The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Announcing the award, the Committee said she is a person who, with exceptional courage and … Continue reading →
More than 130 lawyers and legal academics, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), wrote to the prime minister on 15 September 2026 [1] that the sanctions on Israeli settlements announced on 8 September [2] fall far short of Britain’s obligations under … Continue reading →
In his statement to Parliament on 8 September 2026, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that the UK will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, working together with a wider group of countries. Jane Kinninmont, CEO of UNA-UK, said: The … Continue reading →
On 25 August more than 50 members of the Israeli Security Forces (ISF) with armoured vehicles forcibly entered the UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre (KTC) in occupied East Jerusalem and expelled the UN staff who work there, telling them not to return. … Continue reading →
It is reported in the Guardian and elsewhere, based on evidence shown in videos and on testimony from first responders, that in the nearly two-months since the 17 June 2026 ceasefire, Israel has been dropping incendiary bombs from drones and … Continue reading →
Statement by the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1 July 2026. The United Nations and NGOs warn that the continued expansion of areas under Israeli control in Gaza since the ceasefire agreement in October 2025 is intensifying risks … Continue reading →
Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, according to a report issued on 23 June 2026 by the UN Independent … Continue reading →
In his book Israel: What Went Wrong? published in April 2026 by Professor Omer Bartov explores the transformation of Zionism from a movement of Jewish emancipation and liberation into a state ideology of ethno-nationalism, exclusion and violent domination of Palestinians. … Continue reading →
As Philippe Lazzarini steps down from his role as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on 31 March 2026, he warns that the whole system of International Law is … Continue reading →
27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day. On this day we remember the six million Jewish people who were murdered under the Nazi regime. But we also remember the millions of innocent people who have been and are still being killed in … Continue reading →