Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat (Credit: AU.INT) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemned the bombardments in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 21 Palestinians. Israeli bombing raids across Gaza have
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – 20 people in the Gaza Strip, including nine children, have been killed on Monday by Israeli air strikes launched after rockets were fired by Hamas militants from the territory towards aimed at civilian areas in Jerusalem. Tensions
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, at UN world headquarters in New York Jan. 21, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The International
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The International Criminal Court (ICC) will undertake a formal criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Palestine, The Hague-based tribunal announced . “The preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine has
United Nations Security Council at world headquarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Security Council members Wednesday sternly rebuked the U.S. announcement that it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be
Credit: Mohamed Mahmoud Awad / Rimal neighborhood in the centre of Gaza City with smoke rising after 4 May 2019 Israeli airstrikes. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN condemned the indiscriminate firing of rockets in attacks in Gaza after Israel’s
Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / S. Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, briefs reporters at UN world headquarters in New York Oct. 24, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union announced this week will be providing €22 million (US $24.7 million) of additional humanitarian assistance in support of the most vulnerable people in Gaza and the West Bank. The aid will focus on emergency preparedness