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Zaanoun calls for int'l intervention to stop Israeli massacre of Palestinians

Date: 2014-07-09 07:19:48 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:818583

Speaker of the Palestinian National Council Salim al-Zaanoun has called on the world countries and international organizations to work for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In statements on ....

Arab parl’t denounces Israeli aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2014-07-09 07:12:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:818569

Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed al-Jarwan has condemned the escalation of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians. In a statement Tuesday, Jarwan described the Israeli assaults on the civilians in Gaza as “cowardly terrorist acts which ....

German FM warns of 'vortex of violence' stemming from continuous Gaza rocket fire

Date: 2014-07-08 16:18:47 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:818054

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday that Israel has the right to defend its citizens from rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reported. Amid an escalation of tensions in the South, Steinmeier warned ....

UK urges de-escalation in southern Israel and Gaza

Date: 2014-07-08 15:51:07 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:818001

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague on Tuesday condemned rocket attacks on Israel and is deeply concerned by escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza. Commenting on rocket attacks by Palestinian militant groups on Israel and Israeli air-strikes ....

31 killed, injured in Israeli raids on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-08 13:36:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:817626

One member of Ezz-Eddine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was killed and 30 other Palestinians were injured in an Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The Spokesman for the Palestinian ministry of health said that the body ....

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid

Date: 2014-07-08 12:34:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:817523

Four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip bringing the total number of deaths in the strip on Tuesday only to five. Earlier, a Hamas militant was killed and 30 others were wounded in a series of Israeli raids on the ....

Ban-Ki-Moon adviser calls for violence cessation in Yemen

Date: 2014-07-08 11:19:29 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:817381

Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Yemen, Jamal Benomar expressed deep concern about the ongoing violence in Amran province and other areas in northern Yemen. Benomar called for respecting the existing ceasefire and asserted the ....

Israeli settlers continue daily assaults on Palestinians

Date: 2014-07-08 11:14:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:817369

Israeli settlers continued their daily assaults on Palestinians in the West Bank to avenge the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers in Hebron last month. Israeli settlers managed on July 2 to kidnap and kill the 16-year old ....

Netanyahu decides to expand Gaza operation, orders preparations for ground offensive

Date: 2014-07-08 10:45:57 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:817312

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided to expand the military operation in Gaza, including beginning preparations for a ground operation. During the day, Netanyahu is expected to talk to a number of world leaders to explain Israel's ....

Bashir to visit Egypt soon - ambassador

Date: 2014-07-08 10:44:32 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:817309

Khartoum's new Ambassador in Cairo Abdel-Mahmoud Abdel-Halim said Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir will visit Egypt within the coming few days at an invitation from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. In statements to the press on Tuesday, the ....