Category: International News

On Wednesday, during its 221st session held in Paris, UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously adopted two resolutions concerning Palestine: “Occupied Palestine” and “Cultural and Educational Institutions.” These resolutions are pivotal in…

On Wednesday, Jewish students at Columbia University in New York having chained themselves to the university gates in protest against the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Meanwhile, at Harvard…

Legal Actions and Legislation Limiting Pro-Palestinian Speech Significant actions include Anti-Boycott Laws in 37 states penalizing boycotts of Israel, federal bills introduced to restrict pro-Palestinian groups, and widespread legislative attempts…

Jewish Insider says that the prospect that Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie may run for US Senate “is already generating fierce opposition from the local and national Jewish community.” Among these…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff The ministry of health in Gaza said in a statement that on Wednesday 30 bodies were retrieved from under the rubble, one person…

IsraelPalestineNews Notes: To read about how Israel partisans such as Alan Dershowitz and the Zionist Organization of America worked to censor the Al Jazeera exposé film The Lobby USA: IAKN.org/TheLobbyCensored…

The Palestinian film “No Other Land” has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 97th Academy Awards. The documentary highlights the suffering of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, south…

RAMALLAH, March 2, 2025 (WAFA) – Qamat for Documenting the Palestinian Struggle announced on Sunday that the documentary film “Delayed Retrieval”—directed by Abdallah Mutan, a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention,…

In a statement, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, has called for urgent international action against Israeli violations in the occupied West…

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…

The BBC is the most-visited news site on the internet today, and calls itself “the world’s most trusted international news provider.”  But can we count on it to tell the…

By Alison Weir, If Americans Knew On November 12th I received a sudden visit at my home from two FBI agents. As I posted in a tweet. FBI agents suddenly…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, condemn in the strongest terms as a deliberate and egregious…

On Monday, the Executive Council of UNESCO, during its eighth extraordinary session, adopted a resolution by a significant majority to support the educational activities of the United Nations Relief and…

Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is planning to travel to Washington for meetings with U.S. security officials, despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. As non-member…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 38 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza Saturday, according to medical sources. In northern Gaza, more than 2,300 Palestinians have…

The UN’s humanitarian coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territories, Muhannad Hadi, has issued a warning about the potential halt of crucial aid deliveries across Gaza, which include vital food, water,…

On Saturday dawn, fanatic illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers cut down dozens of olive trees in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.…

Updated: On Saturday, fanatic illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by soldiers, attacked homes and injured one Palestinian in Beit Furik town, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff The Gaza ministry of health reported Thursday that Israel committed five massacres of families in the last 24 hours, resulting in 71 deaths and 176…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence urged states party to the Rome Statute to adhere to and implement the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli…

On November 21, 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. They are accused of committing war…

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian near Hebron and caused many others to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Media…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff BREAKING: The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for…

The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices stated that “Israel’s war on Gaza conforms to the characteristics of genocide with the large number of victims and the life-threatening…

On Wednesday, the United Nations Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) approved a draft resolution titled “Permanent Sovereignty of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem,…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff  It’s genocide and starvation as usual throughout Gaza. Another journalist killed by Israeli forces in Gaza Israeli forces have killed yet another Palestinian journalist in…

In the coming days, Qatari mediators are set to meet with Hamas leaders to present the proposals discussed at the Doha Summit. The objective is to ascertain whether Hamas is…

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…

Israel’s expansion of airstrikes to its northern neighbors, Lebanon and Syria, continued with renewed bombing of civilian areas in both countries on Wednesday. Israeli occupation aircraft launched a series of…

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…

A weaponized drone from Lebanon on Sunday night bombed an Israeli military base south of Haifa, killing 4 and wounding 60 – all of them active duty Israeli military. According…

Israeli occupation forces have seized control of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli government plans to…

The images of the past year are seared into my memory. The worst one I remember was the image of what was left of a body that got completely smashed…

NEW YORK, October 2, 2024 (WAFA) – Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Wednesday renewed their support to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel declared him “persona non…

The Israeli occupation aircraft carried out dozens of raids on Wednesday targeting the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut and cities and towns in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa.…

Following the three days of mourning after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, a barrage of rockets hit targets in Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel on…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff  In war-battered Gaza, Israeli forces killed 36 Palestinians in the past 24 hours. A major Israeli air strike on a school in the Jabalia refugee…

Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad announced on Monday evening that 356 Lebanese people were killed and more than 1246 others were injured, as a result of intensive Israeli airstrikes on…

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…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff  At least 48 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, with nine children among the victims, according to medics.…

“We are all culpable,” Matt Nelson said before lighting himself on fire. This is the third such incident in a year. By Michael Arria ,  Mondoweiss   On Wednesday night a…

In Gaza, airstrikes continue, food rations drop, polio threat grows; in Israel, calls to punish not the rapists, but the one who filmed them, to make rape of Palestinian prisoners…

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…

Forget a 10-month genocide in Gaza. Only when Israel can exploit the deaths of Syrians living under its military occupation are we supposed to start worrying about the ‘consequences’ of…

Listen to article: Haniyeh lived in Qatar… Israel’s choice to specifically kill him in Iran had several results: ended efforts to improve U.S.- Iran relations, closed the window for addressing…

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…

2 million Gazans are squeezed into 20% of their land, as Israeli bombers and snipers keep killing; UNICEF vehicles hit by Israeli gunfire; peace activists arrested in US Capitol; Israeli…

IsraelPalestineNews: The International Court of Justice just handed down a momentous ruling about Israeli occupation and Palestinian rights. Here are the highlights, some helpful analysis, and reactions from key players.…

UN Press Release: Humanitarian Situation in Gaza ‘a Moral Stain on Us All’, Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Stressing International Law Must Be Respected by All  Following are UN Secretary-General António…

Public service announcement for folks out there who are indignant about the fact that “Hamas started this trouble, and now Hamas wants to be rewarded with a state.” by Kathryn…

Israel has carried out thousands of massacres; Gaza pier in trouble again; Blinken pledges $400m in aid (while doing nothing to stop carnage); US intelligence-sharing with Israel may be getting…

NEW YORK, Thursday, June 06, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations today held the annual memorial service for 188 staff members who lost their lives in the line of duty…

Elina Valtonen, the Foreign Minister of Finland, has urged Israel to uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and abide by international humanitarian law. Speaking on “X”…

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.…

NEW YORK, Friday, May 24, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced that he would transmit the ICJ ruling on the Israeli aggression on Rafah to…

Just two weeks after banning Al Jazeera, the largest media network in the Arab world, and the main one reporting live from Gaza, Israeli forces are now trying to shut…

The Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, said on Monday that his office had applied for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed…

from mondoweiss.net As Israel presses on its persecution of civilians in Gaza, the good news is that a strong movement has emerged in the United States against the genocide, and this movement is…

GENEVA, (WAFA) – United Nations experts today condemned US and Israeli threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a press release, the UN experts “expressed utter dismay over statements made…

RAMALLAH, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in the United Nations General Assembly affirming the right…

In an unprecedented move for the United States, which is by far the largest weapons supplier to the state of Israel, the US State Department stopped the shipment of a…

The Israeli government officially banned the region’s largest news agency on Sunday — and the only news agency that provides consistent coverage in Arabic and English about internal Israeli politics…

Palestinian journalists covering Gaza have been named as laureates of the 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an International Jury of media professionals. The Award…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (WAFA) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced during the annual Labor Day celebrations in the capital Bogota that his country will break diplomatic ties with…

Another shameless moment for Blinken, even as he reveals a long list of Israeli human rights abuses; over 300 Gazan bodies discovered in mass graves; Israel prepping for invasion of…

Outlier US says No to Palestinian statehood; Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Dems vote to advance $26 billion for Israel to House floor; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 18, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency has strongly condemned the United States’ use of its veto power in the UN Security Council, effectively preventing Palestine from…

NEW YORK, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (WAFA) -The Arab Group has issued on Wednesday a statement in which it expressed its total support for Palestine’s UN full membership application, calling…

US official finally uses the f-word (famine); Iran retaliation for provocative Israeli attack possibly this weekend; Washington Post lists Gaza aid items Israel has rejected; Israel assassinates head of police…

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,…

United Nations: Speakers in Security Council Condemn Deadly Israeli Airstrikes on Aid Workers in Gaza, Urge Immediate Action to End Violations of International Humanitarian Law 596TH MEETING (AM) – SC/15653,…

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.…

Charity staff from Australia, the UK, Palestine, Palestine, the US and Canada were killed Monday in what eyewitnesses say were intentional drone strikes by the Israeli military. World Central Kitchen…

NEW YORK, Monday, March 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Security Council passed today a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan and the…

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, stated that Israel has killed more Palestinian children in Gaza in just four months than all children killed in wars globally over the last four…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 7, 2024 (WAFA) –The UN’s humanitarian coordinator ad interim for the Occupied Palestinian Territory James McGoldrick warned Wednesday of “serious acute malnutrition” in northern parts of Gaza.…

A coalition of Israeli activists and trade unionists issued this statement in response to the action by union dockworkers in Belgium and Spain who refused to load ships with munitions…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: NYT’s “Screams Without Words” galvanized the Israeli war effort at a time when even some allies were expressing concern over its large-scale killing of civilians…

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 26, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South…

Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport have denied entry to a Swedish foreign national and Palestinian human rights defender arbitrarily citing “Public security or public safety or public…

A week after a shipload of killer drones made by factory workers in India were shipped from a port in India headed to Israel to bomb civilians in Gaza, a…

War is profitable for Israel; after ICJ ruling, Israel has failed to change course; “Iron Lady” doctor dodges Israeli sniper bullets to rescue sniper victim; Israeli bombardment reportedly killed 2…

The Israeli government rejected an offer negotiated by multiple nations with the Hamas political party in Gaza, which would have initiated a temporary ceasefire and allowed the release of most…

Another massive Palestine solidarity protest was held in London on Saturday. The rally began at the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, which protesters say has failed to report…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, January 2, 2024 (WAFA) – A statement issued by around 28 organizations expressed deep concern and outrage that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding…

ISLAMABAD, Thursday, February 2, 2024 (WAFA) – Pakistan today called for the full implementation of the International Criminal Court (ICJ’s) ruling of provisional measures to stop the Israeli genocidal acts…

“Nowhere in Gaza is safe … I expect public order to completely break down” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ evidence to the ICJ. The UN’s highest court ruled last week in…

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…

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…

NEW YORK, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his appeal for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as top diplomats debated on Tuesday the deepening…

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)…

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;…

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…

In the first six weeks of the Israel-Gaza conflict, major U.S. newspapers disproportionately emphasized Israeli deaths; used emotive language to describe the killings of Israelis, but not Palestinians; and offered…

AMMAN, 28 December 2023 – UNICEF: “This year has been the deadliest year on record for children in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with conflict-related violence reaching unprecedented levels. “83…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine today condemned Israel’s revocation of the visa of United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings. “This is…