US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from mainly Muslim countries is illegal and “mean-spirited”, the United Nations human rights chief Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein said Monday. Zeid, who rarely communicates on Twitter, said in a tweet that “discrimination on nationality alone is forbidden under human rights law”, ...
Israeli parliament began discussions Monday on the final adoption of a bill retroactively legalizing thousands of settlements on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The text has alarmed the international community and supporters of an independent Palestinian state. It is expected to be voted on Tuesday, with adoption ...
