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This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations working on the question of Palestine. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information “as is” without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.?

Middle?East?

• On 30 July,??stated?that the Assembly of States Parties’ 24 July decision to remove ICC Prosecutor Khan?had been?made through an opaque, irregular process that lacked due process and set a dangerous precedent. They argued that political interference, particularly by Israel and its allies, shaped the disciplinary proceedings to undermine arrest warrants for Israeli officials. Judges had found insufficient evidence for misconduct, yet the Bureau disregarded their conclusions. The?organizations?warned that the?politicized?removal threatened prosecutorial independence, enabled impunity, and risked weakening the ICC’s ability to pursue accountability in the Palestine situation and beyond.
• On 27 July,??reported?a major escalation of state-backed settler violence in the?occupied?West Bank on 24 July, including shootings, arson, raids, mass arrests, and attacks on multiple villages. Israeli officials used the events to justify intensified military operations, collective punishment, and expanded settlement activity. Since October 2023, 68 Palestinians have been killed in settler-related incidents and over 5,200 injured, alongside 1,122 killed by Israeli?security?forces. The?organizations?urged?the international community to uphold international law, implement the ICJ Advisory Opinion, impose sanctions, end military cooperation, and provide immediate protection for Palestinian civilians.
• On 20 July,??reported?that Israel’s High Court?had?held a hearing on a petition?seeking?to reopen the medical corridor that once allowed Gaza patients to access treatment in the?occupied?West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Court declined to intervene and instead urged petitioners to persuade other countries to accept patients. Judges rejected requests to hear testimony from senior Israeli physicians and ordered the removal of?an affidavit?describing Gaza’s collapsed healthcare system. Petitioners argued that 18,500 patients urgently needed care unavailable in Gaza. The ruling left Israel’s ban in place, meaning patients continued to die while awaiting treatment that had previously been accessible.
• On 18 July,??reported that Israeli prisons have become sites of death and torture for Palestinian detainees, with authorities withholding information and blocking international monitoring. Testimonies describe unprecedented brutality, and dozens of deaths in custody remain unexplained. Although the Israeli military has opened investigations into 57 deaths, none have resulted in indictments, even in?facilities with surveillance cameras and witnesses.?The NGO?said?these practices show judicial complicity, entrench impunity, and require urgent independent investigations and international accountability.
• On 18?July,??stated?that Ireland’s Parliament had passed the 2026?bill banning imports of goods from Israeli settlements, marking the first such move by an EU?Member State. The?organization?welcomed the step as a long?overdue implementation of states’ obligations under international law but noted that excluding services significantly weakened the?bill’s impact. Al-Haq recalled the decade-long legislative process, legal debates, and the influence of the 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion. It argued that Ireland still fell short of fully meeting its duties, since international law required banning both goods and services linked to illegal settlements and ending all complicity.
• On 15 July,??stated?in its most recent report?that Gaza’s food crisis?had?worsened after international kitchens were forced to shut down due to ongoing Israeli restrictions and insecurity. These kitchens had previously provided thousands of meals daily to displaced families. Their closure left communities without reliable access to cooked food, pushing many into severe hunger. Residents described relying on scarce ingredients, unsafe?water?and makeshift fires. The report emphasized that Israel’s blockade and military actions had already devastated food production, and the shutdown of humanitarian kitchens further deepened malnutrition and desperation across the Strip.?

Africa,?Asia?and Europe??

• On 24 July,??reported that?during?two attacks?by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank?on 24 July,?four Palestinians and two Israelis?had?were?killed, triggering widespread settler reprisals and intensified Israeli military operations. Witnesses said?Israeli?settlers,?accompanied?at times by soldiers, assaulted homes, shot residents, and carried out repeated incursions while the army?failed to?intervene. HRW verified videos showing settlers and soldiers jointly involved in the violence. Israeli officials responded by redeploying?security forces, expanding settlement outposts, and calling for the destruction of Palestinian villages. HRW warned that escalating settler violence and state support?threatened?to result in?mass atrocities across the West Bank.
• On 23 July,??reported that more than 74,000 children in Gaza were expected to suffer acute malnutrition in the coming months as the food crisis deepened. The organization said families had been unable to access sufficient food, clean water, or medical care due to ongoing hostilities and restrictions. Parents described skipping meals so their children could eat, while infants faced life?threatening shortages of formula and therapeutic nutrition. The report?stated?that humanitarian aid remained severely limited and that the collapse of essential services?had pushed children into extreme hunger, preventable illness, and long?term developmental harm.
• On?22?July,??reported that rebuilding Gaza would require $71.4 billion, seven times the combined cost of all?previous?reconstruction efforts. The?recent?war had caused massive physical destruction, economic collapse, and the erasure of Gaza’s social fabric. Assessments showed?nearly 73,000?Palestinians killed, 173,000 injured, and 1.9 million displaced. The report?stated?that past rebuilds had been undermined by blockade, access restrictions, donor shortfalls, and repeated military offensives. It argued that only a Palestinian?led recovery grounded in rights and accountability could?succeed and?warned that externally imposed models would fail without ending the occupation, ensuring justice, and restoring Palestinian?self?determination.
• On 21 July,??reported that the Palestinian community of?Zanuta?in the?southern occupied West Bank?had?remained?forcibly displaced since October 2023 due to persistent, state?backed?Israeli?settler violence. Israeli police and military forces repeatedly?failed to?ensure the residents’ safe return, despite two Israeli Supreme Court rulings requiring protection. The organisation?stated?that authorities had not removed illegal settler outposts built on?Zanuta’s?land and had obstructed efforts to rebuild homes and infrastructure. Amnesty argued that Israel’s inaction violated international law and urged immediate steps to allow residents to return safely and restore their community.?

?North America?

• On?15 July, the??explained how Israel’s assault on Gaza had systematically targeted journalists and destroyed the territory’s documentation ecosystem. Speakers described how killings, arrests, and the bombing of media infrastructure had begun even before October 2023 and intensified throughout the war.?They?said international organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, had failed to protect Palestinian journalists and had sometimes minimized or misclassified their deaths. The conversation highlighted how Gaza had become the deadliest place in the world for journalists and stressed that erasing reporters and archives undermined accountability, memory, and efforts to document atrocities.?

??麻豆APP?

• On?28?July,?the Chair of?the?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?told the Security Council that the two?state solution had been gravely endangered by expanding settlements, settler violence, and Israel’s continued occupation. He said Israel’s military actions and restrictions had devastated Gaza and undermined prospects for peace. The Chair urged the Council to take concrete steps to uphold international law, protect civilians, and preserve the possibility of?a viable?Palestinian state. He stressed that only decisive international action could prevent further deterioration and safeguard Palestinians’ rights and political future.
• On 27 July,? issued a press release, denouncing Israeli forces and municipal officials that entered UNRWA’s Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem for the second time in under a month, disrupting classes and confining students and staff. They presented no documentation explaining the purpose of the incursion and photographed buildings, offices, and training facilities. UNRWA stated that the centre, a UN property protected under international law, had faced months of threats of unlawful seizure.?It also?stated?that?Israel has an obligation to refrain from undertaking any executive, administrative,?judicial?or legislative actions against the property and assets of the 麻豆APP and its entities in the occupied Palestinian territory, based on the ICJ’s AO of 22 October 2025.?