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Palestine: US bias towards Israel increases settlement processes

Date: 2018-02-05 15:38:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7229005

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that the ruling Right in Israel deals with the current stage as a 'network of opportunities' to scheme the Israeli interests in the occupied West Bank, ....

Israeli settler Killed in West Bank stabbing attack

Date: 2018-02-05 15:14:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7229219

RAMALAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - An Israeli settler in his 40s was stabbed to death in an attack Monday outside the Israeli West Bank town of Ariel, the military, quoted by Haaretz nespaper, said. Israeli soldiers raided the nearby Hares village in ....

Palestinian shot by Israeli troops after stabbing settler in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-05 13:30:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7228984

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - A Palestinian was injured after being shot by Israeli occupation forces, after he stabbed an Israeli settler in Ariel settlement near Salfit city in northern the West Bank. The Israeli media reported that the settler ....

Kurdish YPG destroy Turkish tank in Afrin

Date: 2018-02-05 12:14:53 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7228706

DAMASCUS, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) destroyed a Turkish Army tank in the Afrin region of northern Aleppo on Monday, reported Al Hurra News Channel. The all-news network did not give any details on the ....

Israeli occupation forces deploy patrols in central Jerusalem

Date: 2018-02-05 10:11:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7228337

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday deployed troops in the heart of the occupied city of Jerusalem especially the streets adjacent to the city's historical fence. Eyewitnesses said the occupation forces provocatively ....

PLO member condemns Israeli approval of legalizing settlement outpost near Nablus

Date: 2018-02-05 08:54:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7228119

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hanan Ashrawi strongly condemned the Israeli government's approval of a decision to legalize an Israeli settlement outpost near the northern occupied West Bank city of ....

21 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-05 08:44:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7228152

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Israeli troops arrested 21 Palestinians in a manhunt operation in different parts of the West Bank Monday. Four Palestinians, including two brothers, from Hebron are among the arrestees, the Palestinian prisoners' ....

Norwegian lawmaker nominates BDS movement for Nobel Prize

Date: 2018-02-04 19:30:59 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7227692

ROME, Feb 4 (MENA) – Norwegian lawmaker Bjornar Moxnes has nominated the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for this year’s Nobel Prize, WAFA reported on Sunday. MP Moxness officially nominated the BDS movement for ....

US troops in Israel for missile defense drill

Date: 2018-02-04 16:25:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7227533

GAZA, Feb 4 (MENA) - US troops are in Israel and have deployed anti-missile defense systems across the Israel ahead of the biennial Juniper Cobra military exercise. The large-scale, five-day drill will simulate a massive missile attack on Israel ....

Ashkelon Prison administration transfers all detainees to other prisons - CDA

Date: 2018-02-04 15:50:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7227399

RAMALLAH, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs (CDA) said that the administration of Israeli Ashkelon Prison transferred all the detainees to other prisons. In press statements on Sunday, the CDA lawyer ....