U.S. Bans Visas for PA Ahead of UN General Assembly; ‘Trump Is an Enemy of Palestine’

The US State Department announces on Friday 29, that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying and revoking visas from Palestinian officials including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of next month’s United Nations General Assembly in New York. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on September 26, 2024, called on the world to stop providing…

UN Human Rights Office Issues Damning Report on Israeli Attacks on Gaza hospitals

UN Human Rights Office report on Tuesday, December 31, condemned deadly Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, saying they had devastated the Palestinian occupied territory health system and raised serious concerns about Israel’s compliance with international law. The appalling destruction wrought by the Israeli military’s attacks on the Kamal Adwan hospital last Friday – leaving…

Israel Has Banned the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, 14 Arrested During Protest in Jlm

Israel’s parliament has voted on Monday evening, October 28, to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. The Knesset passed two bills; one barring UNRWA from activity within Israel, and another banning Israeli…

UN Humanitarian Official Says a Ceasefire is Needed in Gaza

A top United Nations humanitarian official on Sunday offered a grim assessment of Israel’s war in Gaza as the world marked International Human Rights Day. In a statement, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Lynn Hastings condemned Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel but said Israel’s ongoing response in Gaza was disproportionate.…

Racially inciting graffiti in Hebron nearby to Israel’s Kiryat Arba settlement

Palestinian Officials Condemn Plans for Settlement Expansion

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Wednesday evening, January 25, that Israel’s governmental plans to build 2,500 housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank would have “major and dangerous consequences.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman approved plans for the construction on Tuesday, with Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting…

The Security Council adopted resolution 2334 (2016), last week, reiterating its demand that Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem. The vote on the resolution was 14 in favor, with one member, the United States, abstaining.

Palestinians Urge Security Council to Take Steps to Follow Up 2334

Palestine’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, called Friday, December 30, on the Security Council to take immediate follow-up steps to insure tangible results from its anti-settlement resolution 2334. The resolution, which condemns Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and calls upon Israel to halt all such activities, was adopted…