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Israel, Russia Added To UN Blacklist On Sexual Violence In Conflicts
Israel and Russia are now included in the "list of parties credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence" in armed conflict on the agenda of the Security Council.
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UN Condemns Lebanon Device Blasts As Violation Of International Law
The United Nations on Friday denounced the detonation of hand-held devices used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, saying the attack violated international law and could constitute a war crime.
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First International UN Staff Member Killed In Gaza Attack
A UN security services member was killed in an attack on a vehicle in Gaza on Monday, a spokesperson said, adding the death was the first international UN employee killed in the Palestinian territory since the war began.
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Amid Gaza War, Palestinians Relaunch Bid To Become UN Member State
The Palestinians have officially revived their application to become a full member state in the United Nations, according to a letter from their UN envoy dated Tuesday and seen by AFP.
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UN Vote On Israel's Occupation "A Victory", Say Palestinians
The Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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UN Chief Says Israel-Palestine Violence Could Lead To "Uncontainable" Crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday pleaded for an immediate end to deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence, warning a Security Council meeting that the fighting could plunge the region into an "uncontainable" crisis.
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Wave of Unrest Leaves Palestinian President With No Good Choices
A three-week-old uprising by knife-wielding, Internet-generation teenagers against Israelis has left 80-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looking like yesterday's man, unable either to oppose the violence or openly endorse it.
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'War Crimes' Likely by Both Sides in 2014 Gaza War: United Nations Report
Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during last year's Gaza war, a widely anticipated United Nations report said today, decrying "unprecedented" devastation and human suffering.
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Israel Accuses UN Children's Rights Envoy of 'Improper Conduct'
Israel has accused a senior UN official of misconduct in preparing a report that harshly criticized the Israeli army over the 2014 Gaza war while leaving it off a blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children's rights in conflict.
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Israel's President Rueven Rivlin to Address UN Session
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin left on Sunday for his first official visit to the United States, where he will address a UN session marking 70 years since the end of the Holocaust.
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UN Calls on Israel to Unlock Palestinian Tax Payment
The council was meeting as Arab foreign ministers gathered in Cairo decided to make another attempt to win approval for a UN resolution on ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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UN Nuclear Assembly Rejects Arab Bid to Pressure Israel
Member states of the UN nuclear agency on Thursday rejected an Arab resolution targeting Israel over its assumed atomic arsenal, in a diplomatic victory for the Jewish state and Western countries opposing the initiative.
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All Quiet in Gaza as 72-Hour Truce Holds
A semblance of normal life returned to Gaza on Monday as a 72-hour truce took hold and negotiators sat down in Cairo to seek a permanent end to hostilities.
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US Calls Israeli Attack on UN School 'Disgraceful'
The United States declared Sunday it is "appalled" by Israel's "disgraceful" attack on a United Nations school sheltering some 3,000 displaced people in southern Gaza.
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Family of Eight Killed in Gaza, as UN's Ban Heads to Region
Israel's Gaza ground assault sent the Palestinian death toll soaring to 296 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region today to bolster efforts to clinch a truce.
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Israel, Russia Added To UN Blacklist On Sexual Violence In Conflicts
Israel and Russia are now included in the "list of parties credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence" in armed conflict on the agenda of the Security Council.
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UN Condemns Lebanon Device Blasts As Violation Of International Law
The United Nations on Friday denounced the detonation of hand-held devices used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, saying the attack violated international law and could constitute a war crime.
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First International UN Staff Member Killed In Gaza Attack
A UN security services member was killed in an attack on a vehicle in Gaza on Monday, a spokesperson said, adding the death was the first international UN employee killed in the Palestinian territory since the war began.
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Amid Gaza War, Palestinians Relaunch Bid To Become UN Member State
The Palestinians have officially revived their application to become a full member state in the United Nations, according to a letter from their UN envoy dated Tuesday and seen by AFP.
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UN Vote On Israel's Occupation "A Victory", Say Palestinians
The Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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UN Chief Says Israel-Palestine Violence Could Lead To "Uncontainable" Crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday pleaded for an immediate end to deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence, warning a Security Council meeting that the fighting could plunge the region into an "uncontainable" crisis.
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Wave of Unrest Leaves Palestinian President With No Good Choices
A three-week-old uprising by knife-wielding, Internet-generation teenagers against Israelis has left 80-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looking like yesterday's man, unable either to oppose the violence or openly endorse it.
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'War Crimes' Likely by Both Sides in 2014 Gaza War: United Nations Report
Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during last year's Gaza war, a widely anticipated United Nations report said today, decrying "unprecedented" devastation and human suffering.
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Israel Accuses UN Children's Rights Envoy of 'Improper Conduct'
Israel has accused a senior UN official of misconduct in preparing a report that harshly criticized the Israeli army over the 2014 Gaza war while leaving it off a blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children's rights in conflict.
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Israel's President Rueven Rivlin to Address UN Session
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin left on Sunday for his first official visit to the United States, where he will address a UN session marking 70 years since the end of the Holocaust.
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UN Calls on Israel to Unlock Palestinian Tax Payment
The council was meeting as Arab foreign ministers gathered in Cairo decided to make another attempt to win approval for a UN resolution on ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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UN Nuclear Assembly Rejects Arab Bid to Pressure Israel
Member states of the UN nuclear agency on Thursday rejected an Arab resolution targeting Israel over its assumed atomic arsenal, in a diplomatic victory for the Jewish state and Western countries opposing the initiative.
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All Quiet in Gaza as 72-Hour Truce Holds
A semblance of normal life returned to Gaza on Monday as a 72-hour truce took hold and negotiators sat down in Cairo to seek a permanent end to hostilities.
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US Calls Israeli Attack on UN School 'Disgraceful'
The United States declared Sunday it is "appalled" by Israel's "disgraceful" attack on a United Nations school sheltering some 3,000 displaced people in southern Gaza.
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Family of Eight Killed in Gaza, as UN's Ban Heads to Region
Israel's Gaza ground assault sent the Palestinian death toll soaring to 296 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region today to bolster efforts to clinch a truce.
