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Kahlon tells Netanyahu: 'We didn't commit to supporting nationality bill'

Date: 2017-12-24 14:32:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7157138

GAZA CITY, Dec 24 (MENA) - Finance Minister Moshe Khalon told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his party, Kulanu, did not commit to support the nationality bill. The two sides did not reach an understanding on the matter and decided to ....

PLO warns of Israeli scheme to build 300,000 settlement units in Al Quds

Date: 2017-12-24 14:15:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7156701

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Jerusalem Affairs Department at the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) warned of the consequences of Israeli schemes in Al Quds (Jerusalem) after the decision made by US President Donald Trump biased towards ....

PA to take new measures against Trump decision, says FM

Date: 2017-12-24 13:54:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7156962

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority intends to take new measures against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize al Quds as the capital of Israel, said Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki Sunday. Malki's ....

Chinese-backed peace push embraces two-state solution

Date: 2017-12-24 13:48:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7156976

GAZA CITY, Dec 24 (MENA) - China has reinvigorated efforts to promote an initiative intended to foster a renewed climate for peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians after US President Donald Trump recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s ....

Netanyahu claims Palestinians don't want to resolve conflict with Israel

Date: 2017-12-24 13:32:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7156948

GAZA CITY, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that it is the Palestinians who do not want to reach a solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "has decided he was quitting ....

Israel detains 535 Palestinians since Trump's decision on Al Quds

Date: 2017-12-24 11:56:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7156604

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained early Sunday five Palestinians from the West Bank making the number of those arrested since the decision of US President Donald Trump on recognizing Al Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel 535 ....

Israeli troops arrest young man near Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2017-12-24 11:29:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7156415

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday a young man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron. Yazan Mahmoud Taha, 27, was arrested while attempting to stop Israeli troops from detaining some children near the ....

Jewish settlers storm al Aqsa mosque

Date: 2017-12-24 11:26:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7156474

RAMALLAH, Dec 24 (MENA) - A group of extremist Jewish settlers stormed earlier Sunday al Aqsa mosque compound through al Magharba gate, under the protection of the occupation forces. Over 60 settlers broke into the holy site and took provocative ....

Regime forces renew shelling of Damascus countryside: SOHR

Date: 2017-12-24 11:14:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7156426

LONDON, Dec 24 (MENA) - Syria regime forces bombarded anew Damascus southeastern countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Sunday. The regime troops pounded with dozens of missiles several opposition-held areas in Damascus ....

Trump administration scrambles to contain int'l rejection of Jerusalem decision

Date: 2017-12-24 10:55:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7156471

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Trump administration has scrambled to contain the remarkably broad international rejection of its new policy toward Jerusalem, including from important allies — using threats, assurances and a cold shoulder to try to ....