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(MENAFN) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States, on Saturday criticized Israeli attacks that reportedly killed at least seven Palestinians, including a seven-month-old...

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(MENAFN) The largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States has strongly condemned a series of Israeli attacks that reportedly killed at least seven Palestinians, including a 7-month-old infant, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli occupiers set fire Monday evening to Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank while under the protection of Israeli forces, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) South Korea has confirmed that Israel has released two South Korean nationals who were detained earlier this week while taking part in a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) All detained members of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition have been freed from Israel's Ktziot prison and are being processed for deportation, Israeli rights organization Adalah confirmed Thursday.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have intercepted at least 39 of 51 vessels belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, according to the operation's organizers.

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers began establishing an illegal settlement outpost in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta region of Hebron governorate in the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, erecting structures under army protection,...

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers burned Palestinian-owned farmland in the occupied West Bank on Monday night under military escort, a Palestinian news agency reported.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces took control of more than 40 vessels from the 54-boat Global Sumud flotilla heading toward Gaza on Tuesday, according to reports from Israeli media outlets.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces intercepted and seized dozens of vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian convoy attempting to reach Gaza by sea, according to statements released by the organizers.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have taken control of more than 40 vessels belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla headed toward Gaza, according to reports citing Israeli media.

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(MENAFN) On Thursday, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong described as “horrific” the sexual abuse accusations directed at Israeli forces by Australian activists aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla. "My principled position is to always...

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(MENAFN) On Thursday, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, demanded that Israel retreat from positions it has occupied in Lebanon prior to the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Qaani declared that...

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(MENAFN) Activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla said they intend to press ahead with their humanitarian voyage toward Gaza even after Israeli naval forces intercepted multiple vessels in international waters, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli opposition parties mounted a unified push Monday, urging parliamentarians to back a bill that would dissolve the Knesset — with a preliminary vote expected as early as next Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) A South Korean campaigner is reportedly being held by the Israeli Navy following an assault and interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud humanitarian flotilla in the Mediterranean, according to a news agency, which cited information...

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank on Monday, including arson targeting a livestock shelter in Hebron, destruction of olive trees near Ramallah, and harassment of Palestinian schoolchildren,...

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(MENAFN) Italian participants in a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza delivered harrowing testimony Wednesday, accusing the Israeli military of conducting two violent attacks on the vessel in the Mediterranean Sea, abducting activists, and...

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(MENAFN) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has described allegations of sexual abuse made by Australian activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla as “horrific,” according to reports.

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(MENAFN) The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force has called for Israel to pull back from positions in Lebanon that it held prior to the outbreak of what he described as a broader US-Israeli war against Iran,...