February 7, 2026 UNHCR A series of new Israeli operations and settlement plans in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, risk seriously undermining the viability of a Palestinian state and the realisation of the Palestinians’ right to self-determination,” the UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told the bi-weekly press conference in Geneva today.

© UNRWA The UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem is demolished by heavy machinery. January 20, 2026 UN News Service Responding to the dramatic development, head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees Philippe Lazzarini described it as an “unprecedented attack” against the UN, whose premises are protected under international law. The move represents “a new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nati

January 18, 2026 New York Times from January 12, 2026 More than two months ago, Israel and Hamas signed a cease-fire agreement that offered Palestinians in Gaza a hope of respite after a punishing two-year Israeli bombardment that left much of their enclave in ruins. The destruction has continued. Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza since the cease-fire began, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery from Planet Labs. It says it is destr

December 25, 2025 We, States of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom condemn the approval by the Israeli security cabinet of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

December 6, 2025 Seham Tantesh  in Gaza, Julian Borger  and Emma Graham-Harrison  in Jerusalem When Jumaa and Fadi Abu Assi went to look for firewood their parents thought they would be safe. They were just young boys, aged nine and 10 and, after all, a ceasefire had been declared in Gaza . Their mother, Hala Abu Assi, was making tea in the family’s tent in Khan Younis when she heard an explosion, a missile fired by an Israeli drone. She ran to the scene – but it was too late

December 3, 2025 UN News Service The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people and a two-State solution with Israel.        Annalena Baerbock was speaking at an Assembly plenary meeting where countries debated a resolution that affirms the UN’s responsibility for the question of Palestine. “For 78 years the Palestinian people have been denied their inalienable rights – in particular, their right to

September 29, 2025 UN News Service The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank...

September 27, 2025 George Monbiot While the destruction of buildings and infrastructure in Gaza is visible in every video we see, less...

September 24, 2025 International Middle East Media Center On Monday, September 22nd, the 717 th  day of Israel’s ongoing campaign of...

September 12, 2025 Joseph Gedeon  in Washington Two Democratic senators claim they have reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel ...

September 9, 2025 Kathy Kelly n his last minutes of freedom before Israel Defense Forces arrested him, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, clad in a...

August 28, 2025 Brett Wilkins Every member nation of the United Nations Security Council except the United States on Wednesday affirmed...

August 28, 2025 By Devika Hovell Imagine that, overnight, the President of the United States orders sanctions against sitting Supreme...

August 12, 2025 Mary Robinson and Helen Clark A statement by Mary Robinson  and Helen Clark  following their visit to Egypt and the Rafah...

July 29, 2025 Addressing the high-level conference on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the...

July 27, 2025 Dr. Mark Brauner "I am not writing this as a politician or a pundit. I’m writing this as a physician who just returned from...

July 26, 2025 Alex de Waal W hen mass starvation grips a community, something rare and terrible occurs. Starvation is not only the...

July 22, 2025 Joe Caughlan The head of the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency said on Tuesday that its staff members as well as doctors and...

July 19, 2025 Olivier de Schutter As the UN’s independent expert on poverty, I am no stranger to harrowing statistics. But few numbers...

July16, 2025 Editorial/The Guardian O n Sunday, an Israeli strike killed six Palestinian children – and four adults – as they queued for...