Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Wednesday that the people of occupied Palestine are facing Israeli aggression and continuous war in various forms, Wafa news agency has reported. Shtayyeh’s comments were made during his meeting with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamonn Gilmour, in Ramallah. The EU’s representative[…]
European Union Representative in Palestine, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, said Wednesday that all forms of Israeli settlement building in the West Bank are illegal, Anadolu News Agency reports. This statement came during a visit by a delegation of European ambassadors and consuls to the Palestinian towns of Sebastia and Burqa in the[…]
European lawmakers have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to carry out an investigation into the poisoning of tens of thousands of schoolgirls in Iran, as accusations grow of the Iranian government’s potential involvement in the cases. At the beginning of this month, Iranian state media and[…]
Ambassadors of four European Union (EU) countries on Friday boycotted a tour to the Western Wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque led by Israeli Envoy to the US Gilad Erdan, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported. According to the Western Wall Heritage Fund, the activity was organised for a number of countries: “As part of[…]
INTERNATIONAL The European Union’s top court has ruled that companies within its members states can ban hijabs as long as it is done in a “general” way which does not constitute “direct discrimination”. The ruling, published by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday, concerned an[…]
INTERNATIONAL International human rights groups have condemned the upcoming EU-Israel summit, saying that it would only legitimise the ongoing “apartheid” against Palestinians. In a statement, Amnesty International warned that “Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians” and that “any cooperation must focus on dismantling Israel’s cruel system of oppression and domination”.[…]
INTERNATIONAL Human rights groups and the EU have condemned the execution by Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, of five Palestinians, including two for “collaboration” with Israel. The dawn executions, by hanging or firing squad, were the first carried out in the besieged coastal enclave for more than five years. “On Sunday[…]
Iran has received Washington’s response to an EU-drafted final offer for saving Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, giving no firm indication of how close they are to narrowing remaining gaps Reuters reports. After 16 months of fitful, indirect US-Iran talks, with EU officials shuttling[…]
Iran has stated that it wants assurances and guarantees that no future US president would rescind the nuclear deal should it accept the European Union (EU) proposal to return to the deal, news agency IRNA reported Friday. The EU announced on Monday that it had put forward a “final text” following four[…]
Iran has stated that it wants assurances and guarantees that no future US president would rescind the nuclear deal should it accept the European Union (EU) proposal to return to the deal, news agency IRNA reported Friday. The EU announced on Monday that it had put forward a “final text” following four[…]
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