Category: Key Issues

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 to allow the …

RAMALLAH, President Mahmoud Abbas received today at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah the Representative of the European Union in Palestine, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, and discussed with him the latest developments regarding holding Palestinian legislative elections planned for May 22.…

JERUSALEM, An international leading human rights watchdog has accused the Israeli authorities of committing crimes of apartheid against Palestinians.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch published a 213-page report on Tuesday titled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes …

RAMALLAH, The Presidency today welcomed the Human Rights Watch report urging the International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli officials “implicated in the crimes against humanity of apartheid or persecution”.

Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh welcomed in a press release the …

RAMALLAH, The Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry today welcomed the Human Rights Watch report urging the International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli officials “implicated in the crimes against humanity of apartheid or persecution”.

“The report exposes the nature of Israel’s …

RAMALLAH, President Mahmoud Abbas is going to head a meeting for the Palestinian leadership on Thursday night to discuss the legislative elections and other developments, today said Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.

The elections have been planned for May 22, and …