{"id":310788,"date":"2025-08-28T13:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=310788"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:17:22","slug":"ngo-action-news-28-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-28-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News\u00a0&#8211; 28 August 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>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 \u201cas is\u201d 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.<\/i><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>\nMiddle East<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 27 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mezan.org\/public\/en\/post\/46757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Mezan Center for Human Rights<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the press release \u201cAl Mezan Refutes Israeli Claims of \u2018Empty Areas\u2019 in Gaza, Calls for an End to Forced Displacement\u201d in which the NGO countered the claims made by the Israeli military\u2019s Arabic spokesperson that there were \u201cempty areas\u201d in southern Gaza to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who would be forcibly displaced should Israel proceed with its plan to take over Gaza City. Al Mezan stressed that these assertions were intentionally misleading, serving only to deceive public opinion and to justify Israel\u2019s policy of mass forced displacement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 27 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yesh-din.org\/en\/uniformed-theft-eng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yesh Din<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> published the article \u201cUniformed Theft: Pillage of Palestinians\u2019 cash and property by Israeli soldiers and police officers in the West Bank\u201d in which the NGO argues that pillage of Palestinians\u2019 property has become an inseparable part of Israeli control over Palestinians; that it complements a broader movement of institutionalized, systemic pillage and dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank by the State of Israel; and that it is accomplished by exercising Israeli law and military legislation, which permit expropriating land, declaring state land, and retroactively authorizing settlements and outposts built on privately-owned Palestinian land.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 27 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/en\/node\/1657755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute for Palestine Studies<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> published the article \u201cTo Resist is to Exist: Living and Creating Under Israeli Occupation\u201d on how Palestinians in the occupied West Bank use art to endure and resist the occupation and encroachment by illegal Israeli settlements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 25 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pchrgaza.org\/compounded-crime-naser-hospital-transformed-into-killing-field-as-iof-target-patients-journalists-and-rescuers-all-at-once\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian Centre for Human Rights<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the press release \u201cCompounded Crime: Naser Hospital Transformed into Killing Field as IOF Target Patients, Journalists, and Rescuers All At Once\u201d. The NGO emphasized that the deliberate and systematic killing of journalists, medics and rescue teams was part of an ongoing crime of genocide in Gaza and stressed that the continued failure of the international justice system to hold Israeli leaders accountable for their crimes had emboldened them to persist in committing further violations and crimes against journalists and their families, carried out in complete impunity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 24 August, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gisha.org\/en\/gisha-and-partners-demand-that-israel-stop-using-aid-as-tool-of-forcible-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gisha<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the statement \u201cGisha and partners demand that Israel stop using aid as tool of forcible transfer\u201d. The NGO informed that together with Adalah, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, HaMoked, and Physicians for Human Rights Israel it had warned Israel\u2019s Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and COGAT in a letter that, if implemented, the decision to selectively distribute aid constitutes a war crime and the crime against humanity of forcible transfer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 22 August, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cihrs.org\/israels-new-gaza-campaign-escalating-genocide-and-illegal-occupation-amid-humanitarian-catastrophe\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the statement \u201cIsrael\u2019s New Gaza Campaign: Escalating Genocide and Illegal Occupation Amid Humanitarian Catastrophe\u201d, in which CIHRS expresses its concern over the ongoing Israeli actions throughout the OPT and lists a number of calls on States including inter alia to pressure Israel to halt its offensive on Gaza, including its operation to seize Gaza City and push for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, and, in line with the ICJ\u2019s Advisory Opinion, urgently review all relations with Israel and suspend those that support and enable its violations of international law, including its continued occupation of Palestinian territories, illegal settlements and apartheid.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 22 August, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/badil.org\/press-releases\/16115.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> released the brochure, \u201cUnderstanding the Chain of States\u2019 Complicity in the Israeli Genocide\u201d. In the document, the NGO compressed the evidence and arguments from its research project \u201cColonial States\u2019 Complicity in Gaza: Arming and Shielding Genocide\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 21 August, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/video\/20250821_total_blockade_and_death_traps_how_israel_is_starving_the_gaza_strip#full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B\u2019Tselem<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the video report \u201cTotal blockade and death traps: How Israel is starving the Gaza Strip\u201d in which the NGO describes what it calls \u201cIsrael\u2019s system of starvation in Gaza\u201d outlining it with videos, testimonies and maps, stating that \u201cthis proves the political and military leadership\u2019s intent to eradicate the continuation of Palestinian existence in Gaza.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Africa, Asia and Europe<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 22 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2025\/08\/israel-opt-states-must-act-now-to-halt-israels-military-takeover-of-gaza-city-as-famine-officially-declared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amnesty International<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued the statement \u201cStates must act now to halt Israel\u2019s military takeover of Gaza City as famine officially declared\u201d. In it the NGO stated that \u201cToday\u2019s official declaration of famine is a devastating confirmation of what humanitarian and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have been warning of for months, and a scathing indictment of the failure of states to press Israel into ending its genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip. [\u2026] All states and actors must forcefully demand that Israel ends this abomination by ensuring the unimpeded flow of aid into and across Gaza, a total lifting of Israel\u2019s illegal blockade, dismantling the deadly militarized aid distribution system and allowing the UN and other trusted humanitarian organizations to distribute aid safely and without arbitrary restrictions.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 22 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.no\/news\/2025\/august\/gaza-military-assault-on-gaza-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> warned in the press release \u201cGaza: Israel\u2019s military assault on famine-stricken Gaza City will lead to countless deaths\u201d that Israel\u2019s expanded military operations in Gaza City would cause mass civilian deaths and intensify famine amid the collapse of humanitarian access as civilians already weakened by hunger and repeated displacements cannot withstand further bombardment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">North America<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 26 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/gaza-us-forces-can-be-liable-for-assisting-israeli-war-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued the press release \u201cGaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes\u201d in which the NGO outlined that direct participation by US forces in military operations in Gaza since October 2023, including by providing intelligence for Israeli strikes and conducting extensive coordination and planning, has made the United States a party to the conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed groups, and that as a warring party, US forces could be jointly responsible for participating in laws-of-war violations by Israeli forces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 26 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fmep.org\/resource\/how-israel-targets-palestinian-journalists-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published the video \u201cHow Israel Targets Palestinian Journalists in Gaza\u201d in which FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Laila Al-Arian, the executive producer for Fault Lines, an award-winning current affairs program on Al Jazeera English, about what it\u2019s like to be a journalist in Gaza.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 26 August, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cmep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Joint-Statement_-The-Latest-Planned-Israeli-Military-Offensive-in-Gaza-City-Must-Be-Halted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published a joint letter \u201cThe Latest Planned Israeli Military Offensive in Gaza City Must Be Halted\u201d in which the NGO had joined twenty church-based organizations in calling for Israel to halt its planned military offensive in Gaza City. With famine already declared in Gaza, further military operations would only cause further suffering and death for a civilian population without anywhere else to go and \u201cthis displacement will result in a modern-day death march that is clearly intended to ethnically cleanse half of the Gaza Strip and compress all of Gaza\u2019s population into a tiny sliver of territory incapable of sustaining life.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Â鶹APP<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 27 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-palestinian-rights-committee-bureau-calls-for-urgent-action-to-end-gaza-famine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN Committee on the Exercise of<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-palestinian-rights-committee-bureau-calls-for-urgent-action-to-end-gaza-famine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-palestinian-rights-committee-bureau-calls-for-urgent-action-to-end-gaza-famine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued the press release \u201cUN Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau Calls for Urgent Action to End Gaza Famine\u201d in which the Committee condemned, in strongest terms, the deliberate use of deprivation and starvation by Israel, the occupying Power, as a weapon against the Palestinian people, which was a grave breach of international law, and called on States to act without delay to fulfil their legal obligations towards bringing a rapid end to this catastrophe and illegal situation as a whole.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 27 August, during the Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/security-council-briefing-unsco-27aug25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> stated that the world looked on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continued to deteriorate to levels not seen in recent history. Despite a renewed push by the mediators to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, a breakthrough remained elusive. What was needed now was bold action to resolve the conflict, end the occupation and re-establish a political horizon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 22 August, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-relief-chief-press-briefing-gaza-famine-22aug25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in remarks to the press said the famine, which the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC) had declared\u00a0 is taking place in Gaza, was entirely preventable, saying food could not get through to the Palestinian territory \u201cbecause of systematic obstruction by Israel.\u201d This man-made catastrophic famine could have been prevented by a steady flow of humanitarian aid into the enclave, Mr. Fletcher pointed out. \u201cYet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a famine within a few 100 meters of food in a fertile land.\u201d He underscored that the famine in Gaza was \u201ccaused by cruelty, justified by revenge, enabled by indifference and sustained by complicity.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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 \u201cas is\u201d without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-28-august-2025\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[6640],"document-source":[5539,2541,2677,3377,5463,6377,1753,2173,6659,6656,2749,6738,5881,2169,3325,1877,6680],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1945,2005,1741,5362,1745],"entity":[2077,1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-310788","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-ngo-action-news","document-source-al-mezan-centre-for-human-rights","document-source-amnesty-international","document-source-btselem","document-source-badil-resource-center-for-palestinian-residency-and-refugee-rights","document-source-cairo-institute-for-human-rights-studies-cihrs","document-source-churches-for-middle-east-peace","document-source-ceirpp","document-source-division-for-palestinian-rights-dpr","document-source-foundation-for-middle-east-peace-fmep","document-source-gisha-legal-centre-for-freedom-movement-ngo","document-source-human-rights-watch","document-source-institute-for-palestine-studies","document-source-norwegian-refugee-council-nrc","document-source-office-for-the-coordination-of-humanitarian-affairs-ocha","document-source-palestinian-centre-for-human-rights","document-source-united-nations-special-coordinator-for-the-middle-east-peace-process-unsco","document-source-yesh-din-ngo","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-ngo-civil-society","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-non-governmental-organization","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/310788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/310788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310790,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/310788\/revisions\/310790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=310788"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=310788"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=310788"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=310788"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=310788"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=310788"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=310788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}