Category: International News

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…

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,…

Over the past 19 days, the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has been continuous, destroying much of Gaza’s infrastructure, flattening homes, schools, mosques, hospitals, churches, bakeries, libraries and, most…

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…

RAMALLAH, Friday, July 14, 2023 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed in a statement the Human Rights Council’s adoption of the Palestine resolution calling for updating…

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…

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…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, March 2, 2023 (WAFA) – The office of the European Union Representative in Jerusalem has condemned racist remarks by far-right Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich in which…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Oct, 19 2022: By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation: On 18 October 2022, Al-Haq sent an urgent letter to Third States, in light of the recent alarming escalation in…

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…

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…

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’),…

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…

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…

GENEVA, Friday, April 22, 2022 (WAFA) – The United Nations has voiced deep concern at the worsening security situation in occupied Palestine in the aftermath of Israel’s daily assaults over…

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).…

Ref: 33/2022, Date: 1 April 2022, Time: 13:30 GMT: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/49/L.26, “Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

OSLO, Saturday, February 12, 2022 (WAFA) – Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt pledged yesterday to increase its funding to the UN Refugee and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

JERUSALEM, Friday, November 05, 2021 (WAFA) – The European Union said today it was alarmed about the critical condition of Palestinian prisoners Kayed Fasfous and Miqdad Qawasmeh, who have been…

In a move that demonstrates Israel’s contempt and disregard of International Law, Israeli Ambassador at the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped a report by the Human Rights Council, denouncing ongoing…

LONDON, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 – The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) – Sixteen United Kingdom-based organizations yesterday decried the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to designate six Palestinian human…

GENEVA (26 October 2021) UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorist organizations” is an attack on…

Statement By Amnesty International: The Israeli Defense Ministry on 19 October 2021 issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be “terrorist…

WAFA News: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has categorically condemned the decision of the Israeli Minister of “Defense” declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to…

Thursday, September 23, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestinian representatives of national and Islamic forces and refugees meeting in Ramallah today have rejected a recent framework agreement signed between the United Nations…

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…

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…

On May 15th, the sixth straight day of Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians and their supporters gathered in cities across the US to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Palestinian…

Over 100, 000 people of all backgrounds marched through London May 15 in solidarity and sorrow against the Israeli state’s carnage in Gaza but most compelling and hopeful were the…

MAY 15, 2021: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A huge crowd gathered as The Derry Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a protest and banner drop at…

The UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore issued a statement on Wednesday that read as follows: “At least 14 children in the State of Palestine and 1 child in Israel have…

NEW YORK, Thursday, April 22, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, urged today the world countries to press Israel, the occupying power, not to…

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…

On Friday, 5 February 2021, over one year since the Office of the Prosecutor closed its preliminary examination into the Situation in the State of Palestine, the Pre-Trial Chamber of…

ADDIS ABABA, Sunday, February 07, 2021 (WAFA) – African leaders reaffirmed today that all Israeli settlements erected on the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan, are…

Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the European Union, has called on Israel to stop the construction of its colonies in the occupied West…

A statement released this week by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Israel to investigate every incident in which its soldiers used…

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…

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…

The Egyptian authorities handed over, on Saturday evening, the bodies of two Palestinian fishermen, who were shot by the Egyptian navy, on Friday, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, while…

By The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC): The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement strongly slammed in a statement the recent normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel,…

By: Marwan E. Toubassi, Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Greece: Press statement issued by the Embassy of the State of Palestine to Greece Regarding the Tripartite Joint Declaration between…

By Ramzy Baroud – Palestine Chronicle:  When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed last December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue a war crimes investigation…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Date: 19 July 2020: On 16 July 2020, Professor Michael Lynk, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…

For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  Some of the crowd who gathered in Derry to protest against Israel’s proposed illegal annexation of the West Bank and Jordan Valley. Photo: Niall…

By Kairos Palestine: April 30th, 2020: Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down…

Breaking Defense magazine reports that Israel may ask to get its yearly aid ahead of time, and possibly twice as much as usual… But 26 million Americans out of jobs…

Secretary General of the Arab States’ League, Mr. Ahmad Abuelgheit, urged on Thursday, all donor countries that contribute to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA),…

March 30th marks Palestinian Land Day, commemorating  the day on March 30, 1976, when Palestinians inside Israel protested against the Israeli government announcement of the seizure of 21,000 dunams  (5,189…

Israeli media said on Sunday that Israeli authorities decided to deliver a fund of 120 million New Israeli Shekels (30 Million US Dollars), to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The fund…

Palestinian government spokesman, Ibrahim Milhem, announced six new confirmed cases of the novel COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Sunday, including four in Ramallah and two in the Gaza Strip, according to the…

The Governor of Salfit, Abdallah Kmeil, ordered on Friday, a temporary lockdown of Qarawat Bani Hassan town, northwest of Salfit city, over fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus…

By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle What if the Coronavirus reaches the besieged Gaza Strip? While the question carries great urgency for all Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation,…

By The Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel – Aadalah: Lawyers: IBA move, pushed through in a hasty and underhanded manner, is strictly political in motive and is…

By Samidoun – Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network: The German state has once again escalated its harassment and repression directed against Palestinian speech and advocacy. In the latest order issued by…

Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations published a report, on Friday, by Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, welcomed the newly…

Foreign Ministers from the European Union (EU) are expected to discuss US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” and deliberate countermeasures to the plan on February 17, during a…

Donald Trump says his “Deal of the Century” is a new basis for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But, ironically, he’s driving hopelessly divided factions in the Arab world to…

 January 27, 2020, 7pm – By Niall Ó Brolcháin – IMEMC: As part of The Bloody Sunday March Committee’s annual events, Eden Place Arts Centre launched an exhibition of paintings…

By Ramona Wadi for Middle East Monitor Prince Charles’ visit to the occupied Palestinian territories has garnered media attention. Words of sympathy, far from a political message, were the subject…

The Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD), described by Jewish activist Tony Greenstein as a “pro-Israeli advocacy group”, has expressed outrage over a BBC correspondent’s remarks made during a report on…

Turkey has given a copy of Ottoman-era archived documents to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to help Palestinians legally counter the Israeli occupation’s land claims, Quds News Network reported. Hebrew news…