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Palestinian re-detained upon release, fathers and sons held in West Bank

Date: 2018-11-01 10:20:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7649315

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - A Palestinian prisoner who was held in Israeli jails for seven years was re-detained as he was walking out of prison upon completing his sentence, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners’ Club (PPC) as saying on ....

Palestinian official warns of Israeli schemes to Judaize Al Khalil

Date: 2018-10-31 15:59:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7648270

RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - ِA Palestinian official has warned of the Israeli occupation schemes in ِAl Khalil (Hebron), in the south of the West Bank. Nidal Jaabari , the advisor to Hebron governor for the old city affairs, said that there is a ....

Israeli reconnaissance jet fires missile towards Palestinians in central Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-10-31 13:20:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7648185

GAZA CITY, Oct 31 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft launched Wednesday a missile towards Palestinian youths in central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said that no injuries were reported during the Israeli raid that targeted ....

China gives priority to conditions in Middle East, peace in Africa during its UNSC presidency

Date: 2018-10-31 13:13:48 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7647881

BEIJING, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that conditions in the Middle East alongside security and stability in Africa will be a top priority for China during its rotating presidency of the United Nations Security ....

Arab meeting backs UNRWA in East Jerusalem

Date: 2018-10-31 12:54:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7647858

CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - The 28th joint meeting between the 79th session of Palestinian Education Affairs Council and the UNRWA declared its rejection of the Israeli announcement of getting rid of the agency's institutions in Jerusalem including ....

Israel tightens noose on Palestinian female prisoners in HaSharon jail

Date: 2018-10-31 11:10:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7647691

RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners Association warned on Wednesday that Israel is making life for Palestinian female prisoners in HaSharon prison more difficult after they refused to get out from their rooms for 56 days now. The ....

Erekat: Trump, Netanyahu continue destruction of two-state solution

Date: 2018-10-31 10:31:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7647670

RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said Wednesday US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are continuing to destroy the ....

US hails outcomes of Istanbul summit on Syria

Date: 2018-10-30 21:50:44 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7647277

BRUSSELS, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Istanbul summit on Syria took "huge steps" toward ending its civil war, but the situation remains dangerous with so many foreign armed forces in the country, a top US envoy said Tuesday. The leaders of Turkey, ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israel's settlement activities

Date: 2018-10-30 12:33:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7646002

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry Tuesday denounced the escalating expansion of settlements in collaboration with Israeli ministers and officials and the storming of houses in the Old Town in Hebron by Israeli ....

Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2018-10-30 12:31:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7646249

RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have detained 15 Palestinian citizens from different parts of the West Bank, since Monday night until dawn Tuesday. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement on Tuesday that ....