Several major American Jewish organizations declined a meeting with representatives of the French government after President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would formally recognize Palestine as a state.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, condemned the United Kingdom’s recent decision to outlaw activist group Palestine Action, calling it a “disturbing” misuse of counter-terrorism law. The ban, enacted under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000, took effect earlier this month after group members caused £7 million in damages by vandalizing aircraft at an air force base in southern England.
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil filed a $20 million claim against the Trump administration, claiming he was falsely imprisoned and faced malicious prosecution.