“In issuing this Easter proclamation, we fully recognize the intense suffering that surrounds us here in the Holy Land, as well as in many other parts of the world. Speaking more directly to our own circumstances, we repeat our denunciation of all violent actions in the present devastating war, especially those directed against innocent civilians,...
Israel is still just facing pressure from the international community, not isolation, says Zeidon Alkinani, non-resident fellow at Arab Center Washington DC
A number of citizens were killed, and others were injured, in an Israeli bombing of a gathering of citizens near Al-Mintar commercial crossing (Karni) east of Gaza City.
“What I can say today is that we can run our operation until the end of May, whereas a month ago I had just the visibility for the next week or two weeks,” UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, told Reuters in Geneva.
Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution on Gaza because it contained "only a general imperative" to stop the fighting under the strict condition of the release of hostages, the ministry said in a statement.
His visit came one day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland today issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank.