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PLO executive committee to convene after Abbas's foreign tour: Shaath
Date: 2018-01-17 10:45:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7195437
RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will confer with the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) upon his return home from a foreign tour, which kicked off from Cairo, Foreign Affairs Adviser of ....
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Russia urges careful examination of positive aspects of Iranian nuclear deal
Date: 2018-01-17 10:32:45 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7195411
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry urged careful examination of the positive aspects of the Iranian nuclear deal, a statement said on Wednesday. During a press conference on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted ....
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Palestinian Information Ministry says cut in US aid to UNRWA "political blackmail"
Date: 2018-01-17 10:12:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7195408
RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Information Ministry has slammed a US decision to freeze 65 million dollars that had been destined for UNRWA, calling it a "political blackmail" and a "rejected bargain" against lawful Palestinian rights, ....
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Israeli PM: Moving US embassy in one year
Date: 2018-01-17 09:31:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7195409
GAZE CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday expected that the US embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Al Quds within one year, according to Yedioth Ahronoth website. The newspaper quoted the Israeli ....
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Israeli military bulldozers storm into eastern Khan Younis
Date: 2018-01-17 09:26:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7195229
GAZA CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - A number of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers stormed into eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza early on Wednesday. Four bulldozers started scooping agricultural lands near the separation barrier under the ....
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Israeli police allow extremists to publicly perform Talmudic rituals in Al Aqsa - Palestinian official
Date: 2018-01-17 08:21:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7195225
RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Media coordinator at the Department of Islamic Endowments in Al Quds City Firas Aldebs said Wednesday that Israeli occupation police permitted extremists to publicly perform Talmudic rituals in the courtyards of Al Aqsa ....
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US says withholding $65 million from UNRWA 'not aimed at punishing'
Date: 2018-01-17 06:40:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7195094
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Trump administration's decision to withhold $65 million from UNRWA, the UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees and their descendants, was "not aimed at punishing" the ....
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Disabled Palestinian activist killed by Israeli gunfire, finds autopsy
Date: 2018-01-16 22:54:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:7194963
LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - An autopsy has found that a disabled Palestinian activist was shot dead by Israeli troops as he protested against Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, The Independent reported Tuesday. Ibraheem ....
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Israel detains 10 Palestinians
Date: 2018-01-16 21:57:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7194662
RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Tuesday ten Palestinians including children and youths after raids in Al Quds and Silwan town. The forces detained seven Palestinian children from Mount of Olives in Al Quds and three ....
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US withholds $65m from UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Date: 2018-01-16 21:22:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7194954
RAMALLAH/WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - The US is cutting $65 million in funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, slashing this year's first contribution by more than half, a State Department official announced Tuesday, France 24 reported. ....
