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…

B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad speaks at a special UN Security Council meeting held in New York last Friday, October 14.

B’Tselem Director Addresses UN Security Council Meeting on Occupied West Bank Settlements

B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad spoke at a special UN Security Council meeting held in New York last Friday, October 14, to discuss the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The Security Council is the most important international forum dealing with the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and possibly the only one currently…