Press Releases

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(MENAFN) An Israeli representative was prevented from completing a speech during an international labor gathering in Geneva after delegates repeatedly interrupted the session with demonstrations supporting Palestinians.

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(MENAFN) Three members of a Palestinian family — among them a 7-month-old infant in critical condition — were wounded Friday after Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

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(MENAFN) A 7-month-old Palestinian infant was shot and killed Friday after Israeli army soldiers opened fire on a family's vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area of the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli Knesset on Thursday granted final endorsement to a law that provides tax relief to numerous unauthorized settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to a statement, lawmakers passed the measure in its concluding reading,...

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(MENAFN) Thousands of Palestinian patients, including more than 4,000 people undergoing cancer treatment, are facing growing health risks as essential medicines and medical supplies disappear from public warehouses due to an escalating financial...

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(MENAFN) France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) has launched a formal investigation into allegations of torture and war crimes arising from the treatment of French activists aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla...

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(MENAFN) Hundreds of demonstrators filled the heart of Milan on Friday, bearing a monumental symbolic shroud inscribed with the names of thousands of Palestinian children killed in Gaza, in one of Italy's most visually striking acts of solidarity...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has sharply condemned Israel's approval of 2,162 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, demanding immediate US intervention to halt what it called Israeli "madness." "All settlement activity is illegal...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has denounced Israel’s approval of 2,162 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, urging the United States to take immediate steps to halt what it described as Israeli “madness.” “All settlement activity...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s parliament has passed legislation providing tax benefits to residents of dozens of settlements in the occupied West Bank, following a final vote held on Thursday.

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(MENAFN) The Central Committee of the Palestinian movement Fatah on Wednesday elected Hussein al-Sheikh as its new deputy leader, according to the movement’s spokesperson, as reported by Anadolu.

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(MENAFN) Palestinians have expressed growing concern over what they view as increasing Israeli efforts to take control of Solomon’s Pools, a historic landmark and tourist destination located south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian church affairs committee has issued a statement condemning what it described as Israeli violations against Christian religious sites in southern Lebanon, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli military units swept through multiple towns and neighborhoods across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as settlers simultaneously torched Palestinian agricultural land in a series of separate incidents, sources and witnesses...

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(MENAFN) Two vehicles owned by Palestinian residents were set ablaze by Israeli settlers in the early hours of Tuesday during an incursion into the village of Umm Safa, located northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. According to...

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(MENAFN) New Zealand has introduced travel restrictions against three Israeli individuals accused of using violence to support the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, joining similar measures already taken by Australia and...

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(MENAFN) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has described allegations of sexual abuse made by Australian activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla as “horrific,” according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, early Tuesday — torching two vehicles belonging to local residents and scrawling racist slogans in Hebrew across the...

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(MENAFN) New Zealand has joined Australia and the European Union in imposing travel bans on three Israeli nationals accused of deploying violence to accelerate illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, adding fresh momentum to...

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to reports, as violations of the existing ceasefire continued to be recorded.