UN

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.

UN Middle East Coordinator arrives in blockaded Gaza

Tuesday-28-February-2017

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov arrived in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.

PA urges UN to penalize Israeli banks funding settlements

Wednesday-15-February-2017

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday called on the United Nations and other international institutions to impose sanctions on Israeli banks for providing financial facilities to illegal settlement construction.

PA asks UN to end Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands

Saturday-21-January-2017

Representative of the Palestinian Authority (PA) at the United Nations (UN) Riyad Mansour on Saturday asked the international community to take all of the necessary measures needed for ending the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories.

Memo to UNSC over tragic fallouts of Israeli siege on Gaza

Monday-16-January-2017

A memorandum was handed over to the UN Security Council (UNSC) by the International Commission to Support the Rights of the Palestinian People (Hashd) to push for lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza.

Gazans sound distress signals over upshots of Israeli blockade

Tuesday-27-December-2016

A rally was staged in Gaza on Tuesday in protest at the apathy maintained by the international community as regards the tough Israeli siege.

Netanyahu threatens to kick UN out of Israel over anti-settlement bid

Sunday-25-December-2016

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed on Saturday the Foreign Ministry to complete a re-evaluation of all contacts with the United Nations including the Israeli funding of U.N. institutions and the presence of U.N. representatives in Israel.

Jerusalemite Commission: UNSC decision historic

Saturday-24-December-2016

Scholars and Preachers Commission in occupied Jerusalem welcomed the UN Security Council’s decision against Israeli settlements building in Palestine and describing them as illegal.