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PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi on the 42nd anniversary of Land Day
“In March 1976, the Israeli government announced its decision to expropriate thousands of dunams of land belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel. Consequently, thousands of indigenous Palestinians from the Galilee to the Naqab demonstrated against such a move, and on March 30, six Palestinian citizens of Israel were murdered and...
Press Release by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on the eve of the Forty Two annual commemoration of Land Day, March 30, 2018
Israeli occupation laid hand over more than 85% of the total area of historical land of Palestine, which totals about 27,000 km2. Arabs comprise 48% of the total population, but utilize only 15% of the land.
Dr. Ashrawi expresses appreciation for the 'principled' members of the UNHRC for adopting resolutions reaffirming the rights of the Palestinian people
In its 37th session in Geneva yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted four resolutions on Palestine: 1. Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, are illegal. 2. The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. 3.
Israel sentences seventeen-year-old Ahed Tamimi to eight months in prison
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi has been jailed for eight months for kicking and slapping a heavily armed IDF soldier in the front yard of her family home in the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s Self-Inflicted Wounds
by Ronald S. Lauder
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi mourns the passing of British physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking – “a uniquely courageous person”
“The Palestinian leadership and the Palestinian people mark with sorrow the passing of British legendary theoretical physicist, best-selling author of “A Brief History of Time,” and a uniquely courageous person, Dr. Stephen Hawking. We join the rest of the world in celebrating his exceptional achievements and legacy, not just in...
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemns the explosion in Gaza
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemns the explosion in Gaza targeting Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and General Intelligence Chief Majed Faraj. “This deplorable assassination attempt targeting Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Intelligence Chief Majed Faraj is a cowardly act of criminality. Such violence aimed at the...
Their dreams fly high: UNRWA students fly thousands of kites demanding their schools remain open
UNRWA Press Release
The Occupier Demands Loyalty from the Occupied: Background and Implications of Israel's "Breach of Loyalty" Bill
Since its 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, Israel’s legal and administrative actions in Jerusalem have sought to assert it as a sovereign part of Israel with a solid Jewish majority. To this end, Israeli policies encourage Jewish-Israeli settlement while forcibly transferring the indigenous Palestinian population.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018, gender equality and equity are a must
The Ambassador and staff of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Canberra would like to extend their warm greetings to all women around the world and express, in particular, congratulations for their hard-fought and ongoing gains in rights and equality.