Embassy of the State of Palestine

Today we mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, when the British colonial power promised Palestine, a land that wasn’t theirs, to the Zionist movement, thus ignoring the political and national rights of the indigenous Palestinian people.

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemned the dangerous plan proposed by Israel’s Jerusalem Affairs Minister Zeev Elkin to split off the Palestinian neighborhoods situated next to the Apartheid Wall from the so-called Jerusalem Municipality, placing them under a new Israeli jurisdiction.  Elkin’s plan specifically targets the Shoufat refugee...

Entitled Britain: Make it Right, this video explores the Balfour Declaration’s ongoing legacy of injustice and Britain’s refusal to take responsibility for this shameful colonial legacy. 

We have been working hard on a global campaign with Palestinians locally, those in exile and with our supporters. A large part of the campaign will be played out on social media, and this is where your help and the help of your advocates will give the campaign the important...

“We strongly condemn Israel’s plans to approve the construction of 176 units in the illegal settlement of Nof Zion which is located inside the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal Al Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.  

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced Israel’s recent efforts to expand its illegal settlement enterprise, including the advancement of plans by the Israeli Civil Administration’s High Planning Committee for 2,615 units in settlements throughout the occupied West Bank, the start of construction on 1,600 units in the settlement...

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi welcomed the agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas and said:

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PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

“The US Ambassador to Israel has proved once again that he is completely removed from reality. In addition to his long-standing support for Israeli settlements, and after referring to the “alleged occupation” of Palestinian land, he has the audacity to maintain that Israel occupies only 2% of the West Bank...