Press Releases

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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 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) 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) 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) 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...

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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) 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) Istanbul's newly established financial hub became the centerpiece of global Islamic economic dialogue Wednesday, as the 3rd Global Islamic Economy Summit opened its doors, drawing policymakers, central bank governors, investors,...

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man late Sunday after alleging he carried out a car-ramming attack that injured Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli and Palestinian authorities.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian worker Sunday near the separation wall in the town of al-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem, adding yet another casualty to a growing toll of laborers killed while attempting to reach their...

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(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio distanced the Trump administration Tuesday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push to seize 70% of Gaza, facing a barrage of criticism from Democratic lawmakers over the worsening...

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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 worker was killed on Sunday after being shot by Israeli forces near the separation wall in the town of al-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian authorities.

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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.