Press release issued by the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom on the normalisation accords between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain
Today, two Arab Gulf countries will sign normalisation agreements with Israel. We consider these accords a retrograde step for the Palestinian cause because they subvert the peace-for-land formula of the 2002 Saudi-sponsored Arab Peace Initiative, which remains the most promising diplomatic initiative on the table. We believe the reason these accords are being signed now […]
تعميم صادر عن سفارة فلسطين لدى المملكة المتحدة حول إرشادات السلامة العامة للمراجعين في ظل وباء الكورونا
الأهل الأعزاء الجالية الفلسطينية في بريطانيا، تهديكم سفارتكم، سفارة فلسطين لدى المملكة المتحدة، أطيب التحيات. في ظل وباء كورونا وتوجيهات الصحة والسلامة العامة بهذا الخصوص، نود إعلامكم بالإرشادات التالية: 1- نرجو من المواطنين الكرام – والتي تتطلب معاملتهم حضور شخصي أخذ موعد مسبق مــع قسم الشؤون القنصلية في السفارة من خلال أرسال بريد الكتروني على […]
Dr Husam Zomlot calls for the release of Governor of Jerusalem Adnan al-Ghaith
An Israeli court has today extended the detention of Adnan al-Ghaith, the governor of Jerusalem, as Israel’s targeting of the Palestinian presence in the city continues unabated.His arrest comes as another episode in Israel’s suffocation of Palestinian life and rights in Jerusalem. These measures are aimed at erasing the Palestinian existence from the city. With […]
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK demands apology from parliamentarian and the SNP
Ambassador Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, has asked for urgent clarification from the Scottish National Party and Scottish Government after an amendment last week to a Scottish parliamentary motion described the Palestinian Nakba as “self-inflicted.” The 1948 Nakba, or “catastrophe”, saw more than half of all Palestinians dispossessed and uprooted […]
127 British politicians demand UK impose sanctions on Israel in the event of annexation of occupied Palestinian territory
127 British politicians from all parties have written to the British Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary urging them to make clear publicly to Israel that any annexation of occupied Palestinian territory “will have severe consequences including sanctions”. In an unprecedented intervention, politicians including former cabinet members, ministers and senior diplomats, demanded actions not words […]
Foreign Minister welcomes issuance of database of companies involved in Israeli settlements
Foreign Minister Riyad Malki welcomed today the issuance of the long-awaited for UN report on business enterprises involved in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, issued today the database of companies operating in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian state in implementation […]
UN publishes list of companies with ties to Israeli settlements
The UN has published a list of companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the US-based TripAdvisor and Airbnb and the British truck and digger maker JCB. Most of the 112 companies linked to settlements, which are regarded as illegal under international law, were Israeli. The list included 18 […]
Press Release: Caabu Parliamentary meeting on the Trump plan deems it a non-starter
Caabu hosted a briefing on the Trump proposal in Parliament today, with the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Dr Husam Zomlot, outlining why the so-called ‘deal’ was a non-starter. The briefing was jointly hosted by Caabu Chair David Jones MP. Dr Zomlot reminded the audience that the Palestinians have rejected the proposal completely, as have […]
Arab Ambassadors urge Britain to reject Trump’s “Deal of the Century”
Arab Ambassadors to the United Kingdom have demanded that the British government rejects Trump’s proposal for a solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict termed the “Deal of the Century” as it does not satisfy the rights required by the Palestinians as well as constituting a violation of United Nations resolutions as well as international law. […]
Trumps peace plan ‘deal of the century’
The Trump peace plan proposed by the White House with the aim of settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was announced on the 28th of January. Trump’s main proposals included: 1) US recognition of Israeli sovereignty 2) Jerusalem will remain Israel’s capital 3) The possibility of an independent Palestinian state but with unrealistic conditions as well as […]