Press Releases

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(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...

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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) Israel has once again withheld clearance funds owed to the Palestinian Authority, deducting roughly $200 million this month and intensifying the financial difficulties facing the administration based in Ramallah, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) The United States has allegedly warned that it may revoke visas for members of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour does not withdraw his candidacy for one of the vice president...

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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) A legislative proposal in Israel is set to be reviewed by a ministerial committee on Sunday that would aim to annul the Oslo Accords and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to Hebrew media reports.

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(MENAFN) An Israeli ministerial panel is set to convene Sunday to deliberate on legislation that would annul the Oslo Accords and formally foreclose the possibility of a Palestinian state, Hebrew-language media reported Saturday.

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(MENAFN) A legislative proposal in Israel is set to be reviewed by a ministerial committee on Sunday that would aim to annul the Oslo Accords and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to Hebrew media reports.

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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 political movement Fatah has selected Hussein al-Sheikh as its new deputy leader, according to a spokesperson for the organization.

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(MENAFN) The Central Committee of the Palestinian movement Fatah has elected Hussein al-Sheikh as its new deputy leader, according to a spokesperson for the group.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, early Tuesday — torching two vehicles belonging to local residents and scrawling racist slogans in Hebrew across the...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s leadership is moving forward with measures that effectively amount to annexation in the occupied West Bank, according to statements made Monday by the country’s energy minister, amid continued international criticism.

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(MENAFN) The United States has allegedly pressed the Palestinian representative to the United Nations to abandon his candidacy for a senior position within the UN General Assembly and warned that his delegation’s visas could be revoked if the bid...

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(MENAFN) The European Commission on Wednesday issued a sweeping demand for Israel to immediately cease all settlement construction, settler violence, demolitions, forced transfers and evictions of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and...

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(MENAFN) The United States has warned that it could revoke visas for members of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour steps back from his bid for a vice presidency at the UN General Assembly,...

Prime Minister of Canada

CANADA, May 22 - “Statement by the leaders of Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom on the situation in the West Bank. Over the past few months, the situation in the West Bank has deteriorated...

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(MENAFN) Jailed Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti and Yasser Abbas, the son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, have both been elected to Fatah’s top decision-making body, according to reports following the conclusion of the...

South African Government

The deteriorating security situation in the State of Israel poses serious risks, and we are deeply concerned for your safety and well-being.

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(MENAFN) Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares sharply criticized the European Commission's participation in U.S. President Donald Trump's inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington on Friday, calling it a misstep that should not have...