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UN Palestinian refugee agency 'part of the problem': Swiss foreign minister

Thu, 17 May 2018 18:18:43 +0200

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is fuelling "unrealistic" hopes of return after 70 years of exodus and is therefore helping keep the Mideast conflict alive, Switzerland's foreign minister has said.

UN says 'it seems anyone is liable to be shot dead' in Gaza

Tue, 15 May 2018 16:53:28 +0200

The UN rights office said on Tuesday it seemed that any Palestinian protesting in Gaza, regardless of whether they pose an imminent threat, is "liable" to be killed by Israeli forces.

UN monitor of Palestine land quits in protest

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:26:53 +0100

The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned on Monday, complaining that Israel had never granted him access to the areas he is meant to monitor.

War crimes 'likely by both sides in Gaza war'

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:57:40 +0200

Evidence showed both Israel and Palestinian militants committed war crimes during last year's Gaza war, a widely anticipated United Nations report says, decrying "unprecedented" devastation and human suffering.

Israeli skips rights council session on Palestine

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:41:10 +0100

Israel's representative was conspicuously absent from a UN Human Rights Council special session in Geneva on Monday on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the 2014 Gaza conflict.

Israel hits back at Swiss over rights conference

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:12:00 +0100

Israel on Friday condemned Switzerland's plan to host a conference on respect for international human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, charging it was a deviation from the country's traditional neutrality.

Former New York judge named to UN Gaza probe

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:04:00 +0200

Former New York judge Mary McGowan Davis was appointed on Monday to a UN commission probing Israel's Gaza offensive and the actions of Islamist militant group Hamas, the world body's Geneva-based Human Rights Council said.

Clooney's fiancee named to UN Gaza probe team

Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:31:54 +0200

Hollywood star George Clooney's fiancee Amal Alamuddin is to join fellow human rights experts probing Israel's Gaza offensive, the United Nations said in Geneva on Monday.

Israel turns back activists from Switzerland

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:35:20 +0200

Israeli security forces stopped a group of 20 pro-Palestinian activists who arrived on a flight from Switzerland on Friday and were expected to expel them, police said.

'Flytilla' activists blocked at Geneva airport

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:40:00 +0200

Some 50 passengers who described themselves as "pro-Palestinian" were prevented from embarking on a flight to Israel from Geneva airport on Friday, officials said, prompting flight delays.