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The Gaza reconstruction plan is hostage to Israeli security demands, and was drawn up without participation of Gaza’s population or Hamas. International donors talk about “accountability” and “local ownership”, yet…
The British government stated, on Monday, that it will review arms export licenses to Israel, to ensure that the use of such weapons does not contravene international law.Britain reviewed, in…
Israeli officials, on Tuesday, mocked US concerns about the controversial new ‘Jewish State’ bill that was issued on Sunday, with the cabinet set to vote on and approve it Wednesday,…
Defense for Children International – Palestine has published a video analysis, conducted by Forensic Architecture, which identifies the Israeli soldier who shot and killed 17-year-old Nadim Nowarah six months ago,…
No one takes US ‘peace plan’ efforts seriously anymore – the Amman meetings were proof of that.US Secretary John Kerry met in Amman with King Abdullah, PM Netanyahu, and PA…
After refusing to cooperate with a one UN committee, Jerusalem has reportedly agreed to work with another, so long as certain conditions are met.According to the PNN, Israeli newspaper Haaretz…
Divestment organizers at UCLA, representing a wide coalition of students from all backgrounds and sectors of campus, celebrated a milestone victory for social justice with the passage of ‘A Resolution…
A student-led movement taking shape on U.S. college campuses have seen a growing number of young activists organizing around solidarity with Palestine.Al Ray correspondence reports that Students for Justice in…
The European Union is considering sanctions against Israel, should the regime continue with illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank, hindering the two-state solution, Israeli media reported on Sunday.According to…
US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Amman, Thursday, with Israeli PM Netanyahu and the King Abdullah II of Jordan, to discuss the rising tension in Jerusalem, while Arab…
VOA reported, today, that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was scheduled to meet with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan, Thursday.State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, according to the…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced the formation of an internal panel to investigate specified incidents which happened in the Gaza Strip between July 8th and August 26th ,…
Over 1,000 Palestinians will be granted scholarship programs in various disciplines in Venezuela, said Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. The Venezuelan government decided to expand the “Yasser Arafat Scholarship Program” from…
Last August, the UK based Israeli artist Idit Elia Nathan inscribed 1484 of the names of Palestinians killed in the Gaza attack at that time onto a white sheet. The…
PNN correspondence revealed, on Thursday, that the UN has decided to deduct $30m worth of ‘administrative costs’ from the aid donated for reconstructing the Gaza Strip.An Egyptian official, speaking on…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced, today, a U.S. contribution of $100 million in budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to an official press release.WAFA…
The ruling party in France has called on French authorities to officially recognize the Palestinian statehood, that they might reach a final settlement over the current conflict with Israel, parliamentary…
According to recent Israeli and UK media releases, US President Barack Obama has threatened to drop the veto at the United Nations Security Council.The United States has a long history…
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, on Sunday, urged the international community and, in particular, the European Union (EU), to speed-up the implementation of the reconstruction plan for Gaza. Members of…
In the wake of the 50-day Israeli assault that devastated the Gaza Strip, reconstruction must not be the only priority, according to the nonprofit organization Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights.…
Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Margot Wallstrom, today, said she would be ‘happy’ to send Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman some IKEA furniture.PNN reports that Wallstrom’s comments, made during a recent CNN…
After the Swedish government officially recognized the state of Palestine Thursday, Israeli officials announced the withdrawal of the Israeli ambassador from the northern European nation.The recognition by Sweden’s newly elected…
UNRWA Official Press Release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has announced that she is donating 50,000 US dollars to rebuild an UNRWA school damaged during the recent fighting in…
The Executive Board of UNESCO has approved, upon its 195th session, the recommendation of Jordan and Palestine to redefine Israel, according to international law, as an occupying power.According to Al…
Egyptian authorities continue to block Rafah crossing for the fifth day in a row, now, following a recent attack by armed militants in the Sinai desert.A deadly assault occured in…
The indirect ceasefire talks with Israel, which were to resume on Monday, in Cairo, have been postponed until the second half of November, according to the head of the Palestinian…
American White House announced Thursday that National SecurityGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & agencies, May 7, 2004 As a move to end the U.S. ban on meeting Palestinian officials, American White House announced…
renewed American effort to establish ties with the PalestinianGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 8, 2004 State Department official David Satterfield said on Friday that renewed American effort to establish ties…
A group of protesters gathered outside the ‘Hummus House’ restaurant in Washington DC earlier this week to denounce the company’s ties to the Israeli army. Customers, including one man wearing…
On Monday, October 27th, indirect negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli delegations will resume in Cairo, in order to address the possibility of a lasting ceasefire between the discrepant parties.Israel’s devastating…
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign congratulated, today, Seanad Éireann on passing a motion calling on the Irish Government to formally recognize the State of Palestine.The motion, which was tabled by Sen.…
A very special concert featuring Declan O’Rourke, Paddy Casey and Brian Kennedy, with support from Mark Dignam, in solidarity with children in the Gaza Strip took place in Kinvara, Ireland,…
Basketball fans joined with human rights supporters in several U.S. towns to call for a boycott of Israeli sports teams, and to challenge what they call a ‘public relations tour’…
Excerpts from an open letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, by Kali Rubaii for Friends of Sabeel—North America:In early September, I accompanied an Iraqi friend to the United Nations…
The Joint Council of the Union of Academic Workers – UAW 2865, a body made up of 83 elected officers who oversee the affairs of the 13,000 member-strong student-worker union…
Big words were used in this latest dispute about Israel’s public announcement concerning construction of 2610 new housing units in Givat Hamatos. A US spokesperson said the decision would “distance…
A week after the Cairo conference and the recent visits to Gaza by the Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah and UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, UNRWA is scaling up its…
The website of the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) is back online after the Palestinian news service, under the auspices of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People, was…
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that Bradford-West MP George Galloway will not be charged over a speech in made in Leeds, this past August, which asserted that Bradford…
The Government of India has pledged $4 million in contributions to the Palestinian National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, designed by the Palestinian Authority, according to a Thursday…
The unprecedented harassment of independent media and journalists continues as the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) has been targeted by a DOS attack. The independent news agency’s website was…
Israeli media reported, today, that PM Benjamin Netanyahu tried to convince UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to eliminate the international investigation regarding the latest Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.According to…
Egyptian authorities deported 68 Palestinians back to Gaza, yesterday, after they attempted to migrate from Alexandria to Europe.The migrants were found in the Mediterranean port city by security forces and…
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Your Excellency President Abdel Fattah Al Sissi President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Your Excellency Mr. Børge Brende, Minister of…
Dr. Mads Gilbert (b. June 2, 1947) is a Norweigan doctor who struggled and insisted to enter Gaza during the recent Israeli Assault last July, the Palestinian News Network reports.…
British Parliament voted in favor of a non-binding motion for official recognition of the state of Palestine, Monday.Haaretz daily newspaper reports that the vote was decided by a majority of…
United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced, on Monday, $414 million in US assistance to the Palestinians.This will include more than $212 million that will be delivered through USAID,…
Global donors pledged several billions of dollars in aid to the devastated Gaza Strip, on Sunday, despite warnings that the coastal enclave remained a ‘tinderbox’, following Israel’s relentless bombardament of…
A delegation of Palestinian officials left the West Bank for Jordan, en route to Cairo, early Saturday, to participate in the previously scheduled international donor conference for the Gaza Strip.…
The government of Ecuador recently announced that a second cargo load of humanitarian aid was brought to the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.According to the RIA Novosti news site, Ecuadorian authorities…
The US State Department asserted, on Thursday, that Israel must contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction, following the devastating assault on the besieged coastal enclave, this past summer.WAFA Palestinian News & Info…
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherni, says that the European Union will have an important role in Gaza’s reconstruction process.According to Al Ray Palestinian…
The Japanese Government issued a statement, on Tuesday, denouncing the recent Israeli decision to build 2600 additional units in Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Israel’s…
A high-ranking Bulgarian official, on Monday, condemned new Israeli settlement plans and confirmed that his country would be attending the Gaza reconstruction conference.Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Poriazov confirmed that…
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) welcomed the Swedish recognition of Palestine as a state, in coherence with International Law and all related Unites Nations resolutions.Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the…
As Jewish congregations around the world gathered this past week to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the members of one synagogue, located near Atlanta, Georgia were subjected to…
US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki stated, Friday, that international recognition of a Palestinian State is “premature,’ alleging the United States supports the establishment of Palestinian State only “through negotiations.”Her…
The European Union condemned, on Friday, the Israeli plan to build 2610 new units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem, and called on Tel Aviv to reverse its plan…
The French government slammed the latest Israeli decision to build 2610 homes in Givat HaMatos illegal Jewish settlement, south of occupied East Jerusalem, and called on Tel Aviv to void…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority would go ahead with its plan to join the International Criminal Court, should the Palestinian UN Security Council bid for setting…
Executive PLO member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi responded to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent UN address by saying that he blatantly manipulated the facts in comparing Hamas with the ‘Islamic State’…
Member of the Central Committee of the Fateh movement Azzam al-Ahmad said the Palestinian bid for ending the Israeli occupation would be submitted to the United Nations Security Council within…
Members of the Palestinian UN General Assembly in New York received rejection status from the US, Britain and Australia, with regard to the recognition of a Palestinian state based on…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council for its refusal to accept Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, saying that it encouraged resistance…
Alison Weir Counterpunch September 29, 2014 An article in Middle East Quarterly, a pro-Israel publication, reports that support for Israel is eroding among American evangelical Christians, with only 30 percent…
The Steering Committee of the United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network, on Sunday, called on the United Church of Christ Board, United Church of Christ Pension Boards, United Church…
The United States and Tel Aviv strongly denounced the Friday speech of President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly calling for ending the ongoing Israeli occupation and violations, dubbing…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, during a speech at the United Nations’ 69th annual General Debate, on Friday, that a return to direct negotiations was impossible and accused Israel of…
A resolution proposed by 18 Arab member states, expressing concern about Israel’s nuclear arsenal was defeated again, on Thursday, at the annual general conference of the UN’s International Atomic Energy…
Following successive ongoing international campaigns to achieve boycott divestment and sanctions on Israel in different countries around the world, especially in colleges, the Israeli government is now acting on an…
During his speech at the United Nations, on Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intends to present a bid aiming at setting a timeline for ending Israel’s illegitimate occupation, and establishing…
The rival Palestinian political factions of Hamas and Fateh reached a ‘comprehensive’ agreement, on Thursday, to implement the return of their unity government in Gaza, after just two days of…
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) began an extraordinary session, Wednesday morning, with the aim of addressing Israel’s crimes during the latest aggression on the Gaza Strip.Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Both the Hamas and Fateh Palestinian political movements met in Cairo, on Wednesday, with the aim of fully implementing a reconciliation agreement signed in April, according to Egyptian officials.Ma’an News…
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has urged the donor community to step up its opposition to the planned transfer of thousands of Bedouins, from the central areas…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, in New York on Tuesday. Abbas thanked President Morales for Bolivia’s solidarity and political action taken on the…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that he intends to submit, Friday, a resolution calling for a three-year timetable for the Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank, after his scheduled…
Indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians, with the aim of consolidating the Gaza truce are set to resume in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, two days following new reconciliation negotiations between…
The Egyptian government has denied recent media reports which have surfaced in regard to their refusal to host Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo.In a formal statement, on Saturday, the Egyptian…
An international campaign, calling for releasing 73 ex-detainees of Shalit prisoner swap deal, is set to be launched today, at the meeting of Human Rights Council of the United Nations.The…
According to bdsmovement.net, the Union of European Football Associations has rejected an Israeli bid to host games during the 2020 European Championships. Meanwhile, an Israeli court has extended the arrest…
Three Gazans who made the journey to Greece, following extremely risky sea trips, say that the fate of many of their on-board companions is still unknown.Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency…
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has expressed a refusal to cooperate with the fact-finding mission with regard to the recent Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip coordinated by the Human Rights…
In an exclusive interview with PNN English, co-founder of Ads Against Apartheid, Richard Colbath-Hess describes the goals and importance of his work, as it calls US public attention to the…
The United Nations has brokered a deal on imports of construction materials into the Gaza Strip ‘to ensure they will not be diverted by Hamas’, Mr. Robert Serry, UN envoy…
Three Palestinian survivors of ship which sunk near Malta arrived have safely in the country after Panamanian trade ships came to their rescue.According to Ma’an, Palestinian ambassador in Malta, Jubran…
Hopefully this is just the beginning of a world-wide campaign against Zim and all other Israeli shipping, until Israel reconsiders its policy of blocking all shipping to and from Gaza.11…
42 international organizations, including groups based in both Palestine and Israel, are calling on world leaders to put a halt to plans by the Israeli state to forcibly transfer thousands…
The United States government has reportedly threatened the Palestinian Authority (PA) with economic sanctions if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continue to insist on presenting his plan for the end of…
Human Rights Watch says that Israel is likely to have committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, this just a day after the army announced that five criminal investigations were…
The Palestinian Embassy in Germany has reported that 42 Palestinian children, wounded during Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, arrived in the country for medical treatment in a number of…
Israeli forces, during the recent offensive on the the Gaza Strip, used one of UNRWA’s schools in the region as a military base, according to a UN offical. Leila Zerrougui,…
The story of 4-year-old Shima is surely as horrifying as that of any child who lived through the recent conflict in Gaza. Listening to the details recounted by her father,…
Pernille Ironside, Chief of the UNICEF field office in Gaza has staed that “UNICEF and its partners will be playing a full part in the longer-term reconstruction of schools and…
Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Pierre Krähenbühl, at the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, declared that Israel should stand accountable for its violations…
“The World Health Organization (WHO) appeals for US $40 million for medicines and medical supplies for the Ministry of Health in Gaza has achieved a response rate of 45%, considering…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a new three-day visit to Cairo this weekend, is scheduled to attend a meeting with foreign ministers of the Arab League. In addition, a delegation…
In a speech to be delivered tomorrow (Sunday), to Arab League Foreign Ministers in Cairo, UNRWA’s Commissioner General, Pierre Krahenbuhl, will ask for 47 million dollars for 4 weeks emergency…
US permanent representative to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has implied that Washington will block any resolution in the Security Council to pass Palestinian initiatives which aims to end the…
More than 22 thousand, including individuals and organizations from different parts of the world, have signed an online petition against the nomination of Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada,…