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The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body as an Observer State, without offering full membership. It urged the Security Council to give “favourable consideration” to Palestine’s request.   What does the resolution mean? Tweet …

Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister, Riyad al-Maliki in Ramallah, West Bank on March 13, 2023 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] by Ramona Wadi  walzerscent Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki keeps generating contradictions in his diplomatic endeavours. The concept of “waiting” is one of Al-Maliki’s favourite terms to resort to, reminding diplomats of how Palestinians have been forced to wait by the international community …

Sufian Tayeh, the chairman of the Islamic University in Gaza. (Photo: via social media) By Palestine Chronicle Staff   In 2021, Professor Sufian Tayeh was classified as one of two percent of the best researchers in the world, according to Quds News Network. Professor Sufian Tayeh, along with his whole family, was killed in renewed Israeli attacks on the Strip on Saturday, the Palestinian …

No, Israel does not have the ‘right’ to ‘defend itself’ against a population living under its occupation. Tafi Mhaka Al Jazeera columnist Published On 1 Dec 20231 Dec 2023 Putting Israel’s real and imagined “rights” at the centre of any discussion and action on Israel-Palestine, even when Israel is actively massacring Palestinian women and children in their thousands, is part …

Muhammad Nezzal, a 16-year-old teen from Jenin exposed the maltreatment he was subjected to at Negev prison. Nezzal was beaten brutally several times and was released with a broken hand and a broken finger. He was a subject of medical neglect as they didn’t cast his broken hand until he was released to the Red Cross. He reports a cellmate …

By Latheef Farook November 29 marks the day when the United Nations, under pressure from US ,Britain and Europe, divided Palestine and created an artificial state for imported Jews in violation of all accepted norms , laws and moral principles. The main purpose of planting this alien entity in Palestine was  to ensure   Middle East always remains in turmoil . …