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UN experts voice concern over impunity for killing of Palestinian kids

Saturday-19-December-2020

Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called for an impartial and independent investigation into the killing of a 15-year-old Palestinian child by Israeli forces at a West Bank protest this month.

UN expert calls for holding Israel accountable over settlement plans

Saturday-31-October-2020

A UN human rights expert has urged the international community to take decisive action against Israel’s settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories describing a recent plan to build 5000 settler homes as a grave violation of the international law.

UN expert: Gaza does not need temporary solutions

Thursday-3-September-2020

A UN human rights expert has welcomed the announcement last Monday that Israel and Hamas have reached an understanding to halt hostilities but he warned that the Gaza Strip does not need temporary solutions.

UN expert calls on Israel to halt mass punishment of Palestinians

Saturday-18-July-2020

A UN human rights expert has called on Israel to immediately end its long-time blockade of the Gaza Strip which he described as “collective punishment” against the Palestinian people.

UN releases database of firms operating in illegal Israeli settlements

Thursday-13-February-2020

The UN human rights office on Wednesday released a list of more than 100 companies it said are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Mladenov: Situation in Gaza still very fragile

Wednesday-28-August-2019

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said Tuesday that despite the relative calm over the past two months the situation in Gaza remains very fragile as violent incidents continue.

UN: Palestinians facing unprecedented challenges

Friday-26-April-2019

A new UN report warns that the Palestinian people are facing an array of “unprecedented” financial humanitarian and political challenges especially in the West Bank.

UN experts say Gaza health care at “breaking point”

Friday-22-June-2018

UN human rights experts have called for a large-scale international response to the overwhelming health care needs of people living in the besieged Gaza Strip warning that the health sector there has almost collapsed.

Seven UN experts call for immediate solution to Gaza power crisis

Thursday-13-July-2017

Seven UN rapporteurs on Wednesday called upon the international community to pay attention to the humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip and appealed to the besieging parties to immediately end their mass punitive measure against the population especially with regard to electricity.

UN: Gaza unlivable after 10 years of Israeli blockade

Wednesday-12-July-2017

The Gaza Strip may already be “unlivable” after a decade of a crippling Israeli blockade that hit all aspects of life there a UN official warned Tuesday.