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Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat

·March 31, 2023·2 min read

“The wave of deadly violence sweeping through the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year is the inexorable consequence of an acquisitive and repressive occupation with no end in sight, and the culture of lawlessness and impunity Israel has nurtured and enjoyed,” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said...

Musicians promote ‘empathy, fraternity, solidarity’ between Israelis and Palestinians

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·March 4, 2023·3 min read

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, appointed by the UN Secretary-General in 2016 as a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding, recently played their first concert at UN headquarters in New York, at a special event organized to demonstrate that when people listen to each other, both musically and in other...

UN rights chief appeals for Israelis and Palestinians to end ‘illogic of escalation’

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·February 4, 2023·2 min read

“Rather than doubling down on failed approaches of violence and coercion that have singularly failed in the past, I urge everyone involved to step out of the illogic of escalation that has only ended in dead bodies, shattered lives and utter despair,” he said in a statement. Record killings...

UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed’ over deaths of nine Palestinians in West Bank raid

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·January 27, 2023·1 min read

Tor Wennesland described the deaths – during an intense gun battle at a refugee camp in the city of Jenin – which included militants and reportedly, an elderly woman, as another “stark example” of the escalation in violence. The Israeli military said that troops were involved in an operation at...