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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 13 August, reported that Israel had continued what the NGO described as a genocidal war in Gaza by killing civilians, destroying homes, and intensifying bombardment across densely populated areas. Al Mezan stated that Israel had systematically restricted the entry of humanitarian aid, creating famine?like conditions and depriving communities of food, water, medicine, and shelter. It documented how Israeli forces had obstructed relief services, targeted aid convoys, and prevented humanitarian workers from reaching affected populations. Al Mezan argued that these actions had violated international humanitarian and human rights law and urged the international community to intervene to protect civilians and stop further atrocities.
• On 12 August, reported that Israeli authorities had moved to evict a family from their home in Jerusalem, advancing a broader policy of dispossession targeting Palestinians in the city. The organization explained that the eviction had relied on discriminatory legal mechanisms enabling settlers and settler?aligned organizations to claim Palestinian properties. It stated that the family had faced years of legal pressure, intimidation, and uncertainty before the final eviction order was issued. Peace Now argued that the case had illustrated Israel’s systematic efforts to alter Jerusalem’s demographic composition and urged authorities to halt evictions and protect Palestinian residency rights.
• On 7 August, reported that Gaza had suffered a severe shortage of cancer medicines due to Israel’s prolonged restrictions on the entry of essential drugs and medical supplies. The organization explained that hundreds of patients had been deprived of chemotherapy, pain relief, and diagnostic services, forcing many to endure preventable suffering or face life?threatening deterioration. Hospitals had operated under extreme strain, with depleted stocks, damaged infrastructure, and limited electricity. PCHR stated that Israel’s policies had deliberately undermined Palestinians’ right to health and life, in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, and urged urgent international action to restore medical access.
• On 6 August, ’s position paper argued that Israel’s withholding of Palestinian Authority clearance revenues had accelerated the deterioration of the healthcare system in the occupied West Bank. It reported that healthcare workers received only partial salaries or none at all, primary healthcare services largely ceased functioning, hospitals operated at reduced capacity, and critical shortages of medicines and supplies endangered patients’ lives. Drawing on data and testimonies collected through Physicians for Human Rights Israel’s mobile clinic, the paper documented rising numbers of patients, including those with chronic and serious illnesses who could no longer access essential treatment. It concluded that the policy undermined Palestinians’ right to health and called for the immediate release of withheld revenues and stronger international action.
• On 3 August, reported that Israel had placed Gaza’s private sector in an “impossible bind” by imposing sweeping restrictions on movement, trade, and access to essential goods. The NGO explained that businesses had been unable to import raw materials, export products, or maintain stable operations due to unpredictable permit systems and frequent closures. These policies had deepened poverty, halted economic recovery, and forced many enterprises to shut down. Gisha stated that Israel’s control over crossings and supply chains had systematically undermined Gaza’s economy and residents’ right to livelihood, and it called for lifting movement restrictions to enable sustainable economic activity.
  

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Africa, Asia and Europe

• On 10 August, the reported that Palestinian refugees in Gaza had endured repeated displacement, loss, and trauma that had shattered long?held hopes of returning to their original homes. The feature described families who had been uprooted multiple times due to Israeli bombardment, forced evacuations, and the destruction of entire neighborhoods. NRC explained that living conditions had deteriorated sharply, with overcrowded shelters, scarce food, unsafe water, and limited medical care. Survivors had spoken of constant fear, grief, and exhaustion. NRC stated that the ongoing conflict had erased the possibility of return and had left communities struggling simply to survive.
• On 5 August, reported that Israeli forces had repeatedly delayed Palestinian ambulances in the West Bank, endangering patients and violating international humanitarian law. The NGO documented cases in which ambulances had been stopped at checkpoints, blocked from reaching injured people, or forced to wait while patients’ identities were checked, even in life?threatening situations. HRW stated that these delays had caused deterioration in patients’ conditions and, in some instances, had risked preventable deaths. It argued that Israel had used movement restrictions as part of broader oppressive policies against Palestinians and urged authorities to ensure unhindered medical access and emergency care.
• On 30 July, reported that hunger, displacement, and the collapse of essential services in Gaza had severely undermined mothers’ ability to breastfeed. The organization explained that women had struggled to produce milk because they had been deprived of adequate food, clean water, rest, and medical support. Many mothers had been forced to rely on unsafe alternatives, as formula, fuel, and sterilization supplies had been largely unavailable. Infants had faced heightened risks of malnutrition, disease, and death. Save the Children stated that Israel’s blockade and ongoing hostilities had created conditions that made safe breastfeeding nearly impossible and demanded urgent humanitarian access.
• On 29 July, reported that Israel had built a comprehensive legal architecture designed to dispossess Palestinians and erase their presence from the land. The analysis showed how military orders, planning laws, land?registration schemes, and judicial doctrines had worked together to legitimize confiscation, restrict Palestinian ownership, and facilitate settlement expansion. It explained that Israel had selectively used Ottoman, British Mandate, Jordanian, and its own legal frameworks to declare vast areas as “state land,” while denying Palestinians the ability to register or defend their property. The organization argued that these policies had entrenched apartheid and systematic territorial fragmentation.
  

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North America

• On 6 August, reported that shifting U.S. political dynamics had created a rare opening for advancing Palestinian self?determination. It explained that growing public support for Palestinian rights, increased scrutiny of U.S. military aid to Israel, and bipartisan concern over the Gaza crisis had pushed policymakers to reconsider long?standing positions. The Center noted that Palestinian civil society and diaspora groups had mobilized effectively, influencing debates in Congress and within political parties. It argued that these developments had offered an opportunity to promote accountability, end harmful policies, and re?center a rights?based approach to resolving the Israeli?Palestinian conflict.
• On 4 August, the reported that Gaza’s food system had collapsed under Israel’s blockade, bombardment, and restrictions on humanitarian access. It explained that farmers, fishers, and food producers had been unable to work due to destroyed land, contaminated water, fuel shortages, and constant displacement. It stated that Israel had severely limited aid entry, leaving families without sufficient food and forcing reliance on unsafe or improvised sources. FMEP highlighted that accountability mechanisms had failed to curb Israeli policies that had produced famine?like conditions. It argued that meeting Gaza’s food needs had required both immediate humanitarian access and structural political change.
  

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United Nations

• On 11 August, reported to the Security Council that violence in the West Bank had sharply escalated, with Israeli forces and settlers having carried out lethal operations, raids, and attacks that resulted in rising Palestinian casualties. The briefing stated that movement restrictions, closures, and widespread arrests had intensified, further undermining daily life and humanitarian access. UN officials noted that settler violence had continued with impunity and that Israeli security operations had increasingly targeted densely populated areas. They warned that the situation had destabilized communities, deepened protection concerns, and risked triggering broader regional escalation. UNRWA’s operational constraints were also highlighted as critical.
• On 10 August, reported that attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank had sharply escalated in July 2026, worsening an already catastrophic human rights situation. They said Israeli forces had killed about 160 Palestinians in Gaza during the month, many in densely populated displacement zones where “nowhere was safe.” Entire residential blocks had received evacuation orders moments before being destroyed, and strikes had hit hospitals, shelters, and humanitarian workers. Experts warned that food aid had remained restricted, deepening hunger and insecurity. In the West Bank, they condemned lethal movement restrictions that had caused preventable deaths, including infants.