Press Releases

International Labour Organization

H.E. Dr. Enas Attari, Minister of Labour; H.E. Dr. Samah Hamad, Minister of Social Development; and Mr. Dan Cork, ILO Representative in Jerusalem, at the launch of the Social Protection Community of Practice.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces demolished seven Palestinian residential properties in several parts of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, leaving more than 20 people displaced, according to local sources and Palestinian officials.

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(MENAFN) Several Palestinian students suffered exposure to tear gas on Wednesday after Israeli forces fired canisters toward a school in Al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli army demolished seven Palestinian homes across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, displacing more than 20 people, according to local sources and officials.

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(MENAFN) Israeli occupiers took over eight Palestinian homes Wednesday in Al-Duyuk al-Tahta, a village west of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency reported, citing security sources.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers seized eight Palestinian homes on Wednesday in Al-Duyuk al-Tahta, a village west of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli forces also entered the city and its refugee camps, according to Palestinian reports....

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(MENAFN) Israeli strikes and gunfire killed one Palestinian and wounded four others across Gaza in the early hours of Thursday, according to medical and local sources, in the latest violence to test a ceasefire that has been in effect since Oct....

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(MENAFN) A lawyer representing Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori argued before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday that the organization's protest methods were comparable to those historically used by movements such as the suffragettes,...

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities have issued 9,518 demolition and stop-work notices targeting Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank since early 2015, according to a Palestinian government commission.

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian issue “played a major role” in the Democratic Party's success in gaining control of Congress from Republicans, Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, said Wednesday.

International Committee of the Red Cross

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces and occupiers launched 3,133 attacks across the occupied West Bank in October, a jump of 52.8% from the previous month, according to a Palestinian government body that released its findings on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Dozens of Palestinian students and teachers were overcome by tear gas Monday after Israeli forces fired canisters toward a school, as settlers blocked roads across the occupied West Bank in a fresh surge of unrest.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces injured two Palestinians near Bethlehem, detained a young man west of Jenin and demolished a memorial south of Nablus during a series of raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces and settlers carried out a combined 3,133 attacks throughout the occupied West Bank during October, marking a 52.8% rise compared with the previous month, according to a Palestinian government commission.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces injured two Palestinians near Bethlehem, detained a young man west of Jenin and demolished a memorial south of Nablus on Monday, as raids swept across the occupied West Bank. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its...

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(MENAFN) Israeli military forces detained five Palestinians on Sunday during operations targeting residential properties in Nablus and Qalandiya refugee camp, located north of occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank. According to reports, Israeli...

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(MENAFN) Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin announced Monday that Israeli troops had pulled out of all areas of Hebron, located in the southern occupied West Bank, following a military operation that lasted ten days. “Palestinian security forces have...

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(MENAFN) Israeli fire killed four Palestinians and injured 10 more across Gaza on Monday, a medical source said, adding to a steady stream of violations of the truce that took effect last year.

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities have served 9,518 demolition or stop-work orders on Palestinian structures across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2015, according to figures released Saturday by a Palestinian government body, the Wall...