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Saudi Arabia deplores quashing Algeria’s draft resolution for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2024-02-20 20:55:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:10590380
RIYADH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry issued a statement deploring quashing Algeria’s draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In a statement reported by Al Ekhbariya Saudi news channel on Tuesday, the ministry ....
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China urges Israel to abandon its plan on attacking Rafah
Date: 2024-02-20 20:31:32 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10590411
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) – Zhang Jun, Representative of China to the United Nations, said his country urges Israel to cancel its plans on attacking Rafah, according to a statement issued by the Chinese embassy in Cairo. The Chinese diplomat’s ....
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Algeria’s draft resolution supports Palestinians’ rights to live – Algerian amb. to UN
Date: 2024-02-20 20:30:31 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10590061
NEW YORK, Feb 20 (MENA) – Amar Benjama, Algeria's Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council, stressed that his country’s draft resolution on Palestine backs the life rights for the Palestinians, according to a statement issued by the ....
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Palestinian presidency condemns US UNSC veto
Date: 2024-02-20 19:26:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:10590316
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency has condemned the United States veto at the UN Security Council against a resolution to force Israel to stop its aggression against the Gazans. It said in a statement Tuesday the US defies the ....
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WFP pauses deliveries to northern Gaza
Date: 2024-02-20 19:11:06 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10590156
ROME, Feb 20 (MENA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is pausing deliveries of life-saving food aid to northern Gaza until conditions are in place that allow for safe distributions. The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza ....
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US blocks Algerian-drafted Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN, 2 last New York
Date: 2024-02-20 16:57:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10590094
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said her delegation is working on a hostage deal. Although gaps remain, the key elements are on the table, so if an arrangement were reached it would involve a sustainable peace, she added. "Sometimes hard ....
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US blocks Algerian-drafted Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN
Date: 2024-02-20 16:31:17 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10590046
NEW YORK, Feb 20 (MENA) - The US has used its UNSC veto to block an Algerian-drafted resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza Strip, according to media reports. 13 countries backed the truce proposal, the UK abstained and the US voted against ....
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EU deeply concerned over deteriorating situation in Gaza: EU spokesman
Date: 2024-02-20 14:51:48 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10589721
BRUSSELS, Feb 20 (MENA) – Spokesman for the European Union for Foreign Affairs Peter Stano asserted that there is deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, adding that 26 of the EU member states urged Israel not to resume ....
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Israeli forces detain at least 20 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2024-02-20 14:13:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:10589002
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs and Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the Israeli forces detained at least 20 Palestinians from the West Bank, among of them two released from the ....
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Abu Rudeineh slams Netanyahu's statement, call them 'challenge to international legitimacy'
Date: 2024-02-20 11:34:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10589203
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Tuesday that the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about 'full Israeli security control over the West Bank and Gaza Strip' ....
