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Israel Revokes Visas for French Lawmakers
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Israel has annulled the entry permits of a group of left-leaning French legislators who backed the acknowledgment of a Palestinian state. This action was taken shortly after French Leader Emmanuel Macron suggested that such recognition...
UNRWA: Over 90,000 Displaced Palestinians Seek Refuge in UN-Operated Shelters
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) According to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), more than 90,000 displaced Palestinians are currently seeking refuge in 115 UN-operated shelters across Gaza, as the humanitarian emergency deepens under Israel’s 19-month...
Israeli Ministers Call for West Bank Annexation
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Four senior officials from Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right Israeli government publicly advocated for the annexation of the occupied West Bank on Sunday. This appeal was voiced during the inauguration of a new district in the unauthorized...
Israeli Police Ban Photos of Dead Palestinian Children in Protests
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Israeli authorities have imposed specific conditions for approving an anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv planned for Thursday. These conditions include a ban on displaying images of Palestinian children who have been killed in Gaza, based...
Israeli Military Temporarily Pauses Training
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Due to a series of “serious incidents” that caused fatalities among soldiers and accidental discharges of firearms, Israel’s Chief of General Staff, Eyal Zamir, ordered a temporary pause in all military training activities, based on a...
Tunisian President Voices Unwavering Support for Palestinian Cause
MENAFN
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April 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Tunisian President Kais Saied has once again expressed his country's unwavering support for the Palestinian cause, advocating for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. During a meeting with...
Illegal Settlers Attack Palestinians in West Bank
MENAFN
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April 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Armed, illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Bedouin village of Ras Ein al-Auja, located north of Jericho in the occupied eastern West Bank, on Saturday. Eyewitnesses and human rights organizations reported that the settlers vandalized...
Colombian President Highlights Similarity Between Jesus Christ, Palestinians’ Suffering
MENAFN
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April 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Colombian Leader Gustavo Petro strongly criticized Israel’s military campaign in Gaza late Friday, equating the hardship endured by Palestinians to the suffering of Jesus Christ. His statement came at a symbolic time during Holy Week,...
Turkey Monitors Detention of Turkish PhD Student in U.S. Over Pro-Palestinian Article
MENAFN
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April 20, 2025
(MENAFN) The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that it is actively monitoring the situation of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish PhD student who was detained in the United States last month after publishing a pro-Palestinian article in a...
Turkish Foreign Minister, Hamas Official Hold Meeting on Gaza Ceasefire
MENAFN
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April 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the leader of Hamas’ Shura Council, Muhammad Darwish, held a meeting in Ankara on Saturday to deliberate on measures aimed at achieving a truce in Gaza. As reported by Turkish diplomatic insiders,...
International Women’s Day – 8 March
National Union of Journalists
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March 6, 2025
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day calls on us all to imagine a gender equal world. The theme also urges "a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where...
MFA Spokesperson's Comments in Response to Media Queries on the Issue of Recognition of the Palestinian State, 17 April 2025
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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April 17, 2025
In response to media queries on the issue of recognition of the Palestinian state, the MFA Spokesperson said: “Singapore has consistently supported the right of the Palestinian people to a homeland based on a negotiated two state solution. As...
Palestinian cultural resistance: Art in the face of violence
Middle East Institute
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March 4, 2025
Singer Kamilya Jubran, founding member of the iconic Palestinian band Sabreen, once famously sang, “We’ve tried resistance, we’ve tried confrontation, we’ve tried intifada, we’ve tried peace. What else is left to us?” The answer of course, that...
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi: NGO and Civil Society Stakeholder Engagement and Human Rights Month launch
South African Government
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March 5, 2025
Programme director Ms Topsy Musi Andries Nel, Deputy minister DOJ& CD Dada Morero, Executive Mayor of Johannesburg Professor Kathleen Van Der Linde, Dean of the Faculty of law Adv. Doc Mashabane, DG of DOJ&CD Leaders of the various civil society...
North Korea Condemns Israel’s Military Operations in Gaza
MENAFN
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April 17, 2025
(MENAFN) North Korea has strongly criticized Israel, accusing it of deliberately attempting to take control of Palestinian lands. The condemnation came following Israel’s resumption of deadly airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, which broke a previously...
Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Strip Kills Over 19 Palestinians
MENAFN
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April 17, 2025
(MENAFN) More than 19 Palestinians lost their lives on Wednesday due to Israeli airstrikes across various areas of the Gaza Strip, as reported by Gaza's Civil Defense. Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Civil Defense, stated that an airstrike on...
UN Reports 500,000 Palestinians Displaced in Gaza Amid Renewed Israeli Onslaught
MENAFN
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April 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Approximately 500,000 Palestinians have been compelled to leave their homes in Gaza since Israel resumed its military operations after a ceasefire with Hamas collapsed, according to a report from the UN Office for the Coordination of...
EU pledges financial aid for recovery efforts in Palestine
MENAFN
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April 14, 2025
(MENAFN) The European Union has unveiled plans to boost its financial aid for the recovery efforts in Palestine and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion), as announced by the bloc's foreign policy chief on Monday. “We are...
President Cyril Ramaphosa: G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
South African Government
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February 21, 2025
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Ronald Lamola, Distinguished Ministers of Foreign Affairs of G20 Member States and Invited Guest Countries, Representatives of International Organisations and...
Israeli Minister Urges Total Blockade of Gaza
MENAFN
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April 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged on Wednesday that not even “a gram of food or aid” should be allowed into the besieged Gaza Strip, as Tel Aviv's relentless military campaign continues against the coastal...