UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Friday that recent measures taken by the far-right Israeli government are only fueling further violations and abuses of human rights, the official Palestinian news agency […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday asked Greece to vote in Israel’s favor at the United Nations, his office has revealed. The request was reportedly made during a meeting between Netanyahu and Greek Foreign […]
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, told the Security Council recently that he was “very concerned” about “unilateral initiatives” by the new Israeli government, noting that “the rule of law is at the heart of achieving […]
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, expressed deep alarm on Thursday, following Israel’s assault on the northern West Bank city of Jenin, which resulted in the killing of […]
The International Court of Justice confirmed on Friday that it officially received a request from the United Nations General Assembly to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian […]
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, called on the Israeli government to “fulfill its international obligations to ensure Palestinians can have safe access to education,” The Middle […]
Once more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will offer a legal opinion on the consequences of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. A historic United Nations vote on December 31 called on the ICJ to […]
An Extraordinary Open-ended Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Executive Committee was held on Tuesday to examine the continued Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque, at the request of the State of Palestine and […]
I admit to feeling an ironic mean-spirited satisfaction that Ken Roth had his appointment as Senior Fellow at the Carr Center of Human Rights of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government canceled. After serving for 29 […]
The Palestinian foreign minister said on Sunday that Israel revoked his travel permit, as a part of a series of punitive steps taken by Israel’s new government, The New Arab reported. Riyad al-Malki said in […]
Jared Kushner revealed in his memoirs that the Trump administration pressured Tunisian authorities to dismiss the former Tunisian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Moncef Baati, the Middle East Monitor reported. According to Kushner, the […]
The UN Security Council convened on Thursday for an emergency discussion in the aftermath of Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s provocative storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]
Brazil’s new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reaffirmed his support of the Palestinian struggle and an independent Palestinian state, the official news agency WAFA reported on Tuesday. According to the agency, the president expressed […]
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency session on Thursday to discuss Israel’s violation of the status quo in Jerusalem, and specifically, at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Riyad […]
The new Israeli government is preparing a package of sanctions against Palestinian authority, including the withdrawal of VIP cards granted to PA officials, Quds Press reported on Sunday. The planned Israel sanctions are a response […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made his country’s support for Israel at the UN contingent on the nation providing Kyiv with air defense systems, the news website Axios has claimed. After not receiving any firm […]
New Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday termed a UN General Assembly vote seeking the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s occupation of Palestine as “despicable”, Anadolu news agency reported. […]
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, the news agency Reuters reported. The […]
The Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly discussed on Thursday the program budget implications for the year 2023 for a draft resolution related to Israel’s practices in the Palestinian territories, the Middle East […]
UN experts condemned on Thursday Jewish settler violence and excessive use of force by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The UN experts slammed in a […]
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) welcomed on Thursday the adoption of a resolution by the UN General Assembly regarding the rights of Palestinians over their natural resources. In a statement, the Secretary of the Executive […]
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the world’s largest democratic institution is significant, if not a game changer. For nearly […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Gaza has recently been working on clearing a nature reserve in the Gaza Strip following investment from European countries, The New Arab reported. In a press statement, the […]
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said on Monday that she is “aware of the daily crimes committed against Palestinian children,” the Middle East Monitor reported. Gamba […]
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping affirmed on Friday his country’s support for Palestine’s efforts to gain full membership in the United Nations. “We firmly support the establishment of a fully sovereign […]
Tor Wennesland, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said on Friday that he was horrified by the scene of an Israeli soldier killing a Palestinian in the town of Hawwara, […]
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their lands in 1948, The New Arab reported. 90 states […]
As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel’s own nuclear weapons capabilities. Luckily, […]
Israel is considering blocking entry to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Israeli media reported. Albanese, who is planning on visiting […]
The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution affirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination by an overwhelming majority, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. 167 countries voted […]
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