Press Releases

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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) 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) A senior United Nations official has warned that conditions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank continue to deteriorate, even as international focus shifts toward other regional conflicts.

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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) 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) Incidents of violence and disruption were reported in the central West Bank on Sunday, where local sources say Israeli settlers blocked a key road and targeted Palestinian vehicles with stones.

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(MENAFN) Incidents involving road closures and attacks on vehicles were reported in the central West Bank on Sunday, where Israeli occupiers targeted Palestinian motorists, according to reports citing local sources.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces reportedly shot a Palestinian man near the separation barrier north of Jerusalem on Sunday evening, while further incidents involving the destruction of agricultural land and olive trees were recorded across different parts...

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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) 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) Israel is moving forward with proposals for more than 2,700 additional settlement housing units throughout the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian government body said Sunday that Israel is advancing plans to construct more than 2,700 new settlement units across the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements stated that Israel’s...

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(MENAFN) The Israeli army has extended its ongoing military operation in the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank until July 31, according to an official statement on Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Israel is pushing forward with plans to construct more than 2,700 illegal settlement units across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements announced Sunday.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian man has died in an Israeli hospital from injuries sustained after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank prior to his detention, according to Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations.

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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.

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(MENAFN) Four Palestinians were injured during attacks by Israeli settlers targeting Palestinian residents and property in multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) The European Union has announced sanctions targeting several Israeli settler-linked organizations and individuals over what it described as serious and systematic human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank,...

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(MENAFN) The Israeli military has confirmed that its forces mistakenly opened fire on a civilian aircraft flying over the occupied West Bank after incorrectly identifying it as a drone, according to reports released on Friday.