MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH

September 24, 2020 at 11:05 pm

For Arab newlyweds, the party goes on until police bust in

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The party was going strong: traditional music blared, families cheered, throngs of revelers danced. Then, police burst in. Officers...

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July 7, 2020 at 11:27 pm

Wedding season brings new virus outbreak in West Bank

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — By the end of May, the Palestinian Authority appeared to have quashed a coronavirus outbreak in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,...

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May 5, 2020 at 11:05 pm

Palestinians fear outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’ VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength last month, community leaders in a Palestinian neighborhood on the outskirts of Jerusalem tried to impose...

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April 7, 2020 at 11:06 pm

Outbreak poses dilemma for Palestinians working in Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — At the construction site in Tel Aviv, Jamal Salman and the other Palestinian workers wore gloves and masks, and their...

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March 5, 2020 at 2:36 am

Bethlehem’s storied Nativity Church closes amid virus fears

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials on Thursday closed the storied Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem indefinitely over fears...

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February 17, 2020 at 10:38 pm

China’s closed: Palestinian traders fear losing a good deal

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — The West Bank city of Hebron is separated from the epicenter of China's virus outbreak by more than 4,000 miles...

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February 11, 2020 at 2:59 am

Poll finds Palestinians overwhelmingly reject Trump plan VIEW

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Ninety-four percent of Palestinians reject President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, according to a poll released Tuesday, which also found plummeting...

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February 9, 2020 at 11:03 pm

Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal attack

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was nearly unrecognizable to his wife...

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February 9, 2020 at 10:11 pm

Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was nearly unrecognizable to his wife...

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February 6, 2020 at 9:54 pm

Anger at Trump plan could mobilize Arab voters in Israel VIEW

UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (AP) — It might have seemed to be one of the more innocuous elements in President Donald Trump's deeply divisive Middle East...

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