OIC Chief: Israel sole beneficiary of regional tensions

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation PressTV | Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:41PM GMT The secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says the Israeli regime is the sole regional entity that benefits from tensions and conflicts in the Middle East. In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to […]

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West Bank witnesses tension due to price hikes in month of Ramadan

[ PIC 10/07/2013 – 04:07 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– The West Bank is witnessing state of tension due to the low salaries and price hikes especially with the month of Ramadan. Munther Sabha, a West Bank resident, told PIC’s correspondent that the preparations for the month of Ramadan have turned into economic burden due […]

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Ashkelon prison witnesses tension: Sick prisoners amid deliberate medical neglect increasing | @ICRC @Amnesty

[ PIC 19/06/2013 – 09:38 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources reported that a state of extreme tension is prevailing among the prisoners in the Israeli detention center of Ashkelon, due to the continued abuses against them. Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement on Wednesday that the Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon […]

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Ahrar: Tension high in Gilboa prison

[ PIC 12/02/2013 – 12:02 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Tension is running high in the Israeli Gilboa jail in northern Palestine occupied in 1948 after its director told Palestinian prisoners that they would be stripped of a number of privileges. The director of Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights, Fuad Al-Khafsh, said on […]

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Tension running high in Aqsa vicinity

[ PIC 07/10/2012 – 09:11 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Tension is running high in the Aqsa mosque and its vicinity in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday after a new batch of settlers stormed its plazas. Local sources said that Israeli police forced out of the mosque worshipers and a group of Palestinian young men before […]

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Tension running high in Aqsa mosque

Related: Israel’s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque – Overview [ PIC 12/02/2012 – 02:43 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Hundreds of Palestinian worshippers remained inside the holy Aqsa mosque on Sunday after offering the dawn prayers to confront any possible storming of it. Tension is running high in and around the mosque in anticipation […]

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Tension Rises Following Jaffa Cemeteries Vandalism

Jaffa against Racism – in pictures Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA –  October 9, 2011 JAFFA – Sectarian tension is rising in the coastal city Jaffa, twin city of Tel Aviv, following the vandalism of Muslim and Christian cemeteries on Friday night in a suspected “price tag” attack by extremist Jews. The extremists […]

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Settler attacks raise West Bank tension ahead of UN

Maan News Agency | By Tom Perry | Sept 15, 2011   RAMALLAH (Reuters) — An escalation in Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the West Bank risks triggering retaliation, a Palestinian official said on Thursday, pointing to a growing risk to stability in the region. Incidents over the past two weeks have included […]

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