Palestine

The European Commission appeared to backtrack on a controversial suspension of aid payments to Palestine after Ireland and other countries questioned the legal basis for the move. In a statement yesterday, the Commission confirmed that it has ordered an urgent review of EU assistance for Palestine t

The Irish government is seeking to "pause" a proposed bill which would ban the State's sovereign development fund from investing in companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine. The Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023, introduced by Sinn Féin TD John B

New Israeli restrictions on the display of Palestinian flags in public spaces have been condemned by human rights campaigners as an attempt to "legitimise racism and discrimination". The Israeli government directive, issued by Israel’s new minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunda

Ireland is well placed to put pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, the UN special rapporteur for Palestine has said. Francesca Albanese, who took up the role in May 2022, yesterday spoke at an online meeting organis

The International Criminal Court (ICC) must investigate unlawful attacks committed during Israel's August assault on the Gaza Strip as war crimes, Amnesty International has said. A major new report from the international human rights organisation reconstructs the circumstances around three specific

Lawyers for the family of murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh have submitted a new complaint against Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The complaint alleges that Ms Abu-Akleh and another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali Samoudi, were deliberately targeted by Israeli forces de

Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) has joined the international condemnation of Israel's designation of six Palestinian civil society organisations as terror groups. The NGO issued a statement in the wake of last month's raid by Israeli security forces of the offices of some of the organisations

Hundreds of lawyers in Palestine took to the streets yesterday to protest in the occupied West Bank against the Palestinian Authority’s “rule by decree”. President Mahmoud Abbas governs the region without a parliament as the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has been inactive s

The UK government has been told that a new trade deal with Israel "must not be a betrayal of Palestinians' human rights" as negotiations begin. Amnesty International has submitted a 19-page briefing to the Department of Trade, setting out how the agreement should be framed to avoid reinforcing Israe

One of Gaza's foremost human rights lawyers will speak in Blackhall Place next week on human rights and the rule of law in Israel and Palestine. Raji Sourani, the founder and director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and former director of the Gaza Centre for Rights and Law, will be

Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, human rights organisation Amnesty International has said for the first time – joining the ranks of a growing number of Palestinian, Israeli and international NGOs. A new 211-page report titled Israel’s Apartheid against Pa