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An Israeli lawyer, Mordechai Tzivin, has filed charges in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Abbas and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on the grounds of committing crimes...

Jewish settlers have set fire to several cars belonging to the United Nations and Palestinian-owned gardens in Jerusalem during their celebrations of the so-called Lag B'Omer Festival, during which...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has expressed his belief that the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories "cannot continue" from both a political and economic perspective. In...

The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has lodged a protest with Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by the country which carried out recent...

The eleven martyrs in Maroun el-Ras in southern Lebanon and the four in the occupied Golan Heights on May 15, 2011, were enough to turn the "Return to Palestine...

Palestinian population hits 11.6 million on 65th anniversary of Nakba In the wake of the 65th commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) announced...

Following the demands made by Egypt's permanent representative at the UN, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, phoned Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to halt Israeli violations against...

Israeli authorities announced on Monday that they had cancelled the UNESCO mission due to visit the old city of Jerusalem because the Palestinian Authority had failed to keep the...

The Lebanese President, Michel Suleiman, on Sunday asked his Foreign Minister, Adnan Mansour, to file an urgent complaint with the United Nations over recent Israeli violations of Lebanon's airspace....

A UN organisation has highlighted the plight of small Palestinian farming communities in the hills to the east of Jerusalem which are at risk of forced displacement due to...

The commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Hugo Delort-Laval, has blamed Israel for breaching the ceasefire between the two countries on more occasions than its northern...

Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement has welcomed a report by the UN Rights of the Child Committee which reveals details of Israel's systematic criminal acts against Palestinian children. In a...

A UN committee has accused Israel of torturing Palestinian children in the occupied territories. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child says that thousands of Palestinian children...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced on Sunday a record budget deficit of 65 per cent. In a press...

Israel's Prime Minister is ready to compromise and evacuate most settlements in the occupied West Bank for peace, a senior Likud official told Haaretz newspaper on Wednesday. Speaking on...

Israel's delegation to the UN General Assembly walked out during the speech of the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, a move criticised by Yair Lapid, the head of the Israeli...

Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Saturday that he will devote his efforts to persuade Western countries and the world not to fall into the "smiles and sweet-talking...

UNESCO's Executive Board adopted on Friday six decisions strongly condemning the Israeli aggressions against Palestinian cultural and historical heritage. The decisions were filed by the State of Palestine and...

Israeli defence minister, Moshe Ya'alon, said that he does not oppose a political settlement with Iran over its nuclear program as long as it ensures that Iran does not...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has incurred harsh waves of criticism against his government's policy over the past few months, not only from Europe and the United States, who...

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has called for Israelis and Palestinians to seize the current chance at peace represented by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. "This may...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr Riyad Al-Malki that the international organisation does not recognise Israel's annexation of occupied East Jerusalem and regards settlement...

During her Senate confirmation hearing, the newly-nominated US representative at the UN has pledged to fight for Israel to have a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council. Samantha...

On Friday the United States and Israel lost their right to vote in UNESCO after failing to give clarification about suspending their contribution to the cultural international organisation, an...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat revealed on Friday that the US president Barack Obama considers the Palestinian Authority's (PA) application to the UN for non-member state as crossing all...

America's representative to the UN Human Rights Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, has called for the resignation of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories,...

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) called on Monday for an investigation into Israel's maltreatment of Palestinian prisoners and added that the viability of life in Gaza is at...

The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed UNESCO's adoption of a Jordanian resolution for the protection of the Old City of Jerusalem and the historic path leading...

Germany's Foreign Minister has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to attend a UN Human Rights Council hearing next Tuesday. Guido Westerwelle warned the Israeli prime minister that if Israel boycotts the...

The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO has decided to postpone opening a Jewish exhibition at its headquarters in Paris after Arab states protested. UNESCO's director general Irina...

In North America, the mainstream media is not exactly sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. This presents a huge obstacle for solidarity activists who want to change the hegemonic discourse...

MEMO published an article recently by Egyptian scholar and diplomat Abdullah Al-Ashaal about what he calls the disastrous "bartering policy" framework of the ongoing negotiations between Israel and the...