2017
Dr. Saeb Erekat: The Israeli Settlement Enterprise Negates Peace and the Possibility of the Two-State Solution
While thousands of Palestinians in besieged Gaza are being terrorized by Israeli bombardments, the Israeli parliament has just approved a law to legalize theft of Palestinian land. Looting is illegal. All Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestine are illegal and a war crime regardless of any law passed by the Israeli...
Dr. Ashrawi on Israel’s adoption of the “Regularization Law”
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced the adoption of the “Regularization Law” that legalizes Israel’s annexation of privately owned Palestinian land on which illegal settlements and outposts were constructed in the occupied West Bank:
Illegal collective punishment measures against women and children: The case of Nadia Abu Jamal and her family
"From now on anyone who plots, plans or considers carrying out an attack will know that his family will pay a heavy price for his deed. The consequences will be harsh and far‐reaching, like the decision I made regarding the mother and relatives of the terrorist who perpetrated the attack in Armon Hanatziv...
Dr. Ashrawi: This signals the final demise of the two-state solution
In the strongest terms, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s approval of more than 3,000 illegal settlement units in the Occupied West Bank; this decision comes just one week after Netanyahu and Lieberman authorized 2,500 units in the Occupied West Bank and...
Dr. Erekat: We call upon the International Criminal Court to Open an Immediate Investigation into the Israeli Settlement Enterprise
Israel continues to systematically violate the rights of the Palestinian people and to give a green light and support for settlers to take over more Palestinian land and to terrorize the Palestinian population. This immoral situation shouldn't continue to be tolerated by the International community. It has to end.
Communiqué of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement on Illegal Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
1. The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement expresses its grave concern regarding recent developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in particular the continuation and escalation of illegal policies and measures by Israel, the occupying Power, aimed at expanding its illegal settlement campaign and further entrenching its half-century occupation of the...
Dr. Ashrawi: Nation-building requires the end of the occupation
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi met with Deputy Head of Mission of the Office ofthe Quartet John Clarke at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah.
The Bishops of the 2017 Holy Land Co-ordination have released a final communiqué calling for prayer, awareness and action after 50 years of occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
Fifty years of occupation demands action
Donald Trump and the World Must Decide Where they Stand on Jerusalem: Justice or Occupation
As President Donald Trump assumes power in Washington D.C., many in occupied Palestine are deeply alarmed about what the future holds for them. They fear for the two-state solution that for decades has been the internationally accepted framework for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement and an end to Israel’s military occupation...
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) issues Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Palestine and east Jerusalem