Press Releases

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian issue continued to receive significant attention during the UN General Assembly despite the United States refusing visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other officials, according to a Palestinian official....

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(MENAFN) Egypt on Wednesday renewed its opposition to any Israeli move to annex occupied Palestinian territories or forcibly displace Palestinians, while urging the full implementation of US President Donald Trump’s proposed plan for the Gaza...

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(MENAFN) British lawmakers have called on banks and financial institutions to avoid taking on new financial commitments connected to Israel’s E1 settlement project as the UK government prepares measures to prohibit trade with Israeli settlements...

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office has launched an investigation into Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) fundraising and charitable‑solicitation activities within the State of...

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(MENAFN) Three more Palestinians were killed over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry reported Wednesday, pushing the cumulative death toll from Israel's three-year military campaign in the enclave to 73,922. According to the ministry's...

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(MENAFN) Israel has issued three military orders requiring the removal of wild vegetation and the uprooting of trees from 339 dunams (83.8 acres) of Palestinian-owned land across parts of the occupied West Bank, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) A Vermont jury has convicted Jason Eaton, 51, of attempted murder for opening fire on three Palestinian college students near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington in November 2023, media reported Monday.

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(MENAFN) The Left party’s Elif Eralp, who is expected to become Berlin’s next mayor, said Monday that greater consideration should be given to Palestinian perspectives when discussing the conflict involving Israel.

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(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to deliver an address Tuesday during the high-level General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly session.

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(MENAFN) Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos-Horta voiced support Wednesday for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, aligning his country with the overwhelming majority of UN member states.

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(MENAFN) Gaza’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that three Palestinians were killed over the previous 24 hours, raising the reported death toll in the enclave since the conflict began in October 2023 to 73,922. According to the ministry’s latest...

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(MENAFN) The Board of Peace is expected to present a six-month recovery initiative for Gaza valued at $2.45 billion, with the proposal focusing on rebuilding the territory following the war, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Wednesday on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, pledging to deepen bilateral cooperation between their two countries.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drastically cut short his planned visit to New York, scrapping an overnight stay after receiving security warnings, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Czech President Petr Pavel cautioned Wednesday that artificial intelligence carries grave risks alongside its promise, insisting the technology must remain subordinate to human control and operate within the bounds of international law....

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(MENAFN) Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Wednesday that Israel is experiencing a “serious diplomatic crisis” as international criticism grows over escalating violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Lapid was responding to...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s Central Elections Committee on Wednesday voted to disqualify Knesset member Ofer Cassif from competing on the Joint List in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

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(MENAFN) Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday she is looking into whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is subject to an international arrest warrant, will fly through Canadian airspace Thursday. "I...

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(MENAFN) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Wednesday that policies pursued by Israel’s government were putting the country’s security at risk, pointing to its handling of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan and developments in...

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(MENAFN) Israel's Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday to disqualify the United Arab List party, known as Ra'am and led by Mansour Abbas, from competing in the Oct. 27 Knesset election.