2017
Occupied Jerusalem .. Between The Past, Present and Future / Video & Report
2017 is coming to end. For the Palestinian people. 2017 marks 100 years since the Belfour declaration, 70 years since the partition plan, 50 years since the occupation, 30 years since the onset of the popular Intifada and 25 years since the inauguration of the Madrid conference for peace in...
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi on the American use of the veto against the UNSC resolution on Jerusalem
“We convey our gratitude to the fourteen UN Security Council members who voted yesterday in favor of the UNSC resolution reaffirming all previous resolutions on Jerusalem and rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
UN Security Council States are United Against the US Decision
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates his excellency Dr. Riyad al-Maliki, confirmed that the Security Council States unified vote isolated the United States in its violation to the principles of international law and decisions of the international community.
Dr. Malki: US Veto in the SC Today Proves the US’s State of Weakness and International Isolation on the Issue of Jerusalem
In the upcoming days, the first anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 on the Israeli settlement construction will be marked. UN resolution 2334 is considered the most important UN resolution issued during the past 30 years.
Associating the Criticism of the Occupations’ Policies with Anti-Semitism is Intellectual Radicalism
Some international officials claim that criticizing Israel is anti-Semitic, in an apparent attempt to quell critical voices of the occupying power and its policies against the Palestinians.
ISTANBUL DECLARATION ON “FREEDOM FOR AL QUDS”
We, in our capacity as Kings and Heads of State and Government of Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) coming together at the OIC Extraordinary Summit held in Turkey on 13 December 2017,
FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER THE SITUATION IN WAKE OF US ADMINISTRATION’S RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF AL-QUDS ASH-SHARIF AS THE SO-CALLED CAPITAL OF ISRAEL, THE OCCUPYING POWER, AND TRANSFER OF THE US EMBASSY
Having reviewed the alarming situation and growing tensions within the occupied territory of the State of Palestine in most Member Statesand elsewhere,
Abbas at the OIC: Israel’s violations absolve us from our commitments
President Mahmoud Abbas told the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday that Israeli violations in the occupied territories and of international law absolve the Palestinians from meeting the commitments made in the agreements.
PLO-DCI responds to the statement by Vice President Mike Pence’s Press Secretary Alyssa Farah
The PLO Department of Culture and Information issued the following response to Vice President Mike Pence’s Press Secretary Alyssa Farah’s statement issued on December 10 regarding Vice President Pence’s intended visit to the region:
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi on the UNSC emergency meeting on Jerusalem
“We express our appreciation to all United Nations Security Council members who have taken a position of courage and principle and have rejected and condemned the irresponsible decision of the US Administration to unilaterally and illegally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move its embassy there.