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Palestinian President Abbas UNGA Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demands renewal of peace process, full UN membership

Several countries raised the issue of Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine during the ongoing 78th session of the UN General Assembly. They also underlined the need for the world community to hold Israel accountable

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 siege of Shuafat refugee camp 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

The Nakba never ended, and Palestinian resistance hasn’t either

Palestinians continue to resist the continued attempts to displace, dispossess, and expel them from their native land by the Israeli state

Israeli attacks in Sheikh Jarrah Israeli settlers attack Sheikh Jarrah, forcibly occupy Palestinian family’s land 

The settlers were supported by a member of the Israeli parliament, who later announced the opening of his camp office on land belonging to one of the Palestinian families

UNRWA UNRWA employees across West Asia to go on strike as agency faces funds crunch

The UNRWA provides critical services and assistance to Palestinian refugees across the region through its food distribution initiatives, schools, health centers and other social programs

US conditional aid to UN agency violates Palestinian right of return and other stories

Today we look at protests in Gaza against a funding agreement between the U.S. and the UNRWA, a U.S. court ordering Indigenous people in Ecuador to pay the Chevron corporation’s legal fees, and more

US-UNRWA deal Palestinians continue to oppose UNRWA’s deal with the US

Palestinian refugees claim that the conditions imposed in the deal cancel their right to return and effectively change the UNRWA from being an agency for their assistance to a US security agency 

Israel’s Supreme Court delays ruling on Sheikh Jarrah forced evictions case

The court offered the Palestinians a compromise deal as per which Palestinians could live in their homes for the next three generations in exchange for accepting Jewish ownership of the land and paying token rent

Israeli forces attack Palestinian marathon runners demanding end to forced evictions

At least 23 runners were injured on June 4 when Israeli forces fired tear gas and stun grenades on a marathon in East Jerusalem.

UNRWA Sheikh Jarrah evictions UNRWA calls Palestinian families’ eviction from Sheikh Jarrah illegal

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini visited Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday where Palestinians have been protesting Israel’s eviction move since last month

Israeli attacks continue for tenth day, death toll close to 230

The airstrikes on Gaza along with the Israeli military’s violence in the occupied West Bank have so for killed 227 Palestinians and injured over 1,500 others, while also internally displacing 72,000 people