Yasser Afrafat’s body to be exhumed
July 4th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 4 (IANS) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late president Yasser Arafat's body for examination at the request of some of his family members, a ... Read more...
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Israel raids Palestinian TV stations in Ramallah
March 1st, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by BNO News
RAMALLAH, West Bank (BNO NEWS) -- Israeli soldiers raided two Palestinian television stations in the West Bank city of Ramallah on early Wednesday morning, Palestinian media reported.
A large Israeli military force along ... Read more...
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Palestinian official accuses Blair of bias towards Israel
October 2nd, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Oct 1 (IANS) A senior Palestinian official Saturday slammed Tony Blair, former British prime minister and special envoy of the Middle East mediating quartet, accusing him of being biased ... Read more...
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Second day of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks begins
September 15th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 15 (DPA) A second day of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations began Wednesday with a meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.
Clinton was slated ... Read more...
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Report: Gunman holding hostages at Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv
August 17th, 2010 - 11:59 pm ICT by BNO News
TEL AVIV (BNO NEWS) -- Shots rang out at the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv on early Tuesday evening, local media reported, but few details were immediately available.The Haaretz newspaper reported that ... Read more...
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Palestine rejects US call to start direct talks
July 18th, 2010 - 6:48 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 18 (DPA) Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas rejected a call by US special envoy George Mitchell to hold direct negotiations with Israel, Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan said.
During the three-hour meeting ... Read more...
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UN chief visits Gaza to revive Middle East talks
March 21st, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, March 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived Sunday in the Gaza Strip as part of his Middle East tour aimed at reviving the stalled peace process in the ... Read more...
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UN chief in West Bank to push for peace talks
March 20th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, March 20 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah Saturday to push for talks that would eventually lead to direct negotiations between Israel and ... Read more...
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Obama envoy hopes for early relaunch of Mideast peace talks
October 8th, 2009 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Oct 8 (DPA) US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East said Thursday he hoped his latest shuttle mission in the region would edge Israelis and Palestinians closer ... Read more...
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Fatah holds first conference in 20 years
August 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bethlehem (West Bank), Aug 4 (DPA) The Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began its first party conference in 20 years Tuesday.
More than 2,000 delegates gathered in the southern West Bank ... Read more...
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US envoy Mitchell in Ramallah for talks with Abbas
June 10th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem/Ramallah, June 10 (DPA) Visiting US peace envoy George Mitchell arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on the second day of ... Read more...
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US envoy starts talks in Israel
June 9th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, June 9 (DPA) US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East began talks in Israel Tuesday amid a deepening row over Israeli settlements.
George Mitchell met Israeli Defence ... Read more...
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Israelis, Hamas work on ceasefire in Gaza (Lead)
January 16th, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza City/Tel Aviv, Jan 16 (DPA) Top Israeli diplomats headed for Washington and again to Cairo to work out details of a truce in Gaza as fighting Friday took the Palestinian death ... Read more...
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No time to lose to reach ceasefire: Ban
January 16th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Jan 16 (Xinhua) Visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday said in the West Bank City of Ramallah that there was "no time to lose to reach cease fire" in the Gaza ... Read more...
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Israel debates truce as Gaza assault completes third week
January 16th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza City/Tel Aviv, Jan 16 (DPA) Top Israeli diplomats were heading for Washington and once again to Cairo to work out the details of a truce in Gaza, as fighting in the ... Read more...
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Israel indicts two journalists for violating censorship
January 14th, 2009 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Jan 13 (DPA) Two east Jerusalem employees of a production company servicing various media outlets worldwide, including one based in Iran, were indicted in Israel Tuesday for breaking Israeli military ... Read more...
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Rockets pound Israel two days after truce ends
December 22nd, 2008 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv/Gaza City, Dec 22 (DPA) Palestinian militants pounded Israel with rockets Sunday, and Israel launched an air strike against a rocket-launching squad, as violence returned to southern Israel and the Gaza ... Read more...
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PLO elects Abbas as president of future Palestinian state
November 24th, 2008 - 5:46 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Nov 24 (DPA) Members of the central council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Sunday night elected Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the future state of ... Read more...
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