KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 Malaysia will call for the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to take tougher stand and maximum possible efforts to protect Palestinians from Israel’s hostile acts, during the OIC virtual extraordinary meeting tomorrow. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin.
The United Nations
Amid increasing bloodshed and volatility in Gaza and Israel, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Saturday appealed for a de-escalation in tensions and urged all sides to respect international law.
Amid increasing bloodshed and volatility in Gaza and Israel, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Saturday appealed for a de-escalation in tensions and urged all sides to respect international law.
“Over the past 10 days, the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel has deteriorated at an alarming rate,” she said in a statement.
Ms Bachelet added that “rather than seeking to calm tensions, inflammatory rhetoric from leaders on all sides appears to be seeking to excite tensions rather than to calm them.”
Arab-Israeli MKs and civic leaders call on international community to act May 15, 2021 at 6:31 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of buildings destroyed by ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza on May 14, 2021 [Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency] May 15, 2021 at 6:31 pm
The following is a statement published by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel. They are an extra-parliamentary umbrella organisation, comprised of Arab Members of Knesset (MKs), Arab mayors, and leaders of civic movements and NGOs. It is the highest political body that represents Palestinian citizens of Israel at the national level.
The building, which housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, had been evacuated prior to the strike after the owner received a warning
Bachelet appeals for de-escalation amid increasing bloodshed, incitement, volatility in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
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GENEVA (15 May 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday called for strict respect for international law and appealed to all sides to take steps to de-escalate the increasingly alarming situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
“Over the past 10 days, the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel has deteriorated at an alarming rate. The situation in Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem, triggered by threats of forced evictions of Palestinian families; the heavy presence of Israeli Security Forces and violence around the al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan; the severe escalation of attacks from and on Gaza; and the shocking race-based incitement in Israel have all led to vicious attacks and mounting casualties in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel,” High Comm