Palestinian

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - According to the latest Damage and Needs Assessment from the UN and partners on Tuesday the reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next 10 years.…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office on Monday called for Israel and Hamas to ensure that all people they are holding are treated humanely, in a statement issued in New York. OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said…

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON - According to media reports on Sunday the Israeli authorities on Saturday released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the second phase of a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. Abdullah Zaghari, head of the…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN independent human rights experts on Monday urged the Palestinian authorities to end its widely criticized ban on the broadcaster Al Jazeera and ensure that all journalists, local or international can…

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday has vowed that he would not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, rejected reports that Israel had agreed to a “path toward Palestinian…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – Head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians Philippe Lazzarini on Monday has warned that the vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN UNRWA contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights experts on Thursday said that Palestinian farmers in Israeli-occupied West Bank are facing the “most dangerous olive season ever,”. The olive harvest, central to Palestinian life and…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 20th Feb. Group of human rights experts on Monday called for investigation into alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The experts…

UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday condemned Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank described it as “illegal and unacceptable”.