On 21 May 2025 Anna Foster (AF) interviewed Michael Kleiner (MK), President of the Supreme Court of the Likud Party, during the BBC Today Programme. He is a member of the Likud party to which the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Continue reading →
May 20 The video below shows part of a press briefing at noon on 20 May 2025 by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, dealing with the situation of aid entering Gaza but not being distributed as well as … Continue reading →
On 20 May 2025 the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Lammy, made a statement on Israel to the House of Commons. A transcription of his speech is shown below the video. With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, … Continue reading →
On 20 May Tom Fletcher was interviewed by Anna Foster during the BBC Today Programme. He is the Under-Secretary General in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). He stated during that interview that “There are 14,000 … Continue reading →
Article by Philip Brown, Secretary of United Nations Association Coventry Branch. This is his own personal point of view and does not represent the views of the United Nations Association-UK. 18 May 2025 Last night I could not sleep. I, … Continue reading →
Independent human rights experts have been reporting on Israel’s many flagrant breaches of international humanitarian law since at least 2024. These breaches include crimes against humanity including murder, torture, sexual violence, and repeated forced displacement amounting to forcible transfer, war crimes encompassing indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, including objects indispensable to … Continue reading →
The following briefing was delivered by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on 13 May 2025. The full text is included below the video. Mr. President, Members of the Council, Briefing you again on this subject … Continue reading →
Israel has not allowed any aid to be delivered to Gaza since 2 March 2025 and no electricity shortly after. Food, water and medicine are running out, leaving thousands of Palestinians without basic necessities. The United Nations says people face … Continue reading →
On 30 March UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher wrote on X: 15 emergency & aid workers in Gaza – from @PalestineRCS, Palestinian Civil Defense and UN – were found buried by their wrecked & well-marked vehicles. Our condolences to … Continue reading →
The following interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 28 January 2025, the day before an Israeli law came into force banning UNRWA, the UN relief agency, from operating in Gaza, a Palestinian territory which Israel illegally occupies. Evan … Continue reading →