Category: International

The Palestinian Authority issued a statement condemning the countries that decided to pull their funding for the United Nations Refugee and Works Administration (UNRWA). This follows statements by 20+ international…

by: Mazin Qumsiyeh On the 26 of January 2024 (after 112 days of carnage), the International Court of Justice issued a decision/injunction with six provisional measures (available here) and will…

Biden admin (and Israel) still in denial about genocide in Gaza; Israeli bombardment in Gaza not slowing down; more white-flag deaths, open fire on people waiting for food; responses to…

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 (WAFA) – A U.S.-based Palestinian rights organization prevailed when the Supreme Court refused to take up a lawsuit brought by the Jewish National Fund (JNF)…

As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) met this weekend, more than 300 Palestinian sports clubs and dozens of major Palestinian civil society organizations launched a call to #BanIsrael from the…

The Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Ajith Sunghay, said that Israel is detaining Palestinians from Gaza on a broad…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews.org: Biden and Blinken forget about 24,000 dead; Palestinian journalist killed; desperate calls for more humanitarian aid; 5 West Bank deaths; Israeli slapped with “treason” allegation;…

100 days. and I feel numb. It started, this time, with something unusual. Something unheard of. We have become used, over the past 24 years of intifada suppression, to the…

An estimated 400,000 people gathered in Washington DC Saturday afternoon, traveling from all over the East Coast and Midwest to attend the rally and march for Palestine. It was the…

Derry, Ireland, January 13, 2024. For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  As Apartheid Israel continues pounding the captive and besieged people of Gaza with indiscriminate bombing and a full-scale invasion,…

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands has begun the first day of a two-day trial charging the Israeli government with genocide against the Palestinian people due to…

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators closed three vital bridges and a tunnel linking Manhattan to the rest of New York and its surrounding areas on Monday, in a coordinated move to…

2023 will be remembered for its last 3 months, when tens of thousands of Gazans were massacred with the blessing of the US government, when the world watched a “live-streamed…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineTimeline: Sanders resolution could begin the march toward accountability in Israel; devastating Gaza hospital news; another journalist killed; what really happened on October 7th – in…

12 essential facts for understanding the current Israel-Gaza violence If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestinetimeline.org: The links in the text give more information and sources; additional information and sources are in…

On 14 December, heavy Israeli bombardments from air, land, and sea across Gaza continued, especially in Jabalya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Between the afternoons…

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday morning New York time to discuss the catastrophic situation in Gaza. The US vetoed a resolution put forward by the United…

Just before the four day truce was set to end on Monday, the international negotiating team was able to secure an agreement for an additional two days. During the four…

In London on Saturday, one million people came out in support of a Free Palestine. This is the largest march the UK has ever had in support of Palestinian liberation,…

GENEVA (23 October 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called for a broad humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. He also called on the parties to the…

The following is a summary of news for October 20th, 2023 – the 14th day of the Israeli assault on Gaza and the West Bank (compiled by israelpalestinenews.org). Palestinian death…

WASHINGTON, Monday, October 16, 2023 (WAFA) – Police said that a man from the state of Illinois in the United States last night stabbed a Palestinian-American child 26 times and…

AMMAN, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 (WAFA) – Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)), said today that the Israeli measures in Masafer Yatta in the south of the occupied West…

LONDON, Tuesday, July 18, 2023 (WAFA) – Amid a serious rise in attacks on frontline health workers in the occupied West Bank this year, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, June 28, 2023 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine is appalled by the decision of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to, once again, omit the Israeli occupation…

NEW YORK, Wednesday, June 28, 2023 (WAFA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Russia’s military forces to his annual “list of shame” of parties to armed conflict who…

RAMALLAH, Monday, May 22, 2023 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today condemned Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, the latest of which was the storming this…

Derry, Ireland, May 15, 2023: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  Large crowds gathered throughout Ireland over the past few days to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’ when…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in…

GENEVA, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 (WAFA) – World Council of Churches general secretary Jerry Pillay today condemned an attack by Jewish extremists that took place in the Church of Gethsemane,…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (WAFA) – Eight-eight Palestinian, regional and international civil society organizations welcomed the announcement by the Barcelona City Council to suspend all institutional relations with apartheid…

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 13, 2023 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today said it rejects what it described as Israel’s “criminal” decision to expand its colonial settlement…

TEL AVIV, Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (WAFA) – Twelve human rights organizations in Israel have deplored recent statements by European Union High Representative Josep Borrell regarding Amnesty International’s report “Israel’s…

BRUSSELS, Monday, January 23, 2023 (WAFA) – Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said Israel should pay compensation for destroying European Union-funded structures in the occupied West Bank. Speaking to reporters…

Derry City, Ireland.  December 31, 2022: for IMEMC NEWS, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  Vigils were held across Ireland on New Year’s Eve to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Israeli ‘Operation…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued the following statement after the formation of the fanatic, the extreme right-wing Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also…

By Alison Weir: Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $500 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of billions of…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, December 18, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities have expelled French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hammouri to France after he had been detained without charges or trial since March, said…

The Israeli government has decided to refuse visas and deny entry to the newly appointed personnel of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the…

Derry City, Ireland. November 29, 2022: for IMEMC NEWS, Niall Ó Brolcháin: A large crowd was in attendance on Tuesday, November 29 at Guildhall Square, Derry, Ireland, for a vigil…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The Prisoners’ Affairs Commission today called for ICRC to intervene immediately to end the ban on family visits for prisoners in Israeli jails.…

Al-Haq: On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, welcoming him in his…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the Australian government’s decision to reverse the decision taken by the previous government recognizing…

The family of slain Palestinian-American elder, Omar Abul-Majid As’ad, 80, who was killed by Israeli soldiers invading a village north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah after they…

Family members of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces in May, were invited to the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday August 31  to…

In an unprecedented ruling against free speech and the right to boycott, a judge in the United States ruled this week that the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream company can…

GENEVA (24 August 2022) – UN experts* today condemned Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli army broke into the offices of…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 (WAFA) – The Department of Human Rights and Civil Society in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) today called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations,…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, July 12, 2022 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed this night a statement issued earlier on Tuesday by nine European Union countries rejecting…

GENEVA, Saturday, July 9, 2022 (WAFA) – In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on July 8th, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca appealed for Biden’s attention…

Al-Haq Human Rights Organization: During the 50th session of the Human Rights Council taking place from 13 June – 8 July 2022, Al-Haq, along with Palestinian Civil Society Organizations (‘CSOs’),…

The now-released US State Department report on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh makes the absurd claim that the evidence is ‘inconclusive’ regarding who killed Shireen. But the United Nations…

Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision charity, ignoring compelling facts: the total budget for 10 years was under $23 million; El Halabi’s alleged…

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, welcomed the Catalonian Parliament’s decision recognizing Israel as guilty of apartheid against the Palestinian people. Dr. Barghouthi said the Catalonian…

BDS Movement: In a historical vote on Thursday, 16th of June, the Parliament of Catalonia recognized Israel as committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people and demanded to…

BDS Movement: Indigenous Palestinians call on documentary filmmakers to show meaningful solidarity with our struggle The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) – a founding…

PARIS, June 16, 2022 (WAFA) – The French Foreign Ministry is mobilizing all its powers to provide Palestinian-French prisoner Salah Hammouri with all possible assistance, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry,…

Human Rights Watch: Undue Interference with Rights to Free Expression and Assembly. This week, Palestinians and their supporters across the globe marked Nakba Day, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Ref: 51/2022 – Date: 1 May 2022: Time: 10:00 GMT:  The first of May is celebrated annually worldwide as the International Workers’ Day in…

WASHINGTON, Monday, April 25, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestinian-American Hala Gabriel, a production finance executive at the American TV and film production company (Netflix) described Israel as a racist colonial state…

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, said the Thursday shootings in Tel Aviv demonstrate Israeli security and political failures and the failure of its apartheid wall.…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 06, 2022 (WAFA) – Foreign Minister Riyad Malki today welcomed the adoption of two resolutions on Palestine by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms statements made yesterday by the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, regarding his support for Jewish settlement crimes in…

Derry, Ireland, March 30, 2022: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin: Several events have taken place in Derry, Ireland to show solidarity between Ireland and Palestine. The Palestinian Return Centre,…

GENEVA (25 March 2022) – A UN expert called today on the international community to accept and adopt the findings in his current report, echoing recent findings by Palestinian, Israeli, and international…

Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, Theodosios Atallah Hanna, denounced the international double standards and the immorality of many regimes condemning the war in Ukraine…

WASHINGTON, Sunday, March 20, 2022 (WAFA) – The Massachusetts-based Harvard Law School has recognized Israel as an apartheid regime, joining an array of organizations labeling Israel as such for its…

Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, denounced the media use of the so-called “Christian-Zionism,” affirming that true Christian Churches and Christianity as a…

March 11, 2022: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI): These trips serve to present Israel in a positive light, whitewashing its regime of military occupation,…

On February 23, 2022, senior officials from the Global Ministries released a letter entitled “Compelled to Witness” declaring Israel an apartheid state. The letter from the North American Christian Mission…

LONDON, Saturday, February 26, 2022 (WAFA) – Former leader of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has called on his country to immediately and unconditionally recognize the State of Palestine.…

Depending on which candidates win the Republican and Democratic primaries in Nevada on June 14th, there’s a possibility that Israel partisan David Brog could face off against grassroots Democrat Amy Vilela, who…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 (WAFA) – Strengthening the Palestinian digital economy will require the Government of Israel to remove current restrictions and to allocate the needed spectrum for Palestinian…

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the occupied Palestinian territories, the World Bank announced, on Saturday, its supplementary contribution to the Palestinian Authority for essential health services, the…

The Austrian government signed, on Thursday, a treaty with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the…

Report By Amnesty International: Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report. The investigation details…

If Americans Knew: Our Senators and House members vote to give Israel billions of our tax dollars every year. Therefore, they have a moral obligation to learn what they are…

January 28, 2022: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A large crowd gathered at the iconic Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Derry City, Ireland, as the Derry…

SHEFFIELD, Saturday, January 29, 2022 (WAFA) – Sheffield Hallam University has reinstated Palestinian Ph.D. student lecturer and activist Shahd Abu Salama, suspended from work after she was targeted by pro-Israel…

Israel partisans want a $1 billion handout from Congress on top of the almost $4 billion it already gets – but Israel spends American money recklessly and ruthlessly. Stop funding…

By Chris MacManus MEP: Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has demanded the European Commission releases documents linked to the suspension of EU funds to Palestinian NGOs. The funds were suspended because…

Early Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers detained, blindfolded, handcuffed & beat 80-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad. They claim they left him alive in a building that was under construction. He died…

RAMALLAH, Monday, January 10, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestine today summoned a Dutch diplomat over Netherlands’ decision to pull funding from a Palestinian civil society organization. Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry…

In a report filed Saturday in Liberation magazine by Reem Zubaidi, the author explains that new information has come to light about the assassination of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American human…

NEW YORK, Friday, December 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Some 156 member states of the UN General Assembly have voted in favor of a resolution affirming the sovereignty of the Palestinian…

The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions – UK: Shocking pictures and film footage of JCB bulldozers demolishing a Palestinian property were projected in English and Arabic on to a wall…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is presenting a plan to expand settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan, including two new settlements and the creation of a “Special Committee” aimed at…

On Tuesday, December 7th, 2021, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gave a briefing to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People…

By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle: The Belgian government’s decision on November 25 to label products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it will ultimately prove ineffectual.…

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As Americans plan holiday meals and bake Christmas cookies, let’s be aware of the Palestinians who have been on hunger strikes – some for well over 100 days – just…

November 29, 2021: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A large crowd gathered as the Derry Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a vigil at 6pm in…

By Marcos Tenório Sayid for Middle East Monitor On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. Nakba, meaning “catastrophe”,…

The government of Belgium has decided to label all products from the illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, an issue that prompted Israel’s Deputy Foreign Ministers, Idan Roll,…

A pivotal bill was recently introduced in the Finnish parliament that would prohibit all merchandise imported from the illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, the Jerusalem Press reported.…

By Ramzy Baroud for Palestine Chronicle: The revelation, a few years ago, that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been conducting mass surveillance on millions of Americans has reignited the…

Ramallah – WAFA:  Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Malki praised today the overwhelming vote by the United Nations General Assembly in favor of two draft resolutions that…

Theodosius (Attallah) Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, stated that the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves and to act on protecting their…