On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its landmark Advisory Opinion on Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East …
Is the Palestinian Cause Central to the Arab World?
The date of the Al-Aqsa Flood, 7 October 2023, will be remembered for more than one reason, regardless of the intentions of its masterminds. One reading is that Al-Aqsa laid …
Palestine: Israel ushers in new phase of terrifying destruction in West Bank
In the late hours of 27 August, Israel began simultaneously attacking multiple locations in cities and refugee camps in the West Bank, reportedly killing at least 10 people, in what …
Rights Groups urge EU to act against Israel’s unprecedented journalist killings, press freedom violations
Dear Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the Commission Dear Mr Valdis Dombrovskis European Commission, Executive Vice-President for An …
HRDN Letter to Members of the European Parliament – 2024-2029 Legislature
Dear Members of the European Parliament, The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) and its 68 members congratulate you on your election or re-election in the European Parliament. We look …
56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Rights Protections Undermined as Victims Increasingly Abandoned
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expressed profound concern over the increasing abandonment of victims of wide-spread and severe human rights violations throughout the MENA region and wider world, …
After 7 October: Prospects in the Arab World
Over the two waves of the Arab Spring uprisings, which spanned nearly a decade, the Arab world was unable to find a common middle ground between the ruling elites and …
Cross-Regional “Don’t Buy Into Occupation” Coalition exposes ties between European financial institutions and companies arming Israel
Today, 20 June 2024, the “Don’t Buy Into Occupation” (DBIO) coalition launched an exceptional progress report titled “The companies arming Israel and their financiers”. The report, mainly prepared by PAX, …
Briefing report: Israel imposes catastrophic conditions of life on Palestinians in Gaza with the aim of their “physical destruction” according to the definition of genocide
View PostIsrael’s Massacre in Nuseirat Underlines the Need for an Immediate Ceasefire
Israel’s latest massacre of Palestinians, in the Nuseirat camp for internally displaced persons in the central Gaza Strip, underlines the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. On 8 …