Palestine must be placed on the agenda of the BRICS countries’ meeting this year, a senior South African minister said on Wednesday. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa make up the five emerging nations which form BRICS and which include 41 per cent of the world’s population. Speaking at an Israeli Apartheid Week event...
Israeli authorities are considering stripping 12 Palestinians of their permanent residency status in occupied East Jerusalem, in what would reportedly be the first use of recently adopted legislation. According to Haaretz, Interior Minister Arye Dery is weighing up the move, in light of the law passed two weeks ago, which grants him the authority to...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met in New York this morning with his American counterpart, President Donald Trump, and their respective teams. In a statement, the head of the PLO General Delegation to the U.S., Ambassador Husam Zomlot, said, “the meeting was forward-looking, and the conversation was deep and frank between the two allies.” President Abbas...
Ambassador Dr.Husam Zomlot addressed the Chicago Council on Global Affairs where he delved into recent developments in the strategy for peace and commitment to peaceful popular resistance. He used the #Jerusalem demonstrations as a prime example. One of the most important aspects of this visit is meeting the families from the Palestinian community in addition to visiting their institutions while...