Category: Diplomacy

On Friday, the Israeli Supreme Court temporarily prevented the Israeli government from closing dozens of relief organizations operating in Gaza. The groups had filed a lawsuit challenging new Israeli rules…

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda revealed that her TikTok account, which had 1.4 million followers built over four years, was permanently deleted this week. She expressed frustration, saying she expected a…

The US House of Representatives has approved a $3.3 billion aid package for Israel as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act, fulfilling a 2016 agreement. Meanwhile, three new…

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey issued a joint statement Friday underscoring the indispensable role of the United Nations…

On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 5 resolutions in favor of Palestine, by an overwhelming majority. The first resolution, which called for providing assistance to Palestinian refugees, was…

Medical sources in Gaza Strip hospitals reported receiving 30 bodies of Palestinians killed inside concentration camps run by Israeli forces, whose bodies had been retained by Israeli authorities. The bodies…

United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres welcomed the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion reaffirming core obligations that, under international law, rest on Israel as the occupying power in the Occupied…

Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad confirmed that the movement and allied factions in Gaza have finalized all logistical arrangements for the release of Israeli captives, but accused Israel of deliberately…

Al Jazeera reports that meetings between mediators and the Palestinian delegation have just concluded, with mediators now meeting the Israeli delegation to obtain final answers on unresolved issues. According to…

At the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that Indonesia is ready to deploy 20,000 peacekeepers in Gaza. According to Anadolu News Agency, Prabowo stressed…

Thursday September 18th was the deadline set by the General Assembly for Israel to end its occupation of the territory of the State of Palestine. But the date passed with…

Israeli warplanes bombed the Qatari capital, Doha, on Tuesday, killing the 5 main members of the Palestinian negotiating team that was considering the latest ceasefire deal proposed by Donald Trump.…

from DropSite News: Hamas’s political leadership is reaffirming its willingness to make a deal that would see all Israeli captives released immediately in return for a ceasefire agreement that would…

by: Medea Benjamin, Code Pink One year ago, the UN General Assembly demanded that Israel must end its occupation of the Palestinian Territories within twelve months. The General Assembly voted,…

Yasemin Acar describes the drone that hovered over the Sumud Freedom Flotilla at midnight (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning) as a form of psychological warfare targeting the crew. The Sumud Flotilla set…

On August 29, the U.S. State Department denied visas to approximately 80 Palestinian officials, including President Abbas, citing “national security” concerns. |CBS: Palestinian president’s visa to the U.S. revoked ahead…

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has sparked widespread outrage following his declaration that the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital would be “tantamount to national…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced grave concern over Israel’s decision to occupy Gaza, describing the move as a dangerous escalation that could deepen the already dire humanitarian crisis facing millions…

At the conclusion of the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Question, jointly chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of France, the…

More than 100 international humanitarian organizations called on governments around the world to take immediate action to open all land crossings with the Gaza Strip, restore the full flow of…

In a rare diplomatic development, the United States has initiated official contact with Hamas, its first in decades, during ongoing ceasefire negotiations centered in Doha, marking a notable shift in…

South Africa’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusi Madonsela, condemned Israel’s continued practices that perpetuate occupation and genocide in the Gaza Strip, despite advisory opinions and provisional measures issued by the…

PCHR Stands in Full Solidarity with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and Condemns Shameful U.S Sanctions Against Her The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms…

From Quds News: Global shipping giant Maersk has temporarily stopped operations at Israeli-occupied Haifa port due to growing security threats tied to the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict. The Danish company made…

Efforts to secure a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas remain at an impasse, with wide gaps preventing progress despite recent diplomatic engagement, while civilian casualties in the devastated…

From Quds News: Egypt, one of the mediators in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, has reportedly received positive signals regarding a new ceasefire proposal that includes a transitional phase. Meanwhile, the…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Palestinian medics and rescue teams recovered 23 more bodies from the rubble in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the central Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Extent of systematic torture,…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the international community to urgently intervene to stop the Israeli occupation’s bombings of homes in Jenin and Tulkarm, to put an end…

On the sixh day of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, on Saturday January 25, the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas party, released 4 Israeli female soldiers who…

Celebrations erupted across the Gaza Strip Wednesday as the ceasefire agreement, negotiated for months by various international diplomats, was announced as finalized. Unlike the previous four times when a ceasefire…

According to diplomatic sources, the Hamas delegation that traveled to Cairo three days ago for ceasefire negotiations has agreed to the terms presented by the US and Israel for a…

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of bills that ban the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

Senior Lebanese sources have stated that a report about Hezbollah agreeing to separate the fronts are incorrect, as the official position of the party remains the same as announced by…

The new Egyptian intelligence chief, Hassan Rashad, proposed a “small” prisoner-swap deal that includes a two-week ceasefire in exchange for the release of five soldiers, followed by broad negotiations. He…

Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya voiced a plea to the nations of the world on Saturday to force Israel to end its assault…

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities around the world to condemn the ongoing Israeli aggression against the 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza…

On Saturday evening, Israeli Channel 12 disclosed the details of the “proposal” that was presented by the United States during the indirect negotiations in Doha, for a ceasefire in Gaza…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced Monday that his country will submit its file to The Hague this Wednesday, to join the genocide case filed against Israel at the International…

In a massive escalation against the Palestinian diplomatic effort and leadership, Israeli special forces on Wednesday assassinated the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, who had been leading the diplomatic effort…

A senior Hamas official informed Reuters on Saturday that the revised agreement proposal with Israel includes the initiation of discussions for the release of Israeli prisoners, both soldiers and civilians,…

Earlier this week, the Israeli military again targeted the family of the senior political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, killing ten civilians, including his elderly sister. This is the second…

Israel has signaled both acceptance and rejection of the ceasefire plan, as Netanyahu’s government hangs in the balance; number of bodies recovered in Jabaliya after Israel military’s departure rises to…

Munir Anastas, the Ambassador of Palestine to UNESCO, strongly denounced Israel’s ongoing actions of stealing valuable artifacts and demolishing cultural heritage sites during its violent conflict in the Gaza Strip.…

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) issued the following statement Tuesday, warning that Palestinians in Gaza are currently experiencing catastrophic hunger, and are on the verge of a completely…

Following the call for an arms embargo on Israel, passed by the United Nations’ top human rights body Friday, international observers have noted that Israel is losing diplomatic support worldwide,…

Israel should be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated in Gaza, according to the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution, passed on 5 April 2024.…

The following is a statement from the Israeli peace group Gush Shalom: In January, South Africa appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and charged Israel with state-led acts…

Egos, assumptions, denialism accompany passage of UN Security Council resolution; meanwhile, another confirmation of genocide by Israel; German support for UNRWA; air drop deaths; hospitals under siege; Israel’s “compliance” with…

A Reuters news report on March 9th found that Israeli troops in Gaza tortured United Nations employees to force them to make false confessions about involvement in the Palestinian resistance…

The US Representative at the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, made an eerie reference to a “Final Solution” in her remarks following the US veto of another resolution that would end…

On Monday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague began hearing a genocide case on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. According to Middle East Eye, “separate to…

By Adam Keller (shared by Gush Shalom) What made Hamas launch its devastating attack on October 7, precipitating the most terrible episode in this country’s century of conflict and bloodshed? The…

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…

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…

The World Health Organization has warned of the increasing risk of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip, many of which are preventable. Without access to hygiene and with the people…

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…

IsraelPalestineNews.org: Updates on truce and hostages, hospital, humanitarian, evacuation news, West Bank news, Israel Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here. For more news, go here and here. Live broadcast news from…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A group of Palestinian resistance fighters seized the body of an Israeli Druze man who had died in a car accident in the West Bank, believing him to be a…

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…

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…

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…

The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Othman Grandi, on Monday pledged his country’s readiness to provide support to the people of Palestine in the face of the ongoing Israeli aggression, particularly in…

BEIRUT, Sunday, April 17, 2022 (WAFA) -The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union condemned today the repeated storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation forces and settlers. In a statement, the pan-Arab…

Amnesty International: The Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Michael Lynk, has submitted a report to the Human Rights Council, concluding that the situation in…

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…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, February 01, 2022 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine welcomes the report by Amnesty International on Israel’s apartheid regime and racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people,…

Ben Gvir, far-right Israeli parliament member and follower of Jewish supremacist Meir Kahane was caught on video waving a gun at two Palestinian parking lot attendants and yelling slurs. Both…

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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…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, November 9, 2021 (WAFA) – The decision on 7 November of the Military Commander in the West Bank to declare by Military Orders six Palestinian human right and…

Al-Haq welcomes Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney’s strong and principled position regarding the Israeli designation of six Palestinian civil society organisations as “terror organisations”. On 19 October 2021, the Israeli…

Bombed building in Gaza (May 2021)-Image: Times of Gaza   By Eman Abusidu for Middle East Monitor A group of Turkish lawyers have filed a request with the Public Prosecutor…

Combatants For Peace: This week, the Combatants For Peace Movement (CFP), issued a call for action through its social media platforms calling people to support an open letter to United…

The Israeli Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday approved the seizure of a large area (200 dunams) in East Jerusalem to construct a colonial settlement in violation of international law and signed…

GENEVA, Thursday, August 12, 2021 (WAFA) – Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concern yesterday over arrests, harassment, criminalization, and threats targeting…

WASHINGTON DC, Friday, June 25, 2021 (WAFA) – 73 Democrats in the US House of Representatives have signed a letter urging US President Joe Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s…

An open letter the US Biden administration was published, Thursday, demanding the provision of basic human rights for the people of Palestine, with 680 signatures, the New Arab (Al-Araby) reports.…

American journalists have signed and are circulating an open letter calling on their peers and colleagues in the media community to start using consistent truth telling speech, rather than language…

The Irish Parliament has unanimously passed a motion condemning Israel’s colonial settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem as ‘de facto annexation’. The Palestinian National Authority has hailed this as…

The Egyptian government on Tuesday submitted to Israeli government officials and to representatives of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza a proposal for a ceasefire beginning 6 am Thursday morning. Hamas…

The United Nations issued a statement Sunday calling on the Palestinian Authority to set a date for the Palestinian elections to be held. This statement follows the announcement on Friday…

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 05, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestine today urged the Middle East International Quartet to pressure Israel into allowing elections for the legislative council planed on May 22 in…

NEW YORK, Thursday, March 25, 2021 (WAFA) – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said today that the ongoing Israeli settlement activities significantly damage prospects for…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: March 21, 2021: March 21 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It was first proclaimed in 1966 by the United Nations…

In advance of the Palestinian legislative elections in May 2021, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree ordering the respect of freedom of expression in the Palestinian Territories. He also…

The Spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rodeina, denounced the latest Israeli plan to build more than 2500 colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and described them as…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today pledged to legally pursue the US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman after he recognized the…

The Moroccan monarchy, which has illegally occupied its southern neighbor, Western Sahara, for the past thirty years, received a full endorsement for its illegal occupation from US President Donald Trump…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Paris-Geneva, 26 November 2020 – The United States (US) Secretary of State announced on 19 November, that the US State Department would designate as “anti-Semitic” organisations that engage…

Amnesty: 19 November 2020, 15:49 UTC Responding to the United States Department of State announcement designating the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as antisemitic and planning to identify organizations…

By Muhammad Hussein for Middle East Monitor The Deal: Israel and Hamas conduct a prisoner exchange following the Gilad Shalit deal struck a week earlier, releasing over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners…

A senior official in the City Council of occupied Jerusalem has reported that the United Arab Emirates is “very enthusiastic” about an “investment project” in East Jerusalem. The project has…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May…