WASHINGTON Hundreds of protesters took part in a rally yesterday at Wells & South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in protest of the recent Israeli raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque …
Read More »UNRWA Commission-General warns financial implosion of the Agency can lead to interruption of services
Jerusalem/PNN/ Saturday, April 23, 2022 (WAFA) – The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, today warned that the financial implosion the …
Read More »UN Chief remains concerned over deteriorating situation in Palestinian territories
NEW YORK/PNN/ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Jerusalem, particularly the incidents in and around the holy sites. A statement issued by the spokesperson …
Read More »UN Special Coordinator says contacts to de-escalate the situation in Jerusalem have been constructive
Jerusalem /PNN / United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said that contact with relevant parties to de-escalate the situation in Jerusalem following days of …
Read More »EU financial aid decision to Palestinians will be announced as soon as possible
Bethlehem/PNN/ The European Union expresses its hope that the EU financial aid decision to Palestinians will be announced as soon as possible and denies that EU officials threatened Palestinian authority …
Read More »UN envoy: Incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque must stop
Bethlehem/PNN/ The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland said in a statement that al Israeli Incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque must stop now> Wennesland said: “I …
Read More »EU expresses shock at Israeli forces killing of Palestinian woman in Bethlehem
Bethlehem/PNN/ The European Union expressed shock at the Israeli army’s killing of a Palestinian woman in Bethlehem. “Horrified by the killing of a Palestinian woman by ISF near Bethlehem. Our …
Read More »UNESCO adopts two resolutions on Palestine
Bethlehem /PNN/ The Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), at its 214th session held in Paris, unanimously adopted two resolutions on the State of …
Read More »France: FIDH and LDH submit a criminal complaint against the Israeli company NSO Pegasus spyware used to infiltrate French- Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri’s phone
Paris/PNN/ FIDH, LDH, and Salah Hammouri filed a joint complaint in France targeting the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group, for illegally infiltrating the phone of French Palestinian human rights …
Read More »US court dismissed a $900 million appeal against PLO, PA
Ramallah/PNN/ The Palestinian Ministry of Finance said today that a United States court has dismissed an appeal worth $900 million that had been submitted against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) …
Read More »In support of Birzeit University, USACBI calls for action to defend the Palestinian people’s right to education
WASHINGTON/PNN/ In a letter of support for Birzeit University and other Palestinian universities in the occupied West Bank fighting a new repressive Israeli military regulation imposed on them, the Organizing …
Read More »US State Department: A negotiated two-state solution is best way to resolve conflict
WASHINGTON/PNN/ Jalina Porter, the Principal Deputy Spokeswoman of the US State Department, affirmed yesterday that a negotiated two-state solution was the best way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We believe …
Read More »The EU States should adopt a Consistent Approach toward Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Palestine during Human Rights Council Session 49
Ramallah/PNN/ The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and partners in Europe and Palestine including Al-Haq wrote to key European Union (EU) institutions and the Member States[1] and the …
Read More »The Government of the People’s Republic of China provides COVID-19 vaccines to help protect Palestine refugees
East Jerusalem/PNN/ Two thousand doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines have been donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by the …
Read More »Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies.
Bethlehem/PNN/ More than 1.7 million people, mostly women, and children have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighboring countries. For them, displacement will bring increased vulnerability to violence, …
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