Humanitarian agencies are well aware of the needs in this part of the West Bank but they face a challenge: play by the rules established by Israel or face the risk of having projects demolished by the Israeli military.
An Israeli airstrike on a home in Gaza that killed 12 civilians in a so-called “surgical strike” on Hamas militants, was a clear violation of the laws of war
Last Stop, Tel Aviv is the story of the 60,000 asylum seekers living in Israel. Escaping dictatorships and indefinite military conscription, Africans flee their homelands in the hope of a better life, but arrive to find that they are criminalized, vilified, and unrecognised in the Israeli state.
After nearly 18 months of diplomatic drama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas finally got a victory, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a “non-member observer state”.
The UN General Assembly has voted to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state status. There was overwhelming support for the upgraded status with 138-9 voting in favour, and 41 nations abstaining including the UK.