Geopolitics
New York: To avert hospital closures and raw sewage overflowing onto the streets of Gaza, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator on Wednesday called on Israeli authorities to allow UN-purchased emergency fuel back across the border of the Palestinian enclave. more
UN development agency provides lifeline to Gaza lifeguards, in bid to keep workers from debtors’ prison

New York: If Bilal Bashir, a Palestinian fisherman and lifeguard living on the coast of the Gaza Strip, does not get work over the summer months, he risks being sent to debtors’ pri ...

UN, Egypt help avert another Israel-Palestine war in Gaza that was ‘minutes away’, Security Council hears

New York: Intense diplomatic efforts by the United Nations and Egypt have helped avoid another Israeli-Palestinian war in Gaza that appeared just “minutes away” over the past ...

Security Council fails to adopt competing texts on protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza

New York: The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions; one produced by Kuwait, in response to the killing of dozens of Palestinian protes ...

Dozens killed as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem

Jerusalem: Violence over the opening of US embassy in Jerusalem city has left 41 people killed along the border fence between Israel and Gaza, media reports said.

‘Gaza is about to explode,’ UN envoy warns Security Council

New York: The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is continuing with no prospects for a political resolution and “Gaza is about to explode,” a senior United Nations official said Thu ...

UN calls for restraint ahead of renewed Palestinian protests at Gaza fence

New York: After last week’s deadly violence near the Gaza fence and with fresh protests planned at the Gaza-Israel border tomorrow, the United Nations has urged all parties to refra ...

Gaza requires changed political reality, renewed commitment to avoid total collapse

New York: The lack of a political process to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to be the single largest impediment to Palestinian development, and an escalation in hostilitie ...

Gaza: UN official releases funds to enable life-saving aid programmes in enclave

New York, Dec 8(Just Earth News): A senior United Nations aid and development official in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) on Friday released $2.2 million to support health, food ...

Genuine change in Gaza could help restore confidence in peace process, UN envoy tells Security Council

New York, Nov 20(Just Earth News): Noting that with the signing last month of the Cairo agreement, Palestinians have set out on a path towards reconciliation, a senior United Nations offi ...