Press Releases

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(MENAFN) According to reports, fires were set on agricultural land in the Palestinian town of Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, in an incident described by the local mayor as an attack on cultivated farmland.

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(MENAFN) Amnesty International UK has called on the British government to impose wider sanctions on senior officials in Israel, arguing that recently announced measures do not go far enough to hold those it describes as the “architects” of...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, three Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, with several others injured, as the humanitarian situation in the territory continues to deteriorate.

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(MENAFN) The death toll in Gaza has climbed to 72,991 since October 2023, after Israeli attacks claimed three more Palestinian lives within a single 24-hour window, Gaza's Health Ministry announced Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli Knesset has passed a law formally authorizing the withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues, a move that threatens to severely worsen the Palestinian Authority's chronic financial distress and has ignited immediate...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, the Israeli military is preparing contingency plans for a possible return to large-scale combat operations in Gaza, even as ceasefire discussions continue in Cairo.

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(MENAFN) Hamas announced on Tuesday that “acceptable approaches” have been reached regarding several contentious points in ongoing Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Israel following discussions held in Cairo.

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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) Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip claimed the lives of eight more Palestinians over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 72,988, according to figures released Tuesday by the Health Ministry....

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(MENAFN) The Health Ministry in Gaza has accused Israel of preventing the departure of more than 17,000 Palestinians in need of medical treatment outside the territory, warning that delays could lead to a rise in preventable deaths, according to...

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(MENAFN) Palestinian women’s football player Rand al-Halawani has been released after nearly a week in detention and placed under a five-day house arrest order, according to reports.

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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) 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) 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) In the past 24 hours, further air and ground attacks have reportedly resulted in the deaths of eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, even as a ceasefire arrangement remains in place, according to reports.

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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...