Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth
In a lively interactive dialogue, OHCHR’s Ajith Sunghay had invited the young students to discuss what human rights means to them. In turn, they shared their pain and hopes, sending messages to the world demanding an end to the war so…
Airlines rush to get back on track after global tech disruption
Transportation providers, businesses and governments on Saturday are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage. The biggest continuing impact has been on air travel. Carriers canceled thousands of flights on Friday…
Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’: UN world court
The Court was responding to a request for an advisory opinion by the General Assembly on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The advisory from the ICJ…
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
In a statement, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) had been identified at six locations in sewage samples collected on 23 June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah. To…
Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight
The Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees was established in 1955 to host many of those who had been forcibly displaced from the Upper Galilee and northern coastal cities during what is known as the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe in…
Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding
Sixteen countries pulled funding from the UN agency in January worth $450 million following unproven allegations from Israel that a dozen staff had been involved in the Hamas-led terror attacks on southern Israel on 7 October in which some 1,200…
No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza
“They are losing their lives, they are sick, hungry, exhausted, holding families together despite their constant fear and loss,” said Maryse Guimond, speaking from Jerusalem to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. Ms. Guimond recently concluded a weeklong mission to Gaza – a place she has visited more than…
‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies
In addition to deep concerns about all those forcibly uprooted from their shelters and homes, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the delivery of lifesaving rations has become even more difficult than it was already. Meanwhile in New…
Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare in Occupied Palestinian Territory since October
In a press briefing, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the West Bank and Gaza, told journalists there are currently no functional hospitals in the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah, following Israel’s recent offensive there. The availability of hospital beds…
Security Council debates Gaza crisis, as civilian suffering continues unabated
Addressing ambassadors on behalf of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Chef-de-Cabinet Courtenay Rattray warned that on top of the dire situation in the war-ravaged enclave, the spectre of further regional spillover is increasing by the day. End collective punishment Reiterating his…