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The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a unit in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, announced on Thursday that the Erez Crossing would be reopened for workers to leave the Gaza Strip area. Whether the border reopening would be continued is subject to an assessment of the situation, COGAT added. Palestinian demonstrations have [...]

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Francesca P. Albanese is an international lawyer and scholar, renowned for her contributions addressing the question of Palestinian refugees, which constitutes the most enduring and complex refugee crisis following World War II. She has penned numerous publications and analyses on the issue. In 2020, she collaborated with Lex Takkenberg to co-author the second edition of [...]

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President Joe Biden has repeatedly characterized the state of world affairs as a battle between democracies and autocracies, with America leading the coalition championing the democratic cause. According to the United States, this coalition aims to show the world that government of the people, by the people and for the people is the best model, [...]

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres released his annual report on children and armed conflict on Tuesday, unveiling a surge in grave violations committed against children in armed conflict zones when compared to preceding years. The report exclusively highlights that 27,180 grave violations that have been verified through evidence. However, it warns that there are likely numerous additional [...]

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According to the Israeli news site Walla, the US State Department has reinstated a ban on US government research funding going to support research projects conducted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The decision is a significant reversal of a former US President Donald Trump-era policy, instituted in 2020, which had allowed research funding in the [...]

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called Friday for an “immediate end” to violence in the West Bank amid rising tensions between Israel and Palestine. Türk urged a deescalation to the conflict, stating Friday that, “for this violence to end, the occupation must end.” Türk also said that, “n all sides, the people [...]

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