Former war crimes prosecutor David Crane, an American who was named only last month to lead a UN investigation into Israeli killings in Gaza this year, has resigned, the United Nations said. The UN said […]
Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank pending an appeal amid international opposition to the move. The court on Thursday extended a previous suspension of […]
The United Nations on Tuesday criticized Israel’s closure of its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip, warning that the measure could have severe negative consequences. UN is deeply concerned at the decision of the […]
By Ramona Wadi On Monday, Israeli lawyer Yuval Shany was appointed to chair the UN Human Rights Committee – a body of experts that monitors the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 1(1) […]
Israeli forces injured 35 people and arrested 10 others as they began to demolish their Bedouin village in a strategic part of the occupied West Bank, news website Arab48 reported on Wednesday, citing local residents […]
By Ramona Wadi There is a major flaw which is overlooked when discussing the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). On one hand, it shows the collaborative efforts of Israel and the […]
The UN General Assembly has adopted a nonbinding resolution condemning Israel’s use of ‘excessive force’ against Palestinian protesters in Gaza. A US amendment to condemn Hamas did not get enough support. BREAKING: The UN General […]
The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting next Wednesday to vote on a resolution on Gaza, the body’s president Miroslav Lajcak announced on Friday. #Palestine :Emergency #UN General Assembly meeting on #Gaza to […]
The United States, a major ally of Israel, vetoed a Kuwait-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution calling for the protection of Palestinian civilians. #US vetoes #UN resolution on protecting #Palestinians https://t.co/cMHhKsIyXH pic.twitter.com/PDUwQdvG6O — Al Arabiya […]
Washington will “unquestionably veto” a UN draft resolution calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said on the eve of a Security Council vote on Friday. […]
By Ramona Wadi Under US President Donald Trump, international organizations have become targets for repression and vehicles by which Israeli oppression is maintained. Following the financial restrictions it imposed upon the United Nations Relief and […]
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley received the wrong kind of welcome at the University of Houston, Texas, when she was met with chants accusing her of having blood on her hands and of […]
Israel has summoned the ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia and Belgium over their votes at a UN body calling for an international probe of the deadly shootings of dozens of Palestinians on the Gaza border, the […]
The United Nations’ top human rights body has voted to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces. A resolution calling on the UN […]
The UN human rights chief has slammed Israel’s deadly reaction to protests along the Gaza border as “wholly disproportionate”, backing calls for an international investigation. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein stopped short of explicitly using the words […]
A defiant US accused the UN Security Council of a “double standard” towards Israel, while other states united to condemn violence against Palestinians during the unrest that followed the American decision to relocate its embassy. […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The 2018 United Nations Security Council election will be held next June and Israel plans to run as a non-permanent member. El ministro palestino de Asuntos Exteriores, Riad al Maliki, aseguró […]
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor sent an urgent letter to Mr. Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, that called for sending a UN mission […]
The United Nations warned Israel of the repercussions of deporting Palestinian Bedouins from occupied East Jerusalem. UN asks Israel to stop displacement of Jerusalem Bedouins – https://t.co/qoGrjHZauc via @palinfoen #Palestine pic.twitter.com/CdK4VCAPCz — al whit (@soitiz) April […]
Hamas regrets the failure of the UN Security Council to condemn Israeli violence against unarmed Palestinians, the group said Saturday. The Palestinian resistance movement also condemned “U.S. positions that influenced barring UN resolutions in favor […]
By Iqbal Jassat In a remarkably fresh approach in resistance to Israel’s seven decades of colonialism, Palestinians have geared up to mobilize en masse in what has been dubbed as Great March of Return. Starting […]
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian “Great March of Return” has exposed the frailty of Israel’s fabricated narratives, yet once again the international community prefers to speak about “sides” in the conflict. As the planned march […]
According to UN OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) in the first half of March, Israeli forces killed three Palestinian Civilians, while over 500 Palestinians were injured. Just released our monthly […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened an exhibition at UN headquarters on Thursday about the alleged Jewish connection to the occupied city of Jerusalem. The idea for the exhibition originated with the Israeli Representative at […]
Asylum seekers held at Israel’s Holot detention facility began a hunger strike last night, reported Haaretz, to protest the jailing of seven Eritreans who refused to leave Israel. According to the newspaper, this is the […]
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