Israel-Palestine Relations

Israeli settler violence in West Bank reached record levels in 2024: UN

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that 2024 saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the agency began keeping records nearly two decades ago.

5 Palestinians from Gaza die shortly after abduction by Israeli military

Five Palestinians from the Gaza Strip died in Israeli custody within the past day after being abducted by Israeli soldiers, a monitoring group has announced.

President Pezeshkian calls for Support for Palestine in Message to Pope

In a message to the Pope on Christmas Day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged effective measures to help the innocent people of Palestine.

UN General Assembly seeking ICJ advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations in occupied Palestinian territory

The United Nations General Assembly has formally requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations as an occupying power in relation to the presence and activities of the UN, other international organizations, and third states in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Palestinians sue US gov’t over assistance to Israel’s military

Five Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and the United States have sued the US government to try to cut off American assistance to the Israeli military over its involvement in serious human rights abuses.

UNGA adopts resolution stressing Palestinians right to self-determination

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution affirming the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination by an overwhelming majority.

Israel plans to deploy automated weapons in West Bank

The Israeli army is preparing to deploy remotely controlled automated weapons across occupied West Bank checkpoints in order to target Palestinians, according to a report by the Israeli Army Radio.

Over 12k Palestinians arrested by Israel in West Bank since start of Gaza war: Report

Israeli soldiers have detained more than 12,000 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank since Tel Aviv waged an all-out war against the besieged Gaza Strip in October last year, a Palestinian prisoners advocacy group announced in a report.

UN says Israel demolished more than 1,500 West Bank facilities in 2024

Israeli soldiers have demolished 1,528 Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year, according to the latest figures published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Israeli settler councils drafting plan for annexation of West Bank ahead of Trump inauguration: Report

In the wake of former US President Donald Trump's re-election, Israeli settler councils have been drafting a plan to accelerate the path towards annexation of the occupied West Bank and other Palestinian territories, according to a report.

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli attack in West Bank

At least four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, according to authorities.

More Palestinian detainees from Gaza die in Israeli prisons: Rights groups

Two Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip died in Israeli custody, according to prisoners’ affairs groups on Sunday.

Hundreds of European financial groups deal with firms linked to Israeli settlements: NGOs

A growing number of European financial institutions maintain business relationships with companies linked to Israeli settlements, according to a study by civil society groups.

Report: Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer from scabies outbreak amid dire conditions

An investigation by the Israeli daily Haaretz has revealed that a quarter of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been infected with scabies in recent months.

Nearly 12k Palestinians detained in West Bank since start of Gaza war

Over 11,800 people have been arrested by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, the Commission of Detainees Affairs, the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Palestinian Prisoners Society have announced.

Palestinian child deaths by Israel triple in West Bank: UN

The United Nations has reported a "three-fold" surge in Israeli army killing of Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank.

US sanctioning Israeli settler group over violence against Palestinians

The US Treasury Department has announced that it is imposing sanctions on an Israeli settler group accused of 'perpetrating violence' in the occupied West Bank, where violence against Palestinians has increased over the past several years

Iran strongly condemns Israeli official West Bank annexation comment 

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has strongly condemned an Israeli cabinet minister’s statement regarding the annexation of the West Bank by the regime, calling it part of the regime's genocidal act.

Israel’s finance minister tells authorities to prepare for West Bank annexation

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has told his department to prepare for the annexation of the occupied West Bank in the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections.

Holding referendum sole democratic solution to Palestinian issue: Iran

Holding a referendum involving all Palestinians is the sole lasting democratic solution to the Palestinian issue, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has stated at the Extraordinary Joint Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Zarif: Resistance a result of Israeli regime occupation

Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif has said resistance in Lebanon and Palestine is the result of the Zionist regime’s occupation and the resistance will remain as long as the occupation persists.

Israeli Parliament passes law to deport families of Palestinians involved in attacks against settlers

The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed a new controversial law Thursday that allows the deportation of family members of Palestinians involved in attacks against Israelis.

UN chief pens letter to Israel’s PM protesting UNRWA ban

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres sent a letter to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, protesting a new Israeli law that could effectively cripple the UN agency responsible for aiding Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

Palestine says Israel’s UNRWA ban ‘new level in war against UN’

Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) marks a “new level” in its war with the global body, the Palestinian envoy to the UN has stated.

Poverty rate in Palestine rockets as war knocks Gaza development back to 1955: Report

The poverty rate across the Palestinian territories will almost double in 2024 to 74.3% after months of relentless attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip, according to a new report by the United Nations development agency that announced the impacts of the war have set back development in the enclave by as much as 69 years.

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