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On December 27, 2008, Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, a massive assault on Gaza. 22 days later, around 1,400 Palestinians, including over 300 children, and [...]
Stuart Littlewood* argues that, before talking about peace, President Obama's envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, must first get Israel to end its violations of Palestinian human rights, abide by international law and stop its nuclear blackmail of the world.
So they sent you to the Holy Land, Mr Mitchell, for talks. So many before [...]
The United Nations has once again delayed disclosing the findings of its investigation into the recent Israeli bloodshed of the Palestinians.
Having missed two previous deadlines, on Thursday, the world body said the results from its probe into the 22-day Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip were not yet ready.
"It is not done yet. As we [...]
An Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson has confirmed to Al Jazeera that it will not co-operate with a United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes during the 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip.
Up to 1,300 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed before Israel ended the offensive in January.
Thirteen Israelis, 10 of them soldiers, were killed [...]
How serious can the international community's commitment to eliminating racism be taken when it succumbs to Israeli pressure to boycott the Durban II conference, asks Amira Howeidy
Fresh from its bloody war on Gaza, Israel is actively pressuring the international community to boycott the Durban Review Conference due to convene in Geneva, Switzerland between 20 and [...]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Israel only allows a meager amount of humanitarian aid to enter the impoverished Gaza Strip.
The United Nations strives to provide relief to one million people daily inside a coastal sliver that is home to 1.5 million people, Ban said during a news conference on Tuesday.
Israel, however, is only allowing [...]
Channel Four News journalist Johnathan Miller travelled to Gaza where he interviewed civilians sheltering in a UN run school attacked by Israel using white phosphorus munitions.
Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty International investigator said "We've seen Prima Facie that there have been war crimes."
Who said that America is not run by the Zionist?
JERUSALEM (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was left shame-faced after President George W. Bush ordered her to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
"She was left shamed. A resolution that she prepared [...]
A very important UN press conference today.
The UN is criticized by some journalists for failing to define "legitimate target", "civilian causalities" and giving the accurate numbers of civilians massacred by Israeli war criminals.
On the other hand, UN explains the difficulties and danger they are facing to provide their aid and safe shelters, which they are [...]
When I arrived in Israel as a UN representative I knew there might be problems at the airport. And there were
By Richard Falk (Special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories)
On December 14, I arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel to carry out my UN role as special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories.
I was [...]
GENEVA, December 14, 2008 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Authorities held, Sunday, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 Professor Richard Falk, and is willing to deport [him] to Geneva, Monday morning.
Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations in Geneva said in a press [...]
Petition in support of call by United Nations General Assembly President Miguel D'escoto Brockmann for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/IJAN_Brockmann_BDS/?e
During the 57th Plenary Meeting on the Question of Palestine, President of the General Assembly Miguel D'escoto Brockmann broke a diplomatic taboo by describing Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as similar to those [...]
During the event commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians, which I attended at the UN in Vienna, a message of UNSG Ban Ki-moon was read by Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, DG of the UN in Vienna.
I listened to the message read by Mr. de Costa, and I found that the language used [...]
GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called today for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. “By function of this blockade, 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children have been forcibly deprived of their most basic human rights for months. This is in direct contravention of [...]
Also tagged Gaza, Human Right, Palestine
