2018
Their dreams fly high: UNRWA students fly thousands of kites demanding their schools remain open
UNRWA Press Release
The Occupier Demands Loyalty from the Occupied: Background and Implications of Israel's "Breach of Loyalty" Bill
Since its 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, Israel’s legal and administrative actions in Jerusalem have sought to assert it as a sovereign part of Israel with a solid Jewish majority. To this end, Israeli policies encourage Jewish-Israeli settlement while forcibly transferring the indigenous Palestinian population.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018, gender equality and equity are a must
The Ambassador and staff of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Canberra would like to extend their warm greetings to all women around the world and express, in particular, congratulations for their hard-fought and ongoing gains in rights and equality.
March 6, 2018: Dr. Ashrawi condemns the Israeli Knesset’s resolution to revoke the residency of Palestinian Jerusalemites as “racist and dangerous”
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemned the passing of a second and third reading of a draft law that allows the Israeli government to withdraw residency rights from Palestinian Jerusalemites it considers to be involved in activities against Israel.
Incitement Report for February 2018: Examples of recent inflammatory comments and incitement by Israeli officials and leaders
March 1, 2018
The Historic “Status Quo” Agreement in Jerusalem and the Israeli Occupation - in Light of Israel's Attempt to Impose Municipal Taxes on Church Property
Jerusalem is one of the most important religious cities for the three monotheistic religions. It hosts thousands of religious, archeological, and heritage sites that are holy for billions of people worldwide. Over the centuries, traditions and agreements between the various religions and religious groups have been forged to set forth...
Special Report: The Resilience of Occupied Jerusalem Israeli Violations in 2017
This report provides a detailed narrative of the main policies and practices of the illegal colonial occupation as well as the systematic assaults against the Palestinian people in the occupied City of Jerusalem during 2017. The report also presents an account of the escalating violations and intensifying arbitrary measures exercised...
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: “Knesset bill aims to begin the legalization of the annexation of the occupied West Bank”
“The decision by the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation to strip the High Court of jurisdiction over Palestinian cases regarding land and property confiscation and to refer them to the “Jerusalem District Court” will entrench the military occupation indefinitely.
February 25, 2018: Dr. Ashrawi on Israel’s systematic and egregious campaign against Churches and Palestinian Christians in Occupied Jerusalem
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced recent Israeli attacks on Churches, primarily the Jerusalem “Municipality’s” decision to collect Church taxes and the planned proposal by the Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation to approve legislation to expropriate Church land in Occupied Jerusalem:
statement by heads of Churches on Municipal threats and “Church Lands Bill”
"We, the heads of Churches in charge of the Holy Sepulcher and the Status Quo governing the various Christian Holy Sites in Jerusalem - the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Custody of the Holy Land and the Armenian Patriarchate - are following with great concern the systematic campaign against the Churches...