Press Releases

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinians during a large-scale military raid in the West Bank on Wednesday, as attacks across the occupied territory intensified, witnesses reported.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Monday that he has submitted a formal proposal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize key territories across the occupied West Bank — a direct challenge to the European Union's...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Monday that he has put forward a proposal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at taking control of strategic territories in the occupied West Bank, shortly after the European...

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(MENAFN) At least 70 Palestinian children have lost their lives in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of 2025, averaging nearly one child killed every week, UNICEF said Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has moved forward with early-stage approval of a bill that would place heritage and archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank under direct Israeli state authority.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has reportedly presented a proposal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for the seizure of what he described as strategic territories in the occupied West Bank, according to reports....

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(MENAFN) Foreign ministers from the European Union agreed Monday to impose a fresh package of sanctions targeting Israeli occupiers and groups accused of backing illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank. French Foreign Minister...

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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) 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) Multiple Palestinians were injured on Saturday during a series of Israeli military raids and settler attacks across different areas of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources and medical teams.

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(MENAFN) Pakistan has warned the United Nations Security Council that expanding Israeli settlements and related measures in the occupied West Bank are undermining the feasibility of an independent Palestinian state, calling on influential...

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The scale of the destruction that, we've been witnessing going from Rafah, which doesn’t exist anymore to further north, where you do not see a single building that has not been affected by the fighting over the past two and a half years, and it...

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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) Four Palestinians, among them a child, sustained injuries on Friday following assaults carried out by Israeli occupiers in the southern occupied West Bank. In a separate incident, Israeli forces also apprehended another Palestinian in...

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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) Pakistan has cautioned the United Nations Security Council that the ongoing growth of Israeli settlements and steps toward annexation in the occupied West Bank are eroding any remaining possibility of establishing a sustainable...

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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) Israeli forces detained seven members of a single Palestinian family on Wednesday after they stood their ground against settlers who invaded and vandalized their agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources....

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(MENAFN) More than 400 former European Union ministers, ambassadors, and senior officials have urged EU institutions and member states to take stronger action to discourage the expansion of an Israeli settlement project in the occupied West Bank,...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, photo and video journalists working in Gaza are set to be honoured with the 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom award in recognition of their reporting during the ongoing war, despite extreme risks and difficult working...