Egyptian President Calls For Political Settlement Of Major Regional Affairs

CAIRO, Sept 23 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said, the various hotspot issues that weigh on regional peace and stability should be solved via political means, based on relevant UN Security Council resolutions. Sisi’s remarks came during his address to the general debate of the 75th session of the…

Palestine Says U.S. Preventing Arab States From Supporting PA

RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday, accused the U.S. administration of preventing Arab states from supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA), to force it to barter its national rights for money. During the weekly meeting of the PA cabinet, Ishtaye said, “U.S. President, Donald Trump, cut…

Palestinian Dies During West Bank Clashes With Israeli Soldiers: Medics

RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian dentist died yesterday, during clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics and official Palestinian media said. The official Palestinian Television reported that, doctor Nidal Jabarin, a Palestinian dentist in his early fifties, died of…

Palestinian Official Says Israel “Loots Palestinian Antiquities”

RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official, yesterday, accused Israel of waging a “systematic war” to “loot Palestinian antiquities in the Palestinian territories.” Saleh Tawafsha, the director-general of the antiquities preservation department, at the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, said that, looting Palestinian antiquities violates international conventions and…

Palestine: Gaza violence flares after Israel signs deals with Gulf states

One rocket hit a shopfront in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod, wounding two men GAZA, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There has been a fresh round of violence between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel, after a ceremony in Washington at which Israel and two Gulf Arab states normalised their…

No Middle East peace without solving ‘Palestinian problem’: Russia

MOSCOW, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said it would be a “mistake” to think lasting peace in the Middle East could be secured without resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The foreign ministry statement came after Israel normalised relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at the White House…

Arab Normalisation Agreements With Israel Serve Netanyahu, Trump: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (NNN-WAFA) – The Arab normalisation agreements with Israel is “poor play” that serves Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President, Donald Trump, a Palestinian official said yesterday. Jibril Rajoub, secretary-general of the Central Committee of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement, said, “Signing the agreements…

Palestine Says U.S. Pressurises Arab Countries Into Normalising Ties With Israel

RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestine official, accused the U.S. of pressurising Arab countries into normalising relations with Israel. “Washington exploits its political and economic power, to force Arab countries to normalise ties with Israel,” said Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee. “The…

Hamas, Islamic Jihad Slam Bahrain’s Normalisation Agreement With Israel

GAZA, Sept 12 (NNN-WAFA) – The Hamas movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), slammed the fresh U.S.-sponsored normalisation agreement between Israel and Bahrain. Hazem Qassem, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said that, the wave of Arab countries’ normalisation with Israel is part of the implementation of the provisions of the…

Jordan Says Ending Israeli Occupation, “Key” To Peace In Mideast

AMMAN, Sept 12 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan said, ending the Israeli occupation and resolving Palestinian-Israeli conflict, based on the two-state solution, play the key role in realising peace in the Middle East. Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, made the remarks after the normalisation of ties between Israel and Bahrain was announced.…
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