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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian youth in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-23 21:13:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7261913

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) – A Palestinian young man was injured on Friday when Israeli settlers attacked him south of Jenin in northern West Bank. In statements, the Red Crescent head in Jenin Mahmoud el Saadi said that the young man, Ali Alawna, ....

Syria envoy to UN: Endangering lives of civilian to protect terrorists in Eastern Ghouta is unacceptable

Date: 2018-02-22 22:27:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7260687

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) - Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari stressed that endangering the lives of 8 million civilians in Damascus in order to protect terrorists in Eastern Ghouta is unacceptable act. Al-Jaafari made his ....

Former US president warns against one-state for Israel-Palestine

Date: 2018-02-22 21:03:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7260651

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) - Former US President Jimmy Carter is warning that the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "is being overtaken by a one-state reality which will have dire consequences for Israel in the long-term," Fox News ....

Palestinians wounded in anti-occupation clashes in eastern Nablus

Date: 2018-02-22 20:04:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7260508

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians were injured Thursday night during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in eastern Nablus governorate in Northern the West Bank. The injured people were shot by rubber bullets and suffered ....

Palestinian youth wounded with live bullet in Gaza

Date: 2018-02-22 17:18:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7260202

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) – A Palestinian youth was wounded on Thursday when Israeli forces shot a number of Palestinians with live bullet near Bureij refugee camp in Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said. They added that the Palestinian youth was moved ....

Asylum seekers protest expulsion in Israel

Date: 2018-02-22 17:07:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7260279

GAZA, Feb 22 (MENA) - About 1,000 asylum seekers and activists from the Stop the Expulsion movement protested Thursday near the Holot detention center in the Negev Desert. They then held a protest march from Holot to the nearby Saharonim Prison ....

UNRWA suffers budget deficit of $500m

Date: 2018-02-22 12:01:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7259375

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) spokesperson Adnan Abu-Hasna said that the agency suffered a budget deficit of dlrs 500 million. In statements to the Voice of Palestine on Thursday, the spokesman said that the ....

Israeli forces arrest five children in Al Quds

Date: 2018-02-21 21:11:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7258406

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) – The Israeli forces arrested Wednesday five Palestinian children, aging between 13-15 years, in Al Quds. Eyewitnesses said the forces abducted the children from Shu'fat camp, in central Al Quds, during its ....

17 Turks flee to Greece seeking asylum

Date: 2018-02-21 12:26:17 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7257865

ATHENS, Feb 21 (MENA) - A group of Turkish citizens landed on a Greek island in a dinghy after reportedly fleeing Turkey for fear of political persecution, DW reported. Several hundred Turks have fled to Greece as the crackdown over the 2016 coup ....

UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by Eastern Ghouta violence

Date: 2018-02-21 07:27:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7257115

NEW YORK, Feb 21 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by the escalating violence in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta enclave after more than 100 civilians were killed in the second straight day of air strikes, Arab News ....