To kill the future, zero the past

Today’s weapons are capable of wiping out entire swaths of humanity, demolishing remaining shreds of culture along with them. News coverage of the one-sided Gaza campaign make it plain that’s exactly what’s happening. Destroying the past destroys the future too. The world must band together to make sure these atrocities

Dhaka concerned over atrocities in Gaza

The ongoing 10th Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted an important resolution, affirming the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on 19 July 2024 that declared the occupation of Israel on the Occupied Palestinian Territories illegal. The resolution was tabled by Palestine and was

Palestinian official rejects Israeli settlement move

A senior Palestinian official rejected on Friday a move by Israel’s finance minister intended to promote new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying it was aimed at pursuing a “war of genocide” against Palestinians. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Thursday the Israeli government would also take punitive steps

A move to out-maneuver US veto on Palestine

The United States—which has continued to use its veto power to block Palestine from UN membership —may be out-maneuvered by a growing new campaign by some UN member states planning to establish full political and diplomatic relations with Palestine outside the confines of the United Nations. The latest recognitions of the

Israel’s war on Gaza decimates Palestinian families

He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks. Then, branch by branch, 173 of Youssef Salem's relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in a matter of days in December.

General Assembly strengthens Palestine’s status at UN

The United States and its closest political and military ally, Israel, once again found themselves isolated last week when 143 of the UN’s 193 member states approved a resolution enhancing the role of Palestine providing it with new diplomatic privileges. And the US, meanwhile, has implicitly threatened to cut off funding–

Bangladesh to play Palestine March 21 in World Cup Qualifiers

Bangladesh National Football Team, which reached Kuwait City from Saudi Arabia on Sunday to play Palestine in their away group match of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, made their first gym session in the Kuwait City on Monday. Bangladesh will play their World Cup away match against Palestine on March 21

CPS holds webinar on Israel-Palestine

The Center for Peace Studies (CPS) of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University (NSU) conducted a webinar on ‘Israel-Palestine: Is the Two-State Solution Still Viable?’ on 22 January. The event was live streamedfrom the official Facebook page of CPS. Keynote speaker Mr. Mouin Rabbani,