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Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-01-04 11:16:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7173844

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers stormed Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque compound through Al Magharba gate, under the protection of the occupation forces, according to eyewitnesses. The settlers took provocative tours at the mosque's ....

Knesset approval on draft law on executing Palestinians racist crime

Date: 2018-01-04 11:03:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7173873

RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Justice Ali Abu Diak said that the approval of the Israeli Knesset on a draft law on executing the Palestinians comes within the framework of state terror, war crimes, aggression and crimes against ....

Israeli warplanes raid agricultural lands in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-01-04 09:15:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7173646

GAZA CITY, Jan 4 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes dropped on Thursday four rockets on agricultural lands in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip. The aerial bombardment left no casualties, Palestinian radio stations said. On Wednesday, Israeli media ....

Three mortar shells fired at Eshkol as sirens fail to blare

Date: 2018-01-03 20:40:41 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7173292

GAZA CITY, Jan 3 (MENA) - Three mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip at the Eshkol Regional Council on Wednesday just hours apart, all of which landing in open, uninhabited fields. No injuries or damage were reported, according to ....

Knesset moves to ease restrictions on death penalty for Palestinians

Date: 2018-01-03 16:31:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7173032

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Israeli Lawmakers moved a step closer toward instituting the death penalty for Palestinians carrying out suicide operations in Israel Wednesday after the the Knesset approved in a preliminary reading a bill sponsored by ....

Palestinians do not accept blackmailing over their rights to Al Quds -- Fatah

Date: 2018-01-03 13:14:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7172413

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah Movement Usama al Quasmy said on Wednesday that the Palestinian people will never accept any blackmailing over their historical rights to Al Quds city. The statements were made in ....

Palestinian presidency: Al Quds & its sanctities 'not for sale'

Date: 2018-01-03 12:07:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7172038

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian National Authority Nabil Abu Rudaina said that Al Quds city and its sanctities "are not for sale". The spokesman gave this statement on Wednesday in response to US President Donald Trump's ....

Erekat: Attempts to force Palestinians to accept dictations 'will be in vain'

Date: 2018-01-03 12:04:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7172245

RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Executive Committee, said that any attempt by the United States and Israel to force the Palestinians to accept dictations "will be in vain". ....

US after arson, violence in Iran: UN mission

Date: 2018-01-03 07:10:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7171753

TEHRAN, Jan 3 (MENA) - The United States is supporting violence and arson in Iran in order to conceal the defeat of Washington's and its allies' policies in the region, Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN announced in a statement on Tuesday ....

16 Israeli soldiers committed suicide in 2017 - official report

Date: 2018-01-02 22:50:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:7171585

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Sixteen Israeli soldiers committed suicide in 2017, Times of Israel quoted a report by the Israeli army as saying Tuesday. According to the report, 15 soldiers committed suicide in 2016 and 15 others in 2015. (MENA) M ....