Palestinian Authority
After 13 years, Palestine renews attempts to become full member of the UN

Though 140 out of 193 UN members already recognize Palestinian statehood, it will depend on the UNSC to finally decide the fate of Palestinian membership bid

La asfixiante ocupación de Palestina ahora es una serie de crímenes de guerra

Israel ha violado flagrantemente el derecho internacional humanitario en las últimas tres semanas de bombardeos incesantes sobre Gaza, todo ello con el respaldo político y financiero de Estados Unidos.

The suffocating occupation of Palestine is now a series of war crimes

Israel has grossly violated international humanitarian law in the last 3 weeks of incessant bombing of Gaza, all with the political and financial backing of the US

Palestinian deaths UNSC 2023 is already the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says UN envoy

The UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, said over 200 Palestinians have been killed in the Occupied West Bank this year. He blamed “unilateral acts” by Israel, including increased settlement expansion, demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, and settler violence

Israeli parliament passes first reading of amendments to 2005 Disengagement law

The proposed law will allow illegal settlers to rebuild and re-occupy settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled in 2005 as a part of Israel’s so-called unilateral Disengagement plan

Israeli bill advocating death sentence in ‘terror’ cases passes first reading in Knesset

The bill mandates the death penalty in cases where an Israeli citizen is killed in a ‘terrorist act’ by a Palestinian, but will not apply to an Israeli citizen committing the same crime against a Palestinian. Israel classifies resistance acts against its occupation as terrorism

Kenneth Roth denied Harvard fellowship Alumni, students condemn Harvard Kennedy School’s denial of fellowship to former HRW chief Kenneth Roth

Former Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth was initially was offered a position at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. The offer was the withdrawn, reportedly due to the HRW’s “anti-Israel bias” and his social media posts critical of Israel

Al Aqsa mosque Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storms Al-Aqsa mosque compound 

Ben-Gvir, who has stormed the mosque compound several times in the past, ignored warnings from both his colleagues in the Israeli parliament and Palestinians who called it an act of provocation

Palestinian activist Salah Hammouri deported Israel forcibly deports Palestinian human rights activist Salah Hammouri to France 

Israel revoked Salah Hammouri’s residency status in October 2021 and kept him in prison under administrative detention from March 2022 before deporting him on December 18

Janna Zakarneh Palestinian children “UN should place Israel on its ‘list of shame’ for crimes against Palestinian children”

Israeli occupation forces killed a 16-year-old girl during a military raid in Jenin on Sunday. She is the fifteenth minor killed by Israeli forces in Jenin since the beginning of 2022 

Israeli forces kill Palestinians Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in different incidents across occupied West Bank

Israeli forces carried out raids across the occupied territory on the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People celebrated by the UN and the international community on November 29

Palestinians protest continued Israeli siege of Shuafat refugee camp near occupied East Jerusalem

The Israeli occupation has left nearly 130,000 people stranded inside the camp as Israeli forces continue their search for a suspect in the killing of a soldier at a checkpoint last week. The siege as been condemned as an act of collective punishment