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Palestinian Pres. condoles with Sisi after train collision

Date: 2018-03-01 17:11:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7272851

RAMALLAH, Mar 1 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent Thursday a cable of condolences to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the victims of the collision of two trains in Beheira governorate which left at least 12 people dead and dozens ....

Ethiopian Jews threaten mass hunger strike over Israel move

Date: 2018-02-28 19:43:57 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:7271069

GAZA CITY, Feb 28 (MENA) - Representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that country. Hundreds gathered at a synagogue in ....

Egypt, PLO discuss efforts to end Palestinian division

Date: 2018-02-28 19:27:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:7271171

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) – First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLO) Ahmed Bahr discussed Wednesday in a meeting with an Egyptian security delegation efforts to end the Palestinian division, which causes a great suffering to ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemn Israeli practices in Al Quds

Date: 2018-02-28 11:47:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7270188

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denounced the recent Israeli escalation against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). The ministry, in a released statement, condemned ....

Abul Gheit: No normal Arab-Israeli ties ahead of just settlement of Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-02-28 10:51:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7269965

CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said there will be no normal Arab-Israeli relations until a just and durable settlement to the Palestinian problem is reached and an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 ....

Iraq can play role in consolidating ties between Saudi Arabia, Iran -- FM

Date: 2018-02-28 10:34:34 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7269864

MOSCOW, Feb 28 (MENA) - Iraq can play a role in consolidating ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, said Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari. In statements to Sputnik news agency on Wednesday, Jaafari said that Iraq has good ties with Syria ....

Palestinians will resort to EU to negotiate with US on amending 'deal of the century' items -- Palestinian min.

Date: 2018-02-28 10:19:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7269857

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al Maliki said that the Palestinian side will resort to EU countries to negotiate with the US administration to convince it to amend items of "deal of the century" that will be put ....

Palestinian FM: Time is ripe for int'l community to impose its peace vision

Date: 2018-02-28 10:13:17 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7269853

GENEVA, Feb 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh al Maliki asserted that time is ripe for the international community to impose its peace vision based on ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and realizing an ....

Habbash commends Egypt's role in supporting Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-02-28 10:08:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7269859

CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidential Adviser Mahmoud Habbash hailed the role played by Egypt in supporting the Palestinian cause. In statements to MENA on Wednesday on the fringe of the 28th international conference of the Supreme ....

Israeli forces step up attacks against Palestinian students

Date: 2018-02-28 09:48:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7269731

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at students in Hebron on Wednesday, causing many of them to suffocate. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces showered the students with rubber bullets and tear gas ....