Palestine

UN member states have wasted 25 years of potential by largely ignoring the crucial role that Palestinian women and girls should have played in building peace in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), says Oxfam.

Israel’s destruction of three Oxfam partner premises this week underscores threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities.

Paper released as West Bank sees escalations in Israeli military and settler violence.

Israeli explosive weapons hit civilian infrastructure in Gaza once every three hours. 

Oxfam is gravely concerned for the lives of around 500,000 Palestinians, alongside any of the more than 200 Israeli and other national hostages, currently trapped in a “siege within a siege” in northern Gaza.  

Starvation is being used as a weapon of war against Gaza civilians, Oxfam said today as it renewed its call for food, water, fuel and other essentials to be allowed to enter.  

With a new US-led peace initiative looming, it is critical to look back over the last 26 years and the legacy of the Oslo Accords to bring insight and understanding and to learn vital lessons from the past.

The Israeli High Court has ruled in favour of an urgent request for an interim order which would prevent the cessation of all activities until a final ruling is reached. 

Most countries recognize Palestinian statehood, yet Israel’s international law violations are accelerating.

This report highlights how foreign states and corporations, through ongoing trade with illegal settlements, directly enable the humanitarian crisis driven by Israel’s prolonged occupation.