Palestine

A meeting at the Arab League headquarters to discuss the situation of Palestinian refugees was held between Secretary General of the Arab League and the Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

President of Palestinian National Council condemned the attack by Israeli security forces on clerics at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem area, calling it an "act of fascism and terrorism, as well as a violation of freedom of worship"

President Abbas has fired most governors in the occupied West Bank, responding to long-standing calls for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms condemns the escalation of violations against media freedom in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which have increased significantly in recent days

The Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry has called on all countries to include people linked to settler terror organisations or companies investing in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories on their terror lists

Outgoing EU envoy paraglided off the coast of Gaza in a rare flight aimed at drawing attention to the blockaded Palestinian enclave

At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack with drones on a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank; hundreds of troops are deployed in an operation that resembles the one carried out during the second Palestinian uprising in 2000

The Palestinian Olympic Committee spoke of its ambition to leave a "footprint" in international sports, but stresses that it faces "obstacles" on freedom of movement

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Beijing for a three-day visit, renewed bilateral relations with China, which publicly renewed its offer of attempting a mediation between Israel and Palestine

The expansion of the desalination plant in the Gaza Strip, with production substantially increased for 175.000 more people, was completed and officially marked by representatives of the UN, EU and Palestinian Authority

On 15 May, for the first time in history, the UN commemorated the nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe; President Abu Mazen recalled that there are more than a thousand resolutions on Palestinians adopted by UN that have never been implemented

80% of Palestinians surveyed in a new YouGov poll favoured a Chinese role in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, while the US is seen as the least favoured option

Increases in import and export tariffs imposed by the Gaza Strip rulers since last year have fuelled discontent among the territory's traders