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Hamas rejects US decision on blacklisting Ismail Haniyeh

Date: 2018-01-31 20:12:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7221150

GAZA CITY, Jan 31 (MENA) – Hamas rejected Wednesday the US Department of State’s decision, blacklisting the movement’s Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh among the world's terrorists. Such a decision violated the international norms and laws and ....

3 sentenced to life in Turkey for attack that killed Germans

Date: 2018-01-31 17:00:35 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7221018

ANKARA, Jan 31 (MENA) - A court in Istanbul sentenced three people to life prison terms on Wednesday for their involvement in a Daesh group suicide bombing in 2016 at Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district that killed 12 German tourists, ABC News ....

Palestinian diplomats: New tracks to be adopted in Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-01-31 14:07:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7220250

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Abdel Rahim Al Farra has revealed that new tracks will be adopted by the EU towards the Palestinian cause in the coming stage. In statements to Voice of Palestine ....

Dozens of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-01-31 12:14:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7220213

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - Dozens of settlers stormed Wednesday Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi gate under tight security measures by the Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said that the settlers toured the holy site and received explanations about the ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Silence over Abu Naim's execution stain on forehead of humanity

Date: 2018-01-31 12:14:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7220140

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the crime of field execution of Laith Abu Naim, 16, by the Israeli forces. In a press release on Wednesday, the ministry underlined that the crime ....

Israel detains 12 Palestinians from West Bank, Quds

Date: 2018-01-31 10:42:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7219878

RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians at dawn on Wednesday during incursions in the West Bank and al Quds. In northwestern al Quds, the forces detained the mother and the 14-year-old sister of martyr Mohamed ....

Palestinian presidency condemns attack on US delegation in Bethlehem

Date: 2018-01-30 21:58:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7219026

RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency on Tuesday denounced the attack by a group of Palestinian protesters on a US consulate delegation in Bethlehem earlier in the day. The presidency voiced its absolute rejection for such immoral ....

Netanyahu condemns Irish bill outlawing import of Israeli goods from WB

Date: 2018-01-30 20:12:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7219246

GAZA CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned a bill set to be voted on by the Irish senate tonight outlawing goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank (WB), the Times of Israel reported. In a ....

Teenager wounded in clashes with Israeli forces succumbs to injuries

Date: 2018-01-30 17:19:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7218996

RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (MENA) - A 16-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his injuries after being shot and critically wounded earlier on Tuesday in clashes with Israeli forces in the village of al-Mughayer, in northeastern Ramallah, WAFA news agency ....

Russian delegation visits Israel for security talks

Date: 2018-01-30 16:31:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7218818

GAZA, Jan 30 (MENA) - A large Russian delegation includes senior officials headed by Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council will visit Israel on Wednesday, Haartez reported Tuesday. Both sides will tackle the ....