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RAMALLAH – The transformation of the Palestinian Monetary Fund (PMF) into a central bank is in its final stages, the head of the PMF Azzam Shawwa said on Thursday. Shawwa told crowds at the opening of local bank branch in Rawabi, north of Ramallah, that “I hope that the next …
Read More »Religious leaders call for resumption of prayer inside Al-Aqsa Mosque
JERUSALEM – The top religious leaders in Jerusalem Thursday called on Muslims to resume prayer inside Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israel has removed all barriers installed over the past two weeks that were the reason Palestinians have refused to enter the Muslim holy compound. The religious leaders said after a meeting …
Read More »Newspapers review: Removal of police installations at Al-Aqsa mosque focus of dailies
RAMALLAH – The Israeli decision to remove the police installations from the entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following nonviolent protests and spiraling unrest dominated the front page headlines in local Palestinian Arabic dailies on Thursday. Al-Quds and al-Ayyam said Israeli occupation authorities removed railings and metal bridges where inspection cameras …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Religious leaders call for resumption of prayer inside Al-Aqsa Mosque
JERUSALEM – The top religious leaders in Jerusalem Thursday called on Muslims to resume prayer inside Al-Aqsa Mosque now that Israel has removed all barriers installed over the past two weeks. (WAFA)
Read More »Palestinians cheer as Israeli trucks leave Aqsa area with metal installations
JERUSALEM – Thousands of Palestinians waiting outside Lions Gate cheered early Thursday as trucks loaded with the metal installation Israel had set up outside the gate leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque were leaving the area. Israel removed the installations following strong protests inside and outside Jerusalem and after people insisted on …
Read More »Israeli army seals off Palestinian village from outside world
RAMALLAH – A day after residents of Kobar, a village northwest of Ramallah, reopened the only road that leads to their village closed for almost a week, the Israeli army returned early Thursday and re-blocked the road with large cement barricades, according to a village council official. Naim Sabah, deputy …
Read More »President Abbas to head an urgent meeting over Al-Aqsa Mosque crisis
RAMALLAH – President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an urgent meeting on Thursday for the Palestinian leadership to discuss the crisis at Al-Aqsa Mosque in light of reports that Israel removed all metal installation it had placed outside and inside the compound gates. Abbas on Friday froze all contacts with …
Read More »Israel removes controversial installations outside gates to Al-Aqsa Mosque
JERUSALEM – Israel removed early Thursday all installation it had recently placed outside Lions Gate that leads to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. Police removed the metal bridges and cameras recently installed at the gate paving the way to reopening the mosque, closed since July 14, for Muslim prayer. …
Read More »Army Renews Orders Occupying A Palestinian Home Near Qalqilia
The Israeli army decided, Thursday, to keep the soldiers, who occupied a Palestinian home four weeks ago, in Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, in the property until next Wednesday. The property is owned by Mohammad Rasem Hussein, in the northeastern part of the town; …
Read More »Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Bethlehem, Install Roadblocks Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two Palestinian men, both former political prisoners, from their homes, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem. The soldiers also installed roadblocks in many areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin. Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers stormed and searched …
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