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Dr. Saeb Erekat: The Palestinian People Ask: Where Is Israel’s F.W. de Klerk?
The latest Op-Ed by Dr. Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization, entitled “The Palestinian People Ask: Where is Israel’s F.W. de Klerk”, published in Wall Street Journal, on November 7th, 2015*.
Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh: Obama, Ask Netanyahu Straight Out: Do You Believe in the Two-state Solution?
The latest Op-Ed by Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh, Central Committee Member of Fatah and head of PECDAR, entitled “Obama, Ask Netanyahu Straight Out: Do You Believe in the Two-state Solution?” published in Haaretz on November 8th, 2015.
KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER WHEN REPORTING ON OCCUPIED PALESTINE
Negotiation Affairs Department issued a report on November 5th, 2015 highlighting key points to remember when reporting on Occupied Palestine. These key points include;Israel occupies the State of Palestine. The main issue is the Israeli Occupation.Palestinian Recognition of Israel was met with more Colonization. For Israel, forcible displacement and colonization are an official policy, not the two-state solution. East Jerusalem is an integral part of the Occupied State of Palestine. Israeli settlements in Occupied East Jerusalem are as illegal as settlements in the rest of the Occupied State of Palestine. The Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound is under Israeli Occupation just as the rest of East Jerusalem. Israel has effectively changed Al-Aqsa’s Status Quo ...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Accompanied by Children from Gaza Meets Prime Minister of Japan
04 October 2015, East Jerusalem, In Tokyo today, UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl was received by H.E. Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan. This meeting, a first in the Agency's history, was an opportunity to express profound gratitude for Japan's long-standing and generous support to Palestine refugees and to the Agency's human development activities.
Special Report: Israel’s Aggression Against Occupied Palestine between September 13 – October 31 (till midnight): Highlighting Extra Judicial Killings.
The special report issued by NAD November 1, 2015 emphasized the fact that Israeli incitement and attacks, carried out by the State of Israel against the Palestinian population
and its leadership, undermine all efforts to realize two independents states based on the 1967
borders. As the Israeli government continues its belligerent occupation, oppression and apartheid
policies, the Palestinian population is subjected to extrajudicial killings while protesting in defense
of its rights. Meanwhile, the international community remains silent.
Dr. Ashrawi on Netanyahu entertaining the possibility of establishing a special security court
In response to media inquiries, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi commented:
“By entertaining the possibility of establishing a special security court, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is following in the footsteps of Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein...
President Abbas Warns, Time Running out to Realize Two-State Solution
GENEVA, October 28, 2015 – Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council, President Mahmoud Abbas Wedesnday said it is about time for Israel’s leaders to have the courage to make the right decisions before it is too late to make the two-state solution a reality. Read the full text.
Ambassador of the State of Palestine Mr. Izzat Abdulhadi met with members of the Australian Labor Party in Melbourne on 10/26/2015.
In his speech, Ambassador Abdulhadi discussed the current political situation in Palestine and the role of the Australian Labor Party in support of national and political rights of the Palestinian people, including the immediate recognition of the State of Palestine.
PLO Executive Committee Dr. Hanan Ashrawi on Netanyahu’s persistent distortions and violations
In a statement on Netanyahu’s persistent distortions and violations, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said:
"Netanyahu continues to engage in a discourse of deception and falsehood in which he also dishonestly accuses the Palestinian side, in particular President Mahmoud Abbas and the leadership, of incitement and spreading untruths. While Netanyahu exercises a language of hate and violence and carries out acts of extreme provocation, it has become clear that Netanyahu is the one who indulges in dangerous lies and active incitement. He engages in distortions and obfuscations on all fronts (we did not need the Hitler episode to prove that) in order to slander and dehumanize the Palestinians and to avoid dealing with the consequences for his own actions.
The time has come to put an end to such hallucinations and dangerous extremism. Clearly, there is a need for intervention and the identification of effective remedies, not only for the prevailing serious conditions, but also for the person who created them.”
APAN Annual Dinner Sunday, 25 October 2015
Speech by the Ambassador of the state of Palestine Mr. Izzat Abdulhadi, during the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network “APAN” annual dinner on Sunday, 25 October 2015. These annual dinners help APAN to continue to passionately advocate for Palestine rights through the parliament, media, online and the public.