srael plans to build 6,000 new housing units in Palestinian areas [Mikkel Bahl/Danwatch] The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has decried how Israel's "illegal settlement enterprise year Michael Lynk pointed on Monday to announcements by Israel to build 6,000 new housing units in Palestinian areas, accompanied by "high rates of demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, including East He accused Israel of "the subjugation of [Palestinians'] humanity", and also cited a UN Security Council

in Geneva because of what it described as an anti-Israel bias in the discussion of Israeli abuse of Palestinians

Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to Palestinian refugees, has long been the target of Israeli and congressional criticism on the grounds that it has a pro-Palestinian bias. one diplomat said UNRWA might be spared because it relieves Israel of the obligation to care for some Palestinians

It was not immediately clear if that version would apply to Al-Aqsa, located in mainly Palestinian east

external colonial forces, a new name is fast emerging among our list of oppressed Muslim groups from Palestinians which denies the Rohingya people citizenship and essentially renders them stateless – not unlike the Palestinians

human rights organizations seeking to legitimize Israel’s military warfare, including the killing of Palestinians , and the dispossession of Palestinian land, use international humanitarian and human rights law to justify

Add to this Lebanon’s history with Palestinian refugees, estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 and mostly living What was envisioned as short-term refuge turned into a seemingly permanent exile for these Palestinians

mixed results, including the Contact Group for Bosnia and later Kosovo, the Quartet for the Israeli-Palestinian The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been criticised as “low-intensity management of the conflict

Ever since John Kerry – he of Israeli-Palestinian peace “in six months” fame – announced that Isis was

High Representative Valentin Inzko 15 Nov told UNSC country stagnating due to failure to form govt, adopt Middle East & North Africa Israel/Palestine PA President Abbas and Hamas politburo head Meshal met 24 In protest at Palestine’s 31 Oct admission to UNESCO Israel froze transfers of tax and customs revenues UNSC Membership Committee 11 Nov report showed no majority on Palestinian full membership. Intermittent violence along Gaza border including 2 Palestinians killed 3 Nov by IDF following sniper

Middle East & North Africa Israel/Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas asked Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh to form new Palestinian Authority (PA) government 21 February. Israeli government prevented new Palestinian legislature from meeting 18 February, characterised PA as Violence escalated with 8 killed in Israeli raids on Palestinian towns and villages in West Bank, clashes

It has insisted it did everything possible to avoid causing civilian casualties, and has accused Palestinian The report cites alleged incidents of settler violence and access of Palestinians to agricultural land Inquiry postponed The Palestinians and Israel each accuse the other of committing war crimes during The war left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead, the majority civilians, according to the UN. Schabas had a “clear and documented bias”, Israel said, since he had previously done paid work for the Palestine