Archives - November 2017

The Istanbul Declaration, issued at the end of the meetings of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly, on Thursday evening in Istanbul, Turkey, affirmed the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent Palestinian state “on the borders of 4 June 1967” with Jerusalem as its capital. The statement condemned all “Israeli” settlement activities and the …

More than 150 UK citizens from across the country descended upon Westminster on Wednesday to lobby their MPs to do more for Palestine. Clustering in small meetings throughout the day, constituents briefed members of Parliament about human-rights abuses against the Palestinian people, calling on them to raise the issue with the government. Several of those …

The Israeli authorities on Wednesday (November 22nd) released former Finance Minister and Salfit Legislative Council Deputy Omar Abdel-Razek after an administrative detention of four months. A statement issued by the parliamentary bloc “Change and Reform,” said the 54-year-old MP Abdel Razek, has completed his sentence of administrative detention in the Israeli prison of Megiddo, and …

A set of key files were discussed during the round of Palestinian reconciliation talks held at the Egyptian Intelligence headquarters in Cairo. Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official said the list of files discussed at the meeting includes national elections, security management, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the consensus government, and inter-communal reconciliation. According to …

The head of the legal committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council MP Mohammed al-Ghoul said that the empowerment of the government begins from enabling it constitutionally by presenting it to the Legislative Council to gain confidence. Al-Ghoul said in a statement Tuesday that gaining confidence for the government gives it immunity from accountability for  usurpation …

Nickolay Mladenov, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, has expressed his regret and dismay at the absence of any improvement in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip despite the signing of a reconciliation agreement between Palestinian rivals in Cairo last month. Briefing the UN Security Council on the situation in the …

Palestinian National Council President Salim Zanoun on Monday addressed a number of regional and international parliamentary associations on the resolution adopted by the Dutch Parliament on Thursday, November 2, 2017, in which it calls on the Dutch government not to support any resolution adopted by the United Nations or its various bodies against Israel, in …

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has strongly denounced the US administration’s decision to close the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Washington, describing such step as “a reflection of its hostile attitude to the Palestinian cause.” In a press release on Saturday, the PFLP said that such step vindicated …

22 Jordanian lawmakers on Sunday called on their government to curb what they called excesses committed by the management of the UNRWA in Jordan, especially its removal of Palestine maps and Jerusalem photos from its schools. In a letter addressed to premier Hani al-Mulki, the lawmakers accused UNRWA director Roger Davies of disrespecting the Palestinian …