Press Releases

Government of Ireland

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee TD, will today (15 June) travel to Luxembourg for the final meeting of EU Foreign Ministers before Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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(MENAFN) On the edges of Marda, a Palestinian village north of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, Israeli bulldozers continue uprooting olive groves as part of intensified settlement projects.

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(MENAFN) Crowds numbering in the hundreds converged on central Stockholm on Saturday to voice fierce opposition to Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, in one of the Swedish capital's most visible recent displays...

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(MENAFN) More than 460 former European political leaders have signed an open editorial urging the European Union to adopt stronger measures in response to Israel’s military operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians lost their lives Saturday in two separate Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, the latest bloodshed in what medical sources described as an ongoing pattern of ceasefire violations.

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(MENAFN) Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israel’s military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.

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(MENAFN) Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub launched a stinging rebuke of the United States on Friday after being denied entry to the country despite his accreditation for FIFA World Cup-related activities — warning that...

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(MENAFN) A flotilla of 25 vessels converged on Lake Geneva Saturday in a symbolic act of defiance against the G7 summit being held across the water in the French city of Evian, drawing roughly 100 activists from 15 nations, a Swiss newspaper...

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(MENAFN) A group of around 25 boats gathered on Lake Geneva on Saturday in a symbolic demonstration targeting the G7 summit taking place in the nearby French town of Evian, with roughly 100 activists from 15 countries participating, according to...

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(MENAFN) While billions worldwide celebrate the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Palestinian girls in Gaza are fighting an entirely different match — reclaiming their lives through football after losing limbs in the ongoing conflict.

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(MENAFN) Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University, is appealing a ruling that determined he is eligible for deportation under US immigration law, according to his legal team.

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(MENAFN) Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, has appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court for his immediate release, describing his detention as “unjust and arbitrary” during his first court appearance in nearly a...

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians, including a woman, were injured on Thursday in separate incidents involving Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, while Israeli troops also demolished a Palestinian house under construction in the occupied West Bank,...

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces reportedly ordered the evacuation of a residential area east of the Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Wednesday to carry out military exercises, according to local sources.

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(MENAFN) Residents of the Palestinian village of Marda in the northern occupied West Bank say ongoing Israeli settlement-related construction is placing increasing pressure on their community, threatening agricultural land and further limiting...

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(MENAFN) Israeli army bulldozers demolished six Palestinian homes and a carpentry workshop across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest wave of demolitions to sweep the occupied territory.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers burned a Palestinian-owned vehicle Tuesday in a pre-dawn assault on the village of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, drawing fresh condemnation from a local rights group.

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(MENAFN) Farmland on a hill in the town of Taybeh, a predominantly Christian community located east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, was set ablaze after a late-night incident involving settlers, according to local officials and reports.

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(MENAFN) Germany has ruled out backing new sanctions targeting extremist Israeli settlers, even as violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank continues to rise.

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(MENAFN) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot used a high-profile diplomatic forum Friday to condemn the deepening crisis in Gaza as "tragic" and issue a renewed, impassioned call for a two-state solution — warning that the window for lasting...