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"This was during the opening of the events of Pink October 2019 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month"

“District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam and a delegation from the district visited the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem… For International Early Breast Cancer Discovery Awareness Day, Ghannam sent a message to the Palestinian women. She urged them to get checked for early...”

"The [Palestine] Olympic Committee yesterday [Oct. 11, 2017] hosted a press conference in order to announce the opening of the Pink Day Competition, in the presence of District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Dr. Laila Ghannam… Dr. Ghannam said that Palestinian women - who are struggling with the..."

“Yesterday [Aug. 24, 2017] activists – led by leaders and senior officials - launched the activities of the National Day for Returning the Palestinian and Arab Martyrs’ (Shahids’) Bodies that will take place next Sunday, Aug. 27 [2017] next to the monument for the Martyrs of the Savoy operation...”

Headline: “Ramallah hosts the first Marathon of Life as a sign of solidarity with cancer patients” “Maryam, a sixth-grade student at the American School of Palestine, together with 16 children sick with the ‘malignant disease’ (i.e ., cancer) and hundreds of citizens, took part in marking World...”

Headline: “Ghannam updated a British student delegation about the Palestinian reality” “Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh District [Laila Ghannam] yesterday [Sept. 4, 2016] received a delegation of students from the British Liverpool Hope University… Ghannam summarized the systematic policy of...”

Headline: “Ghannam: The occupation’s fences and checkpoints will not divide members of the one people” “District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Dr. Laila Ghannam yesterday [Sept. 3, 2016], during a reception for female Arab advisors for advancing the status of women and empowering them in the...”

PMW note: Mahmoud Rafat Badran was a 15-year-old Palestinian who was accidentally killed by Israeli soldiers who were pursuing Palestinian suspects that had thrown stones at moving Israeli cars, injuring 3. The PA used this tragic event as a platform for spreading its libels that Israel...

Headline: “Ramallah: The Political and National Orientation Authority marked Land Day” “The Political and National Orientation Authority marked the 40th anniversary of the eternal Land Day yesterday [March 29, 2016] in a ceremony it held in Ramallah. Present at the ceremony were District Governor...”

Headline: “The Palestinian National Committee for Education, Culture, and Science honored Ghannam” “Secretary-General of the [PLO] Palestinian National Committee for Education, Culture, and Sciences Murad Al-Sudani… visited Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Dr. Laila Ghannam in the district...”

"District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Dr. Laila Ghannam… clarified that the fact that Councilwoman Maria Sánchez, the representative of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had apologized for awarding her a Citation of Honor… [Ghannam] noted that, according to Sánchez's statements, the..."

Headline: “Ghannam visited released [prisoner Muhammad] Al-Taj at the ‘Palestine’ medical center” “District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam… said: ‘The occupation prisons are like cemeteries for the living, especially in light of the tragic state of the prisoners and their difficult...”

"District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam... receiv[ed] the Liberty Bell from [Philadelphia] City Council member Maria Sanchez in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [USA] yesterday [Jan. 30, 2015]."

“District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam stressed that Jerusalem would continue to be proud of its residents, who, despite the severe conditions, insist on carrying out Ribat (religious conflict/war over land claimed to be Islamic) at the ‘national gate to heaven,’ (i.e., the...”

“District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam… emphasized that Jerusalem and Palestine are in need [of the help of] every Arab, because the occupation has stolen the water, air and land, and is now even trying to steal the [Palestinian] heritage, since the Israeli airline El Al flight...”

Background: Muhammad Mahmoud Mubarak shot at an Israeli army position on Jan. ‎‎29, 2014. He was killed in the ensuing exchange of fire with Israeli forces. “Yesterday, Thursday [Jan. 30, 2014] District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam led a delegation from the district...”

"Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam said that Israel's holding the bodies of Martyrs is a mark of shame on the forehead of the entire world. She noted that the occupation is not satisfied with killing them, but goes further and prevents family members from looking at [the bodies]..."