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US President Donald Trump ‘s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city is yet another way to attempt to legitimise Israel’s ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians. Israel unlawfully annexed East Jerusalem in 1967 and since then, its Palestinian residents have been subjected to 50 years of human rights abuses,…
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The following is a statement by Ibrahim Hewitt, Chairman of Interpal. The Middle East-North Africa region is in turmoil from east to west; wars, famine, disease, displacement and ethnic cleansing are affecting millions of people, from Syria and Iraq to Yemen, Libya and Western Sahara, plus, of course, occupied Palestine.…
The winter months will bring even more hardship for Palestinian refugees. Without adequate shelter to protect them from the cold, wind and rain, thousands of vulnerable lives are at risk. Three years on from the Israeli assault on Gaza, 65,000 Palestinians are still living in makeshift tents and shacks after…
The 29th of November marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People; a day set aside to commemorate the adoption of UN resolution 181 (II) on 29th November 1947, which provided for the partition of Palestine into two States. Seventy years on, the state of Palestine is…
The UK government is preparing to celebrate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration with “pride” today. For Palestinians, however, the Balfour Declaration left a lasting and brutal legacy on Palestine, paving the way for decades of violence, mass displacement and occupation. The Balfour Declaration was a statement in the form…