Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO

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 General Conference votes 107 in favour, 14 against and 52 abstentions to admit Palestine as a member state.

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.

The General Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Palestine and Addameer called for a ten-minute collective public solidarity action at noon Jerusalem time in support of hunger-striking prisoners.