The Gaza Strip Families across the Gaza Strip have concluded the month of Ramadan amid deepening humanitarian needs and heightened exposure to violence, displacement, and destruction of property. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Ri...
Chair, I am honoured to speak on behalf of the European Union and its Member States. The European Union follows developments in the Middle East with utmost concern. We call for maximum restraint, protection of civilians and full respect of inte...
JERUSALEM, March 22, 2026 (WAFA) – Colonists on Sunday seized two apartments belonging to the Basbous family in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after forcefully evicting the family under an order issued by Isra...
Jerusalem – In partnership with the “Ambassadors of Happiness Association,” the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency (BMAQ) organized a Ramadan entertainment evening on Tuesday in the village of Bir Nabala, northeast of Jerusalem. As part of BMAQ’...
Mister President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Ukraine align themselves with this statement. The EU follows developments in Iran and the Middle E...
While many Israelis are taking shelter from missile and drone attacks, armed settlers in the West Bank are taking advantage of the fog of war to seize land and advance Israel’s ongoing dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. On a dai...
Mister High Commissioner, We thank you and your Office for your work in upholding human rights and defending international human rights law. We reiterate our support to your mandate and its independence. We support your call to pursue independe...
(New York) – Israeli authorities plan to bar 37 international nongovernmental organizations from operating in Gaza and the West Bank on March 1, 2026 for refusing to provide the government with lists of their staff and their biodata as part of new ...
We strongly condemn unilateral Israeli decisions and measures aimed at expanding Israel’s unlawful presence in the West Bank. Such decisions are contrary to Israel’s obligations under international law and must be immediately reversed. We underli...
JERUSALEM, February 18, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli police forces on Wednesday prevented a Jerusalemite youth from practicing the Ramadan tradition of the musaharati in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, despite his annual commitment to revi...
17 February 2026, New York - Joint Press Stakeout with the Mission of Palestine to the United Nations We strongly condemn unilateral Israeli decisions and measures aimed at expanding Israel’s unlawful presence in the West Bank. Such decisions ar...
On 3 February, EU Heads of Mission visited the Al Aqsa compound and met with the Jerusalem Waqf, as part of the EU’s regular engagement dedicated to the preservation of the religious, cultural and historical diversity of Jerusalem and its Old City....
