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UN calls for fair financial distribution in Gaza West Bank

Saturday-8-April-2017

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov called for fair distribution of the financial burden suffered by the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

US Ambassador to UN: Days of Israel bashing are over

Tuesday-28-March-2017

“The days of Israel-bashing are over” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley vowed on Monday.

Mladenov: UN considers all Israeli settlement activities illegal

Saturday-25-March-2017

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov said on Saturday that the United Nations considers all Israeli settlement activities illegal expressing his concern over the growing number of illegal settlements.

Mansour: UN Member States injecting pro-Israel intimidation

Thursday-23-March-2017

Palestinian Authority Ambassador Riyad Mansour slammed on Wednesday evening the “bullying tactics and intimidation” that led to UN withdrawal of a report that accused Israel of establishing an “apartheid regime” against the Palestinians.

Gazans hail ESCWA Executive Secretary over Israel Apartheid report

Wednesday-22-March-2017

Palestinian activists on Tuesday placed a banner in Gaza streets to pay homage to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Dr. Rima Khalaf for refusing to succumb to pressure to rescind a recent accusing Israel of apartheid.

European Forum urges Arab Summit to Adopt ESCWA report

Sunday-19-March-2017

Head of the European Tawasul Forum Zaher Birawi called on the Arab Summit set to be held on March 29 in Jordan to adopt the findings of a recent report by ESCWA accusing Israel of apartheid.

Rima Khalaf … Exposed Israel’s apartheid and UN complicity

Sunday-19-March-2017

A message that was not meant to be long but concise; but as brief as it was it carried a documentation of what the United Nations has tried to exploit in covering the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people.

Rima Khalaf executive secretary of ESCWA resigns

Saturday-18-March-2017

Rima Khalaf the executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) resigned on Friday after the UN secretary general António Guterres asked her to withdraw a report condemning the Israeli occupation and accusing it of imposing an apartheid regime against the Palestinian people.

Hamas hails UN report dubbing Israel “apartheid entity”

Thursday-16-March-2017

Hamas on Thursday acclaimed a report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) for describing the Israeli occupation as an Apartheid regime.

NGOs urge UN to blacklist Israel over violations against children

Saturday-4-March-2017

A consortium of human rights groups has urged UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres to add Israel and its army to a blacklist of entities and countries that have committed grave violations against children.