Powerful political support was expressed for UNRWA, its mandate and critical services to Palestine refugees at the ministerial conference held in Rome on Thursday entitled, “Preserving Dignity and Sharing Responsibility: Mobilizing Collective Action for UNRWA”. […]
Policies and practices implemented by the Israeli authorities, citing security concerns, have resulted in the forcible transfer of Palestinians from their homes in Hebron city, reducing a once thriving area to a ‘ghost town’, according […]
By Ramona Wadi The outcome of the UN Security Council meeting does not bode well for the people of Palestine. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas gave a lengthy speech during which opportunities for hammering out […]
More than 30 international and Palestinian human rights groups and organisations have urged the UN Human Rights Office to make public a list of companies linked to Israel’s illegal settlements. In a joint letter addressed […]
Israeli forces on Wednesday razed lands in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin as well as the southern West Bank district of Hebron, according to Wafa news agency. Israeli forces raided the Jenin-area […]
By Rima Najjar As a Palestinian, I am skeptical about Mahmoud Abbas’s address, billed by the press as “Abbas delivers rare address at UNSC meeting”, which calls for two states. Whereas I believe that the Boycott, […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, on Tuesday, proposed a peace plan at the United Nations Security Council that tackles core issues, which have foiled peace efforts over the past few decades. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas […]
By Break the Maritime Blockade of Gaza Gaza is the largest open air prison in the world, with 2 million people, mostly children. Now it is lacking potable water, with only 2-4 hours of electricity […]
Every month, the UN Security Council meets to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; normally, the ambassadors of Israel and Palestine attend. This time, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the session, an unusual move that […]
The United Nations human rights office said Wednesday it had identified 206 companies doing business linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and it urged them to avoid any complicity in “pervasive” violations […]
Israel’s human rights record was put under the spotlight Tuesday during a major international review at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of the body’s regular examination of Israel’s actions in […]
Time Magazine reported that the US State Department is further slashing its aid package to UNRWA by another $45 million. The U.S. is holding back a further $45 million in aid for Palestine https://t.co/kr2AD1ZkGL — […]
In an interview with the German Daily, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, Jean Asselborn advocated for a Palestinian state, saying that with the leadership of France, many other European nations would join the movement. If […]
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman submitted a proposal to the government yesterday calling for the settler outpost of Havat Gilad to be legalized in the aftermath of a Palestinian resistance attack which left one person […]
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday condemned the Israeli authorities’ decision to allow more than 1,100 housing units to be built in 20 different West Bank settlements with some on private Palestinian lands. The […]
A medical delegation from the Qatari Red Crescent and Hamad Medical Corporation performed cochlear implant surgeries on 24 deaf children in the Gaza Strip. Part of the “Qatar Draws a Smile” program launched by Qatar’s […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet meeting on Sunday the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) “must disappear.” According to the Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu made […]
US President Donald Trump has told Israel that he is planning to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem this year, Israeli website Wallah revealed on Tuesday. Trump is apparently putting pressure on the relevant government […]
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced Tuesday that the US may suspend part or all of its contribution of $300 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until Palestinians agree […]
It comes as no surprise that Russian comedians targeted Nikki Haley for quite an elaborate prank. The UN Ambassador to the United States has been in the news recently after she gave a scathing speech […]
By Jeremy Salt Holding hands, the US and Israel have decided to walk out of UNESCO. Nothing could be more appropriate. Two rogue states run by two dangerous buffoons. Two states that have wreaked immense violence […]
By James M. Wall For those keeping score on the Trump Administration versus the United Nations, the final vote on the Status of Jerusalem resolution is recorded above. The official count was 128 to 9 […]
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag slammed Thursday the US President Trump’s threat to cut aid to countries that vote in favor of a UN resolution, Anadolu reports. Bekir Bozdag reminded Trump’s statement in a […]
The UN General Assembly has voted to condemn the US designation of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Numerous international leaders and diplomats gave speeches prior to the vote at the 37th plenary meeting of […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’d al-Hussein has said that the killing of Palestinian double-amputee Abu Thurayeh is “incomprehensible,” citing his “severe disability, which must have been clearly visible to those who shot […]
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution rejecting the recent recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and his plans to move the American embassy to the […]
By Richard Falk With the deftness of a bull in a china shop, Donald Trump has ignored the advice of several close advisers, disregarded the fervent pleas of several of Israel’s closest Arab neighbors, ignored […]
A draft resolution rejecting the establishment of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem is expected to be voted on at the UN Security Council today. The move comes less than two weeks following the U.S. government […]
Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognize it as the capital of Palestine. […]
The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after US President Donald Trump recognized the […]
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