Press Releases

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(MENAFN) Hundreds of filmmakers, including noted director Tom Tykwer, actress Tilda Swinton, and former jury head Todd Haynes, have signed an open letter opposing the potential dismissal of the current Berlin Film Festival director, reportedly due...

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities announced Wednesday that attendance at Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem will be capped at 10,000 Palestinians from the West Bank during Ramadan, with each worshipper required to...

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(MENAFN) The U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced on Monday that it has concluded its nine-month mission in Gaza, according to reports. “The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) today announced the successful...

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(MENAFN) Ramadan has descended upon the Gaza Strip this year amid the absence of hundreds of religious leaders, scholars and Quran instructors killed during the Israeli military campaign, leaving mosques in ruins and upending deeply rooted...

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(MENAFN) The Islamic University of Gaza has begun a gradual return to in-person classes after two years of disruption caused by widespread destruction and violence, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli military forces killed two Palestinian children Saturday when a drone attacked the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, medical personnel confirmed.

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that recovery teams unearthed up to a hundred additional bodies for every deceased hostage retrieved from the devastated Gaza Strip, painting a grim picture of the territory's destruction....

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that efforts to retrieve the remains of hostages in the devastated Gaza Strip uncovered far more bodies than expected, with many additional corpses found amid the destruction.

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(MENAFN) Pro-Palestinian activists have announced plans to stage a demonstration at the memorial site of the Nazi-era Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, according to local reports.

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(MENAFN) A pro-Palestinian activist disrupted a German parliamentary debate on Wednesday by unfurling a Palestinian flag to protest Germany’s policy on Gaza. The demonstration occurred during Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s address on the...

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(MENAFN) Palestine’s ambassador to the UN said Monday that Palestinians in Gaza continue to face killings and severe restrictions on aid, despite the ongoing ceasefire, urging the UN Security Council to ensure the agreement is fully enforced,...

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(MENAFN) Syrian-Palestinian filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib used his acceptance speech at the Berlinale film awards on Saturday to draw attention to the Palestinian liberation struggle.

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(MENAFN) From his tent amid the rubble of his destroyed home in Gaza, Palestinian journalist Motasem Ahmad Dalloul rejected claims by Israeli authorities that he is a “fake reporter” operating from abroad.

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(MENAFN) Pro-Palestinian activists announce plans to stage a demonstration at the memorial for victims of the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp, local media report.

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(MENAFN) Senior Democratic officials examining the party’s loss in the 2024 presidential election concluded that the Biden administration’s approach to Gaza acted as a "net-negative” for former Vice President Kamala Harris, as stated by reports....

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(MENAFN) The Israeli military carried out air and artillery strikes across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip early Sunday, despite a ceasefire currently in effect.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli military conducted airstrikes and artillery attacks across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip early Sunday, despite a ceasefire currently in effect.

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(MENAFN) The Israeli army unleashed airstrikes and artillery fire across several areas of the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday, in what witnesses described as a broad military offensive carried out in open defiance of an existing ceasefire...

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(MENAFN) An internal assessment by senior figures within the Democratic Party has concluded that the Biden administration’s approach to the war in Gaza worked against former Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign,...

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(MENAFN) Palestinian advocate Mahmoud Khalil — apprehended in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and kept for more than 100 days despite his status as a lawful permanent resident — has initiated legal action against the...