RAMALLAH, Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said that the elections were postponed, and not canceled, calling on Europe to continue its efforts to pressure Israel to allow elections to be held in Jerusalem and to allow Palestinians there to participate …
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Israeli police attack Palestinians protesting against eviction of seven families in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Israeli police violently suppressed a demonstration against Israel’s imminent eviction of seven Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.Israeli police attacked demonstrators who rallied …
Read moreWith elections postponed, Middle East coordinator urges parties to show restraint
JERUSALEM, Following President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to postpone the elections due to Israel’s refusal to allow voting for Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Tor?Wennesland urged all parties to maintain cal…
Read morePalestine welcomes international positions calling for holding vote in occupied Jerusalem
RAMALLAH, The Presidency of the State of Palestine welcomed today the positions of the United Nations, the European Union, EU member states and other countries that have expressed support for holding the elections in all the Palestinian territories, in…
Read moreForeign Ministry welcomes decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
RAMALLAH, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed today the decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the admissibility of its inter-State communication against Israel, the occupying power, for racist and…
Read moreUNRWA ‘disappointed’ by European Parliament’s latest resolution
AMMAN, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said today it was disappointed by the language adopted by the European Parliament in its 2019 discharge resolution on European Union (EU) budget implement…
Read moreForeign Minister urges Ireland to press Israel to allow voting in Jerusalem
RAMALLAH, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad al-Maliki, called today upon Ireland to press the occupying state of Israel to allow Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to participate in the upcoming Palestinian elections, as well as t…
Read morePresident Abbas: No elections without Jerusalem
RAMALLAH, President Mahmoud Abbas said today that the Israeli government has rejected the holding of the upcoming Palestinian national elections in occupied East Jerusalem, and therefore affirmed that the elections will not be held without the Israeli-…
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