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(MENAFN) Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen has voiced concern over Israel’s proposed death penalty legislation targeting Palestinians and strongly criticized the approval of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, following a phone call with...

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(MENAFN) Israeli military operations continued Saturday in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon despite ceasefire arrangements remaining officially in place, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) The United States has allegedly pressed the Palestinian representative to the United Nations to abandon his candidacy for a senior position within the UN General Assembly and warned that his delegation’s visas could be revoked if the bid...

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(MENAFN) Three members of the same Palestinian family — a man, his wife, and their child — were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, as the Israeli military simultaneously pressed ahead with a series of demolition operations targeting...

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(MENAFN) Israeli military operations continued on Saturday across both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, even as ceasefire arrangements remain formally in place, according to local and medical sources.

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(MENAFN) Itamar Ben-Gvir has been banned from entering France following what French officials described as unacceptable conduct linked to the treatment of activists involved in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

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(MENAFN) The United Nations expressed concern on Friday following reports that activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza were subjected to abuse and degrading treatment, according to...

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(MENAFN) Two German activists returned home Saturday from Israeli detention with firsthand accounts of abuse and torture, delivering stark testimony after their arrest at sea aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

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(MENAFN) Two German activists involved in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have accused Israeli forces of mistreatment and torture after returning to Germany on Saturday.

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(MENAFN) According to reports, seven months after the October 2025 ceasefire, conditions in Gaza Strip continue to deteriorate amid an escalating humanitarian crisis characterised by weakened healthcare systems, widespread displacement, and acute...

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(MENAFN) The Global Sumud Flotilla said Tuesday that Israeli military vessels have continued intercepting and boarding its humanitarian convoy in international waters as it attempts to reach the Gaza Strip.

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(MENAFN) Spanish actor Javier Bardem has said that his public support for Gaza has not damaged his career, but instead has coincided with an increase in professional opportunities, including offers from the United States.

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(MENAFN) The sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly was reportedly among activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have intercepted a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy at sea, with organizers saying vessels were boarded while still in international waters near Cyprus, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Finland has said it will request an explanation from Israel’s ambassador regarding the treatment of activists detained from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to statements from the Finnish Foreign Ministry.

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(MENAFN) France has barred a senior Israeli cabinet minister from entering French territory and is pressing the European Union to impose formal sanctions against him, marking one of the sharpest European diplomatic rebukes of an Israeli official...

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(MENAFN) Four vessels belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition are currently cutting through Greek territorial waters after departing the Italian port of Syracuse last Saturday, Global Sumud Flotilla officials confirmed, as a mounting...

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(MENAFN) Two Palestinians were injured on Monday in an attack carried out by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian media reports.

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(MENAFN) Security incidents across the Gaza Strip have spiked to some of their worst levels since a ceasefire was brokered last October, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as humanitarian facilities face repeated attacks and Israeli import...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to issue an apology after Merz stated that “there must be no de facto annexation of the West Bank.” Speaking on the US social media...