{"id":313233,"date":"2025-11-17T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=313233"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:34:41","slug":"un-special-committee-press-release-17nov25","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-special-committee-press-release-17nov25\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Special Committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories warns of Israel\u2019s continued expansionist agenda under the so-called \u201cGreater Israel\u201d project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>17 November 2025<\/p>\n<div class=\"node-news__body\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p class=\"text--body-copy--gray without-margins\"><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories warned today that Israel\u2019s genocidal practices in Gaza have inflicted unimaginable pain and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting its latest\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-committee-israeli-practices-report-05sep25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to the General Assembly today, the Committee said that Israel continues to expand its presence and control of territory in Palestine, Syria and Southern Lebanon. \u201cIsrael\u2019s constant claims to a borderless \u201cLand of Israel\u201d are incompatible with a just and lasting peace and will bring nothing but more suffering and dispossession to the Middle East region if not reined in by the international community,\u201d the Committee said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"&quot;Acts of genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip&quot; UN Special Investigative Committee report\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lAT33CejVHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Appointed by the General Assembly in 1968 to investigate Israeli practices in Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, the Special Committee heard firsthand from numerous interlocutors how policies, actions, and practices of the Government of Israel led to atrocity crimes and the total subjugation of those under its occupation and apartheid system, fueled by the abhorrent dehumanisation of the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor almost three months, Israel blocked entry of humanitarian aid in Gaza, resulting in famine. In the West Bank, since the 7 October attacks, Israeli officials have effectively given colonising settlers, through support of the Israel security forces, a carte blanche to intimidate, subjugate, ethnically cleanse, attack, and in some cases kill, those living under its occupation at will, in order to steal and drive them of their homes and land,\u201d, the Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite binding orders and authoritative opinions from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel has been acting with complete impunity, sustained by continued diplomatic, financial, and military support through powerful third States, and the absence of international sanctions,\u201d the Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>The report also documents the ramping-up of racist, genocidal and expansionist rhetoric by Israeli leaders and the consolidation of Israeli control in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Syria, Israel is working to double the settler population in the occupied Golan and claims it will stay indefinitely in newly occupied areas further inside Syria,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, in Lebanon, Israel\u2019s actions killed and injured thousands, including the highest numbers of medical workers killed and injured in any armed conflict in the world in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe international community must act. There must be accountability for these and other egregious violations of international law,\u201d the Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>As a first step, the Committee recommended that Member States impose sanctions and a full arms embargo to compel Israel to fully halt its assault on Palestinians, comply with the ceasefire in Gaza, and withdraw from all occupied territory in the region. Member States should fully cooperate with the ICC and exercise universal jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is critical that Member States investigate or prosecute corporate entities, dual citizens, and other actors complicit in violations of international law. It cannot be right that someone from another nation goes to Israel, enlists in the army, commits war crimes and simply rejoins society without any accountability,\u201d the Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>This report covers developments from August 2024 to July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full report A\/80\/365<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-committee-israeli-practices-report-05sep25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"node-news__text-block\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-components-list field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-bg-color paragraph para-text container paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"para-text--description wysiwyg-content\">\n<p><strong>*<\/strong> \u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/countries\/palestine\/special-committee-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories<\/a><\/em>\u00a0was established by the UN General Assembly\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/documents-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/RESOLUTION\/GEN\/NR0\/244\/03\/PDF\/NR024403.pdf?OpenElement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resolution 2443 (XXIIII)<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in December 1968 to examine the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Committee is composed of three Member States represented by their Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York \u2013 Sri Lanka (H.E. Ambassador Jayantha Jayasuriya, serving as Chair), Malaysia (H.E. Ambassador Ahmad Faisal Muhamad) and Senegal (H.E. Ambassador Coly Seck). It reports to the Secretary-General. Its reports are reviewed in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 17 November 2025 NEW YORK\u00a0\u2013 The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories warned today that Israel\u2019s genocidal practices in Gaza have inflicted unimaginable pain and suffering. 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