UNESCO votes to admit Palestine

The UN mission reports evidence of serious violations by Israeli forces and also finds that Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes through indiscriminate rocket and mortar attacks on southern...

UN General Assembly decision 64/507 provides for direct plenary consideration of the Human Rights Council report containing the fact-finding mission findings.

Israeli forces board a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters; nine passengers are killed and many are injured. UN investigations later reach differing legal conclusions on...

UN Human Rights Council resolution 14/1 creates an international fact-finding mission to investigate possible violations of international law resulting from the 31 May interception.

UNESCO Executive Board votes 40 to 4, with 14 abstentions, to recommend admitting Palestine; a diplomatic avenue for Palestinian self-determination.

UNESCO raises the Palestinian flag at its headquarters following Palestine’s admission; a symbolic achievement in diplomatic recognition.

Khader Adnan ended a 66-day hunger strike after an agreement concerning his administrative detention and anticipated release.

Hana Shalabi ended a 43-day hunger strike after an agreement involving her transfer to Gaza; rights advocates criticized the exile condition.

Large numbers of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel begin a hunger strike demanding improved detention conditions, family visits and changes to solitary confinement and administrative detention.

Following negotiations and understandings concerning prison conditions and visits, Palestinian prisoners end a mass hunger strike. Accounts differ on participant totals.