Press Releases

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(MENAFN) The United Nations has restarted its support for medical evacuations out of the Gaza Strip following the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, a UN spokesman announced Wednesday — marking a modest but meaningful step forward for...

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(MENAFN) Italy has opened an investigation into allegations involving Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over the alleged treatment of international activists detained during a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to reports.

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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, Israeli forces have demolished a Palestinian home in an area between Bir Nabala and Beit Hanina, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, in a move condemned by a rights organization.

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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) 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) 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) An Israeli representative was prevented from completing a speech during an international labor gathering in Geneva after delegates repeatedly interrupted the session with demonstrations supporting Palestinians.

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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) 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 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) Thousands of Palestinian patients, including more than 4,000 people undergoing cancer treatment, are facing growing health risks as essential medicines and medical supplies disappear from public warehouses due to an escalating financial...

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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) Seven Palestinians were injured on Saturday in separate incidents involving Israeli forces and settlers across the southern West Bank, including areas in Hebron and Bethlehem, according to local reports.

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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) 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...