Press Releases

MENAFN

(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.

MENAFN

(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....

MENAFN

(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...

MENAFN

(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...

MENAFN

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

MENAFN

(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.

MENAFN

(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....

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has said it recorded dozens of alleged violations against journalists by Israeli forces during the month of May. According to reports, the syndicate stated in a Monday announcement that it documented...

MENAFN

(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...

MENAFN

(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.

MENAFN

(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.

MENAFN

(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.

MENAFN

(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.

MENAFN

(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,...

MENAFN

(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...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a high-profile appearance at Barcelona's Primavera Sound music festival Saturday, lending his presence to an event that has evolved in recent years into one of Europe's most visible cultural...

MENAFN

(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...

MENAFN

(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....

MENAFN

(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...

MENAFN

(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.