Rome, June 5 (RHC)-- The University of Palermo in Italy has suspended its Erasmus exchange agreements with several Israeli universities, citing safety concerns.... More


New York, June 5 (RHC)-- The board of the Columbia Law Review journal – made up of faculty and alumni from the university’s law school – shut down the review’s website after editors refused to halt publication of an academic article by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that was critical of Israel.... More


Washington, June 5 (RHC)-- U.S. lawmakers at the House of Representatives have approved pending legislation that sanctions the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes warrant for Israeli leaders.  According to sources on Capitol Hill, this is the first of several steps that would be needed before these sanctions actually become law.... More


New York, June 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of State has prohibited former Marine Corps intelligence officer and American foreign policy critic Scott Ritter to board a flight from New York to Istanbul.... More


Geneva, June 5 (RHC)-- The United Nations has renewed its call for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.  Volker Turk said in a statement released on Tuesday that in addition to the death toll in the Gaza Strip, “the people of the occupied West Bank are also being subjected to day after day of unprecedented bloodshed”.  The UN human rights chief’s words came as the Israeli military and settlers carried out new attacks in the territory.... More


Stockholm, June 4 (RHC)-- A member of the European parliament from the Swedish Social Democratic party has warned against far-right groups, just few days ahead of key EU elections.  Evin Incir, who is running for re-election, said she is “worried that the far-right, conservative and liberal groups will join forces” in the next European parliament.... More


United Nations, June 4 (RHC)-- A global goal to triple the production of electricity from clean sources such as solar and wind power by 2030 is “ambitious but achievable,” says the world’s leading independent energy analyst.... More


Montevideo, June 4 (RHC)-- Dozens of women demonstrated on Monday in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, to demand an end to gender violence under the slogan: 'Not one less, until they stop killing us.'  They also included demands in favor of Palestine and the participants demanded that Uruguay break relations with Israel.... More


Toronto, June 4 (RHC)-- At the University of Toronto, students and faculty held a vigil Monday for the students in Gaza who have been deprived of a graduation due to the war. ... More


San Fransicso, June 4 (RHC)-- Scores of demonstrators have occupied the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, protesting against the occupying regime’s ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and Washington’s complicity in the brutal military onslaught.... More


United Nations, June 4 (RHC)-- Experts have urged all countries in the world to recognize Palestinian statehood.  Since the establishment of the "State of Palestine" in 1988, most countries have already recognized Palestinian statehood.  However, a dozen major countries including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have not recognized Palestinian statehood.... More


Rafah, June 4 (RHC)-- More than 15,000 Palestinian children have been killed since October, when the Israeli regime launched its genocide against the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Education says.... More


United Nations, June 4 (RHC)--  The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that far too little aid is reaching Palestinians in Gaza to the extent that children are now starving, urging Israel to respect international law regarding the safe passage of lifesaving relief in the war-battered territory.... More


Paris, June 4 (RHC)-- French-Palestinian activist and jurist Rima Hassan, a leftist candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has been the subject of political and media scrutiny in France as Israel’s war on Gaza continues to rage.... More


Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 36,479 Palestinians so far, including more than 16,000 children, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.... More


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