Middle East
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Palestinian govt urges UN moves to end repeated Israeli storming of Aqsa mosque
Date: 2018-04-01 12:57:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7327166
RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian government Youssef Mahmoud called on Sunday on the UN and Arab countries to put an end to repeated Israeli storming of Al Aqsa mosque. In a press release, the spokesman said the Israeli ....
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Three Palestinians injured at Gaza border
Date: 2018-04-01 12:05:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7327201
GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Three Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli forces at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip during the third day of the "March of Return" organized to commemorate the Palestinian Land Day. Two of the ....
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US blocks again UNSC statement on Gaza
Date: 2018-04-01 11:46:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7327164
RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat accused the US of blocking a UN Security Council statement on the latest Gaza incidents. In a closed-door session held at the request of Kuwait to ....
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Israel's Iron Dome systems deployed in settlements
Date: 2018-04-01 10:11:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7326850
RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Israel's Iron Dome systems were deployed in settlements for fear of firing rockets from the Gaza Strip. Israel has announced that all areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip borders are closed military zones. The ....
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Israel prevented prayer calls from Ibrahimi Mosque over 52 times in March -- minister
Date: 2018-04-01 08:50:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7326860
RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Prayer calls were prevented by Israeli authorities from the Ibrahimi Mosque over 52 times in March under the pretext that they are annoying to settlers, Palestinian Awqaf Minister Yousef Adeis said on Sunday. In a press ....
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Palestinian Health Ministry: 52 martyrs, 9,000 injured since Trump's decision on Jerusalem
Date: 2018-04-01 08:43:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7326862
RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - More than 100 citizens were hit by Israeli bullets or suffered suffocation during demonstrations for the second day to mark the Land Day (an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976) ....
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Arab-Israeli High Committee calls for protests aftermath clashes in Gaza
Date: 2018-03-31 22:37:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7326609
GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - Arab-Israeli High Committee called for widespread protests within Israel after Israeli security forces used snipers to control a 30,000-person protest near the border fence on Friday, the Jerusalem Post reported ....
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Palestinian diplomat holds UNSC, int'l organizations responsible for protecting Palestinian people
Date: 2018-03-31 22:05:55 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7326593
NEW YORK, March 31 (MENA) - Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations (UN) Riyad Mansour said the UN Security Council and other international organizations shoulder the responsibility for protecting the Palestinian people. In ....
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Israeli party leader calls for inquiry into Gaza border deaths
Date: 2018-03-31 20:56:23 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7326571
GAZA, March 31 (MENA) - Israeli party leader Tamar Zandberg called for an investigation Saturday into the deadly clashes that took place the previous day on the Gaza border, killing 16 Palestinians, Yedioth Ahronot reported. "The harsh results ....
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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza
Date: 2018-03-31 19:46:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7326488
GAZA, March 31 (MENA) - At least, 49 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli forces during clashes at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said that they were injured ....