RAMALLAH, In a telephone conversation, the President of the Swiss Confederation, Simonetta Sommaruga, affirmed to President Mahmoud Abbas her country’s strong opposition to unilateral steps and any alterations to international law and United Nations resolutions, in reference to Israel’s plans …
GENEVA, Leading ecumenical organizations are urging the international community to oppose Israel’s planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with the World Council of Churches (WCC), the World Comm of Reformed Churches …
RAMALLAH, Hussein al-Sheikh, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s General Authority of Civil Affairs, said in a tweet yesterday that Israel had to think about ending its occupation of Palestine before demanding negotiations with the Palestinians.
In response to a …
RAMALLAH, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, affirmed that the national position taken by the Palestinian leadership is clear and unwavering.
He said in response to claims circling the media, citing Israeli sources, about Palestinian-American contacts that the …
RAMALLAH, Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad al-Malki today welcomed the Belgian Parliament’s resolution calling for punitive measures against Israel should it proceed with its illegal move to annex large swaths of the West Bank.
The Belgian parliament today morning …
GENEVA, The killing of Ahmad Erekat last Tuesday by Israel’s police is but the latest example of systematic extrajudicial executions of Palestinians, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) said in a statement today. The incident shows how Israeli checkpoints that divide …