Press Releases

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(MENAFN) The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway announced on Tuesday coordinated sanctions targeting networks accused of financing and enabling attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank,...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian militant movement Hamas declared Tuesday that meaningful progress had been achieved on the most divisive sticking points of a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel, following a fresh round of negotiations in the Egyptian...

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(MENAFN) The Israeli Knesset has approved legislation allowing the deduction of funds from Palestinian clearance revenues, a move that could further strain the Palestinian Authority’s already fragile financial situation, according to reports....

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(MENAFN) Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa on Monday called on the international community to intensify efforts aimed at pressuring Israel to end what he described as unlawful actions and ongoing violence by occupiers in the occupied...

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(MENAFN) Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa on Monday issued an urgent call for stepped-up international pressure on Israel to put an end to what he described as Tel Aviv's "illegal measures" and occupiers' "terrorism," as violence across...

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(MENAFN) Israeli army bulldozers demolished six Palestinian homes and a carpentry workshop across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest wave of demolitions to sweep the occupied territory.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have demolished six Palestinian-owned structures, including homes and a carpentry workshop, across the occupied West Bank, leaving dozens of residents displaced.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers burned a Palestinian-owned vehicle Tuesday in a pre-dawn assault on the village of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, drawing fresh condemnation from a local rights group.

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(MENAFN) Amnesty International UK has urged the British government to stop a real estate event scheduled to take place in London, arguing that it promotes property sales linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to...

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(MENAFN) A group of 22 countries along with senior European officials has expressed concern that a recent Israeli legal decision upholding a controversial NGO registration law could significantly hinder humanitarian operations in Gaza and the...

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities released Palestinian football player Rand al-Halawani on Monday after she spent nearly a week in detention, according to Palestinian officials.

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has accused Israel of what it described as “systematically targeting” Palestinian football players, following the detention of two members of its women’s national team, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, pushing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 72,980. In a statement, the ministry also said...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced Monday it had recorded 55 separate Israeli violations targeting its members throughout the month of May, painting a stark picture of systematic suppression of press freedom on the ground....

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(MENAFN) A coalition of 22 countries and senior European officials on Monday sounded the alarm over an Israeli High Court ruling that upheld a contentious registration law targeting international non-governmental organizations, cautioning that the...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Israel's move to seal off Gaza's remaining humanitarian corridors, with Secretary-General António Guterres calling for the immediate restoration of aid access after missile strikes prompted...

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(MENAFN) Senior intelligence and diplomatic officials from Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar convened in Cairo on Monday to advance negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, as key obstacles to full implementation continue to cloud...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has strongly condemned Israel’s approval of new settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, urging the United States to intervene and halt what it described as escalating Israeli actions.

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(MENAFN) Israel has shut all entry points into the Gaza Strip and paused the delivery of humanitarian assistance indefinitely following an Iranian missile attack on its territory, according to Israeli authorities.

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(MENAFN) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attended the Primavera Sound music festival in Barcelona on Saturday, an event that has increasingly become associated with expressions of solidarity with Palestinians and criticism of Israel’s...