Press Releases

International Committee of the Red Cross

A story published in The New Yorker includes excerpts of confidential ICRC correspondence that the publication says was obtained from a former U.S. government official.

South African Government

Over the last two months, we have observed a sustained campaign that seeks to isolate South Africa from the rest of the African continent, under the guise of protesting against the recent wave of anti-illegal migration protest that we have...

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(MENAFN) Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub launched a stinging rebuke of the United States on Friday after being denied entry to the country despite his accreditation for FIFA World Cup-related activities — warning that...

National Union of Journalists

The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and the Union of Journalists of Lebanon (UJL) in condemning continued targeted attacks on journalists in Palestine and Lebanon by...

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(MENAFN) Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University, is appealing a ruling that determined he is eligible for deportation under US immigration law, according to his legal team.

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(MENAFN) Palestine issued an urgent appeal to the international community on Wednesday, accusing Israel of exploiting ongoing regional instability to entrench its territorial ambitions, with UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour warning that unchecked...

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(MENAFN) Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin has urged the international community to take concrete steps to halt what she described as illegal Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and ongoing displacement of...

EIN Presswire

The Court of Appeal's ruling in Ammori restores Palestine Action's proscription and redraws the line between lawful protest and national security.

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

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(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.

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(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....

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(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...

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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) 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) Palestinians have expressed growing concern over what they view as increasing Israeli efforts to take control of Solomon’s Pools, a historic landmark and tourist destination located south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The...

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(MENAFN) The Central Committee of the Palestinian movement Fatah on Wednesday elected Hussein al-Sheikh as its new deputy leader, according to the movement’s spokesperson, as reported by Anadolu.

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has sharply condemned Israel's approval of 2,162 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, demanding immediate US intervention to halt what it called Israeli "madness." "All settlement activity is illegal...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian church affairs committee has issued a statement condemning what it described as Israeli violations against Christian religious sites in southern Lebanon, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Authority has denounced Israel’s approval of 2,162 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, urging the United States to take immediate steps to halt what it described as Israeli “madness.” “All settlement activity...