2015 in Palestine

none 2015 Palestine Template:Year in Palestine: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of Palestine.svg 90px History of Palestine · Timeline of Palestinian history · List of years in Palestine Events in the year 2015 in Palestine. Incumbents State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State) Mahmoud Abbas (PLO), President, 8 May 2005–current Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister, 6 June 2013–current Government of Palestine – 17th Government of Palestine Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations) Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas), Prime Minister, 29 March 2006–current Events For incidents of violence, see List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2015. January 1 - The Palestinian Authority signs a treaty to join and participate in the International Criminal Court.https://www.wsj.com/articles/abbas-oks-palestinian-application-to-join-international-criminal-court-1420050385 Palestinians Sign Treaty to Join International Criminal Court WSJ 1 January 2015 1 January 2015 January 25 - Palestinian Authority Preventative Security officers arrest Bara al-Qadi, a 22-year-old undergraduate student at Birzeit University, for a social media post criticising Minister for Sport Jibril Rajoub.Strickland Patrick Palestinian Authority arrests student for lampooning sports official on Facebook https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/patrick-strickland/palestinian-authority-arrests-student-lampooning-sports-official-facebook 13 July 2016 Electronic Intifada 29 January 2015 The arrest prompted criticism from Amnesty International.https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/palestine-state-of/report-palestine-state-of/ Palestine (State of) 2015/2016 Amnesty International 13 July 2016 September 9 - Israel outlaws two grassroots Palestinian Islamist groups, "Mourabitoon" and "Mourabitaat", involved in aggressive protests at Temple Mount against stepped-up visits by religious Jews. Palestinian Women Join Effort to Keep Jews From Contested Holy Site https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/world/middleeast/palestinian-women-join-effort-to-keep-jews-from-contested-holy-site.html The New York Times 2015-04-16 2016-01-29 0362-4331 Diaa Hadid This escalates tensions over the status of the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, leading to the 2015-2016 Palestinian unrest. September 10 - By a vote of 119 to 8, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a motion to fly the flag of United Nations General Assembly observers, presently including Palestine and the Holy See, at the UN Headquarters and offices.https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11676.doc.htm State of Palestine Flag to Fly at United Nations Headquarters, Offices as General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Non-Member Observer States United Nations 10 September 2015 13 July 2016 September 13 - Israeli police raids the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with witnesses reporting that the police used rubber bullets and tear gas, and chained the doors of the mosque shut.Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa compound, assault worshippers https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767579 4 November 2015 Ma'an News Agency 13 September 2015 There are numerous clashes around the site in the following days between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors.'Abbas: Blood of ‘martyrs’ spilled on Temple Mount is ‘pure’,' The Times of Israel 17 September 201\5. November 30 - The two Israeli minors involved in the kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir are found guilty of murder by the Jerusalem district court.Israel convicts two Jewish minors for murder of Palestinian youth Mohammed Abu Khdeir http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-30/israel-convicts-jewish-defendants-of-murder-that-led-to-gaza-war/6988412 30 November 2015 ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 30 November 2015 December 16 - Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem releases a report listing twelve incidents in which Israeli soldiers and other security forces allegedly used excessive force against Palestinians, by shooting the assailants or suspected assailants even after they no longer posed any danger.Unjustified use of lethal force and execution of Palestinians who stabbed or were suspected of attempted stabbings http://www.btselem.org/gunfire/20151216_cases_of_unjustified_gunfire_and_executions B'Tselem 4 January 2016 B'Tselem accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of overseeing a "new pseudo-normative reality" in which a "shoot to kill" approach should always be adopted by police officers or armed civilians regarding suspected Palestinian assailants.UB'Tselem to PM: Your silence permits street executions http://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20151115_letter_to_pm_on_extrajudicial_killings B'Tselem 6 January 2016 References 2015 in Palestine Category:Years of the 21st century in Palestine Category:2010s in Palestine Palestine