Barclays and BP are hardly strangers to criticism. But even those UK PLC heavyweights must have been taken aback when last week – along with the likes of Google, Amazon and educational institutions such as the the University of Edinburgh – they were accused by the United Nations of exploiting an “economy of genocide” by maintaining ties with Israel.

Abdullah Abu Shawesh, the Palestinian Ambassador to India, said the Israeli Defense Forces had destroyed two schools and a university library built with funding from India.

The Trump administration has announced it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.

Varsen Aghabekian Shahin meets with Graham Dattels, Canada's Representative to the Palestinian Authority, in Ramallah, according to Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

Defenders of Palestine and the rule of law on Wednesday condemned Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of sanctions targeting United Nations expert Francesca Albanese, one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s U.S.-backed genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio slapped Treasury sanctions on United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on Wednesday, saying her bid to drag American and Israeli officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC) crossed a red line.

A review of the embattled United Nations Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, ordered by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has identified four possible ways forward for the organization that has lost U.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged the UK to recognize the state of Palestine in an address to the British parliament that emphasized the need for cooperation amid Middle East tensions and uncertainty over US support.

PM Robert Abela intends on waiting for a UN conference on Israel-Palestine before recognising Palestinian statehood

The United States has imposed sanctions on UN expert Francesca Albanese after her outspoken criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory,