Israeli PM Netanyahu planning to set up new settlement in West Bank, US opposes
Feb 03, 2017, at 07:04 pm
Jerusalem, Feb 3 (IBNS): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to set up new settlement in West Bank for the first time in more than two decades, according to media reports on Friday.
Israel's settlement 'legalization bill' would harm prospects for Arab-Israeli peace, UN envoy warns
Dec 07, 2016, at 12:44 pm
New York, Dec 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy on the Middle East peace process on Tuesday warned against Israel's move to adopt the so-called 'legalization bill,' which aims to protect illegal settlements and outposts built on private Palestinian property in the West Bank, “but which some have said could be a step towards annexation†of the area.
Israel: Hundreds evacuated as forest fires reach city
Nov 25, 2016, at 01:40 am
Jerusalem, Nov 24 (IBNS): At least over a hundred people have been evacuated by rescue workers in Israel as forest fires reach the city, reports said.
World leaders gather in Israel to attend Shimon Peres' funeral
Sep 30, 2016, at 04:43 pm
Jerusalem, Sept 30 (IBNS): As many as 20 world leaders have arrived in Israel to attend the last rites of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, who passed way on Wednesday following an illness.
Funeral ceremony of Ex-Israel President Shimon Peres to be held on Friday
Sep 29, 2016, at 02:11 am
New Delhi, Set 28 (IBNS): The funeral ceremony for former President of Israel Shimon Peres will take place on Friday on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
Turkey: Man shot at Israel embassy
Sep 21, 2016, at 09:41 pm
Ankara, Sept 21 (IBNS): Security forces shot and wounded a man outside the Israel embassy in Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday, media reports said.
Reverse ‘negative trajectory’ and restore hope for two-state solution, says UN Middle East envoy
Aug 30, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, Aug 30 (Just Earth News): The United Nations senior official coordinating efforts towards the peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Monday reiterated a call for both sides to work towards a negotiated two-state solution which envisages the co-existence of Palestine and Israel as amicable neighbours.
UN agency condemns Israel's closures in Hebron as 'collective punishment'
Jul 26, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, July 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees has said that a closure imposed by Israeli authorities in Hebron district is creating serious challenges for humanitarian access, including the delivery of medical supplies, the removal of refuse, and the daily movement of the agency's staff working inside refugee camp.
UN envoy condemns Israel's decision to continue settlement expansion in occupied West Bank
Jul 26, 2016, at 01:49 pm
New York, July 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations senior official coordinating efforts toward the peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Monday strongly condemned the recent decision by Israeli authorities to advance plans to build some 770 housing units in the settlement of Gilo, located on occupied Palestinian land between Bethlehem and East Jerusalem.
UN rights office raises concern about Israel's 'NGO Transparency Law'
Jul 20, 2016, at 01:16 pm
New York, July 20 (Just Earth News):The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern about the so-called “NGO Transparency law†in Israel, saying it would disproportionately affect non-governmental organizations working on human rights and contribute to their de-legitimization.
With two-state solution 'slipping away,' UN denounces Israel's settlement, demolition activities
Jul 05, 2016, at 02:54 pm
New York, July 5 (Just Earth News): The United Nations on Monday condemned Israel for demolishing Palestinians' homes and advancing plans to build new houses for Israeli settlers, amid the prospect of the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict already “slipping away.â€
Diplomatic Quartet releases report on advancing two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict
Jul 02, 2016, at 04:39 am
New York, July 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and its diplomatic partners in the Middle East peace process on Friday released the first report of its kind, which analysed the impediments to a lasting resolution to the Palestinian–Israeli conflict and offered recommendations on the way forward, urging Israel to stop its settlement policy and Palestine to end incitement to violence.
At conference, Ban urges ‘political will’ for two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
Jun 30, 2016, at 12:13 pm
New York, June 30 (Just Earth News): Following a two-day visit to Israel and Palestine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday emphasized that what is lacking in terms of a lasting settlement for peace to the conflict is the political will to make that happen.
UN experts urge Israeli lawmakers to halt proposed legislation targeting civil society groups
Jun 25, 2016, at 03:08 pm
New York, June 25 (Just Earth News): Three United Nations human rights experts today urged Israeli lawmakers not to approve the bill that would, in effect, target non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are critical of Government policy.
Jun 09, 2016, at 02:49 pm
Tel Aviv, June 9 (IBNS) At least four people were killed as two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a popular open-air shopping and restaurant area in Israel’s Tel Aviv city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:05 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday that a two-state solution, which envisages peaceful co-existence of Palestine and Israel, seems more distant than it has for many decades, citing the ongoing violence, Israel’s settlement activity and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and the absence of Palestinian unity.
'Two-state solution in danger,' warns new report from UN office on Middle East peace process
Apr 15, 2016, at 01:32 pm
New York, Apr 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The viability of a two-state solution, which envisages peaceful co-existence of both Israel and Palestine, is in danger due to the negative trends on the ground, including recent violence, ongoing settlement activity, demolitions, incitement, and the absence of Palestinian unity, a new United Nations report warned on Thursday.
Israel must immediately halt planned relocation of Palestinian Bedouin: UN officials
Jan 21, 2016, at 03:17 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Senior United Nations officials for the occupied Palestinian territory have called for an immediate end to Israeli plans to transfer Bedouin living in the Jerusalem area for a settlement expansion, long recognized as a violation of international law and an obstacle to realizing a two-state solution to the Middle East crisis.
Dec 16, 2015, at 03:13 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Although international attention has waned regarding the crisis in Israel and the Occupied Palestine Territory, the United Nations human rights office on Tuesday warned that the region is still rife with violence and the recent escalation in the fighting has claimed 117 Palestinian lives, along with two foreign nationals and injured thousands more.
Settling Israeli-Palestinian conflict would help curb terrorism: UN envoy
Nov 20, 2015, at 04:10 pm
New York, Nov 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would help counter the extremism behind the "abhorrent terrorist attacks" in Paris, Beirut and the Sinai, a senior United Nations official on the Middle East peace process said on Thursday, referring to last week's bloody attacks and the downing of a Russian plane in Egypt last month.
Israeli punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes violates international law: UN official
Nov 17, 2015, at 01:38 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS): While recognizing Israel's "serious security challenges," a senior United Nations official on Monday called its punitive demolition of the homes of alleged attackers "inherently unjust" and against international law, noting that 20 Palestinians, eight of them children, were made homeless in the past three days.
Political failures at root of latest Israeli-Palestinian violence: UN deputy chief
Oct 23, 2015, at 01:55 pm
New York, Oct 23 (IBNS): The Israel-Palestine conflict has “once again entered a dangerous phase,†United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that the latest eruption of violence, rising tensions at holy sites in Jerusalem and the alarmingly vitriolic nature of public discourse in the region is rooted in the lack of hope on both sides that peace is possible and the absence of a genuine political horizon.
UN: Israeli leader calls on Palestinians to resume peace talks
Oct 02, 2015, at 04:33 pm
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): At the same United Nations podium from which Mahmoud Abbas announced on Wednesday that he would no longer be bound by accords with Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called on the Palestinian leader to begin immediate unconditional peace talks in a speech largely devoted to denouncing Iran for its threats to annihilate the Jewish State.
UN: Citing Israeli violations, Palestinian leader renounces security, political accords
Oct 01, 2015, at 02:48 pm
New York, Oct 1 (IBNS): On the day that the Palestinian flag was raised at United Nations Headquarters for the first time, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday renounced political and security accords with Israel, saying it must now resume its responsibilities as occupying Power, due to its continual violations of the 20-year-old agreements.
Lethal use of force could worsen tensions, UN warns Israelis and Palestinians
Sep 30, 2015, at 02:26 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday stressed the need for Israeli and Palestinian security forces to refrain from the use of excessive force amid the clashes and escalating tensions in East Jerusalem and in the West Bank, warning that such action could further inflame an already tense situation.
Ban urges Israelis, Palestinians to defuse tensions, prevent escalation
Sep 23, 2015, at 02:52 pm
New York, Sept 23 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both the Israeli and Palestinian sides to defuse tensions and prevent an escalation of the current situation on the ground, during a recent phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Latest provocations could ignite fresh Israeli-Palestinian violence: UN envoy
Sep 16, 2015, at 02:25 pm
New York, Sept 16 (IBNS): The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Tuesday that he is gravely concerned over the violence and continuing clashes in and around the holy sites of the Old City of Jerusalem, and urged all leaders to ensure that visitors and worshippers demonstrate restraint and respect for the sanctity of the area.
Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes 'contrary to international law,'UN experts warn
Nov 26, 2014, at 10:52 pm
New York, Nov 26 (IBNS): The Israeli Government’s use of house demolition as a punitive measure in response to alleged acts of violence by Palestinians must end immediately, two United Nations experts urged Tuesday, adding that the practice – which targets Palestinian homes in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory – is a violation of human rights law.
Hamas re-launching attacks, says Israel
Aug 08, 2014, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS) Israel alleged that early Friday morning, before the end of the 72 hours ceasefire and shortly before 04:30, two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip at them.
Israel, Hamas accept 72-hr Gaza ceasefire proposal
Aug 05, 2014, at 03:43 pm
Jerusalem, Aug 5 (IBNS): Israel and Palestinian groups including Hamas on Monday agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza, reports said.