    Lebanese parlt chief welcomes Sweden's recognition of Palestinian state

    Date: 2014-10-30 11:31:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1231013

    Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri welcomed the Swedish government's official recognition of the Palestinian state. In a press release, Berri said the move is an acknowledgement of the national rights of the Palestinian people to ....

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