Press Releases

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(MENAFN) On the edges of Marda, a Palestinian village north of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, Israeli bulldozers continue uprooting olive groves as part of intensified settlement projects.

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(MENAFN) Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank was set ablaze on Monday evening by individuals described as settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, according to reports citing an official Palestinian news agency....

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian man succumbed Monday to critical wounds inflicted by Israeli army fire near a separation barrier in the West Bank, the Health Ministry confirmed.

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(MENAFN) Three Palestinians, including a woman, were injured on Thursday in separate incidents involving Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, while Israeli troops also demolished a Palestinian house under construction in the occupied West Bank,...

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(MENAFN) Farmland on a hill in the town of Taybeh, a predominantly Christian community located east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, was set ablaze after a late-night incident involving settlers, according to local officials and reports.

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(MENAFN) More than 460 former European political leaders have signed an open editorial urging the European Union to adopt stronger measures in response to Israel’s military operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Germany has ruled out backing new sanctions targeting extremist Israeli settlers, even as violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank continues to rise.

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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) 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 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) 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 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) 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 Palestinian man has died in an Israeli hospital from injuries sustained after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank prior to his detention, according to Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations.

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(MENAFN) Three members of a Palestinian family — among them a 7-month-old infant in critical condition — were wounded Friday after Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

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(MENAFN) A 7-month-old Palestinian infant was shot and killed Friday after Israeli army soldiers opened fire on a family's vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area of the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli Knesset on Thursday granted final endorsement to a law that provides tax relief to numerous unauthorized settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to a statement, lawmakers passed the measure in its concluding reading,...

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(MENAFN) A succession of Israeli settler attacks and military raids swept across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Saturday, leaving numerous Palestinians wounded and several detained, according to local sources and medical personnel....

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(MENAFN) Israel’s parliament has passed legislation providing tax benefits to residents of dozens of settlements in the occupied West Bank, following a final vote held on Thursday.