Embassy of the State of Palestine

The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine unequivocally condemns the baseless claims issued by Netanyahu which falsely portray Israel as a “protector of Christians". These claims are a deliberate attempt to whitewash a well-documented record of grave systematic violations which Palestinian Christians, like all Palestinians, endure daily under Israel's illegal occupation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine strongly condemns the Israeli occupation authorities’ announced plans to construct 17 new colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank over the next five years. This blatant attempt to expand and tighten Israeli control over Palestinian land amounts to a formal declaration of the commission of a war crime.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine strongly condemns the Israeli draft legislative bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian detainees, which constitutes a war crime. This proposed death-penalty law is the latest manifestation of Israel’s deepening extremism and criminality against the Palestinian people.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine welcomes the latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, entitled “Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime”. Decades of impunity and double standards have emboldened Israel to commit systematic and grave violations of international law. Third States' failure to uphold their legal obligations, by providing diplomatic cover, political protection, and military and economic support, has turned the Gaza genocide into a collective crime.

Situation Report covering key updates and developments across occupied Palestine, issued by the Government Communication Center at the Prime Minister's Office.