UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestine rights defenders as terrorist organisations
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:51 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations.
Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
Oct 23, 2021, at 06:50 pm
New York: Israel has been urged to either release or charge five Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Grave concerns have been expressed for the lives of the prisoners by UN independent rights experts, who on Thursday, called on the Israeli Government to completely end the “unlawful practice “ of administrative detention.
Top UN envoy 'encouraged’ by recent engagement of Israeli and Palestinian officials
Oct 01, 2021, at 06:49 pm
New York: The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Wednesday that he was “encouraged” by the recent engagement of senior Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New York: With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday in his inaugural speech to the UN General Assembly.
Israel-Palestine: Waste no opportunity for ‘serious’ political negotiation, envoy urges
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:37 pm
New York: The top UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the UN Security Council on Monday that three months after the deadly escalation in violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, the situation there remains tense.
Israel's PM Naftali Bennett receives 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Aug 21, 2021, at 12:20 am
Jerusalem/UNI/Xinhua: Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday received the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the state's Prime Minister's Office said.
UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:39 pm
New York: UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights organization, in the occupied West Bank.
Escalating Lebanon-Israel aggressions provoking ‘very dangerous situation’
Aug 07, 2021, at 09:19 pm
New York: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said on Friday that escalating hostilities over the past two days involving Lebanese and Israeli forces have created “a very dangerous situation” in the volatile border region.
Israeli scholars highlight emerging contours of Israel’s ‘periphery doctrine' at webinar
Jul 05, 2021, at 04:55 pm
Israeli scholars at a recent webinar organised by India-based security affairs think tank Usanas Foundation said the "periphery doctrine" followed by the Jewish nation once now has completely reshaped with the normalisation of relations with the erstwhile enemy countries of the Middle East, driven by today's geopolitics and energy politics in the region.
Israeli military targets Hamas weapons manufacturing site after arson balloon launch
Jul 04, 2021, at 03:01 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI/Sputnik: The Israeli military launched an attack on a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in response to arson balloon launches from the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
Israel now opens Consulate in Dubai
Jul 01, 2021, at 12:13 am
Tel Aviv/UNI/Sputnik: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Consulate General in Dubai on Wednesday.
IDF confirms carrying out strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:08 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI: The Israel Defense Forces(IDF) has confirmed carrying out strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza strip in retaliation to what it described as arson balloons attacks launched from the area.
Israel launches air raids in Gaza Strip
Jun 16, 2021, at 03:25 pm
Tel Aviv: Retaliating the incendiary balloons fired from the territory, Israel has launched air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, media reports said on Wednesday.
Benjamin Netanyahu ousted after 12 yr-rule; Naftali Bennett new PM of Israel
Jun 14, 2021, at 05:29 am
Jerusalem/IBNS: The opposition in Israel has managed to stitch an alliance and oust Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's prime minister of 12 years, and replace him with Naftali Bennett, according to news agency AFP.
UNRWA chief calls for ‘clear and unequivocal guarantees’ on staff safety in Hamas-controlled Gaza
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:26 pm
New York: The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has called for “clear and unequivocal guarantees” over the safety and security of staff working to restore critical services in Gaza, following last month’s conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas, which controls the occupied enclave.
Security forces ‘neutralize’ man armed with knife in southern Israel: IDF
May 31, 2021, at 06:33 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: An unknown individual armed with a knife was "neutralized" in southern Israel after he attacked a security guard, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
UK Foreign Secretary arrives in Israel
May 26, 2021, at 06:01 pm
London/Sputnik: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he arrived in Israel to discuss a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine.
Security Council calls for ‘full adherence’ to Gaza ceasefire, focus on two-State solution
May 23, 2021, at 10:47 pm
New York: The UN Security Council on Saturday made it’s first statement on the conflict that erupted between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, calling for a “full adherence to the ceasefire” that brought 11 days of fighting to an end early on Friday morning.
Thousands gather in Israeli capital in support of peace
May 23, 2021, at 03:13 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI: Thousands of Israelis from all walks of life gathered here in the central part of the city to support peace between Israel and Palestinian, a human rights organization said Sunday.
UN Security Council calls on parties to fully comply with ceasefire in Gaza : Statement
May 23, 2021, at 07:37 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The UN Security Council on Saturday welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza and urged the sides to fully comply with the agreement, while stressing the need for urgent humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population following 11-day hostilities.
Ceasefire can’t hide scale of destruction in Gaza, UN warns, as rights experts call for ICC probe
May 22, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New York: The humanitarian community has welcomed the ceasefire agreed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel but warned that the destruction in Gaza will take years, if not decades, to fix.
Thousands protest in Pakistan to show solidarity with Palestine
May 22, 2021, at 12:48 am
Karachi: Thousands of people, including women and children, step into the streets of Pakistan's Karachi city to stand beside Palestine, media reports said on Friday.
Israel, Hamas agree to ceasefire in Gaza
May 21, 2021, at 07:27 am
Gaza/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on late Thursday confirmed that the security cabinet has unanimously approved a ceasefire in Gaza.
Vladimir Putin issues order on voluntary evacuation of Russian citizens from Gaza Strip
May 21, 2021, at 01:08 am
Moscow/Gaza/Sputnik: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to evacuate Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) citizens from the Gaza Strip at their request, the document was published on the official legal information portal.
Ceasefire needed now, to stave off disaster in Gaza: UNICEF chief
May 20, 2021, at 12:10 am
New York: At least 60 youngsters have been killed in Gaza and another 444 have been injured in less than 10 days of conflict with Israel, the head of UN Children’s Fund has said, in a call for an immediate ceasefire and aid access to “stave off disaster”.
Israeli Air Force hits military compound of Hamas tech division: IDF
May 20, 2021, at 12:07 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: The Israeli military has struck a military compound of the Hamas movement's technology department in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday.
May 19, 2021, at 07:09 pm
New York: The international community must do “all it can” to de-escalate the violence in Gaza and Israel which has left hundreds dead and injured, said the UN’s political affairs chief on Tuesday, calling on all those involved in the fighting to allow for the “intensification of mediation efforts”, which can also help stem a growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Air raid sirens sounding in southern Israel as new rockets fired from Gaza strip: IDF
May 19, 2021, at 05:09 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Air raid sirens are again sounding in southern Israel as a new batch of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday.
France, several other nations preparing draft UNSC resolution on Israel, Palestine: Source
May 19, 2021, at 02:42 pm
United Nations/Sputnik: France, together with Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, is preparing a draft UN Security Council resolution that will call for the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine as well as organizing humanitarian corridor in the conflict zone, a diplomatic source in the UN Security Council told RIA Novosti.
Palestine urges ICC to start probe into war crimes in Gaza - Envoy to UN
May 19, 2021, at 07:38 am
United Nations/Sputnik: Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.