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  1. General Assembly adopts resolutions extending UNRWA mandate and demanding Israeli Withdrawal from Occupied Territories. 1<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Amendments to Israeli Law Ceasing Operations of UNRWA and suspension of numerous aid NGOs from Gaza 2<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0Human rights violations and settler violence in the OPT. <\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Humanitarian Situation in Gaza and OPT: UN agencies launch appeals and scale-up famine and winter response in Gaza 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    <\/a>I. General Assembly adopts resolutions extending UNRWA mandate and demanding Israeli withdrawal from Occupied Territories<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    In December 2025, the UN General Assembly adopted several resolutions related to the question of Palestine. On 2 December, with the resolution<\/a> titled \u201cPeaceful settlement of the question of Palestine\u201d, the Assembly demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, comply strictly with its obligations under international law and to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. On 5 December, the Assembly\u00a0extended<\/a> the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until 30\u00a0June 2029. By the terms of the resolution<\/a> on \u201cIsraeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories,\u201d the Assembly commended the work of its Special Committee tasked with investigating those practices and activities \u201cin spite of the obstruction of its mandate\u201d.\u00a0It deplored Israeli policies and practices that violate the human rights of Palestinians in the occupied territories and expressed grave concern over the critical situation there resulting from unlawful Israeli practices and measures. On 12 December, by a recorded vote of 139 in favour to 12 against with 19 abstentions, the\u00a0General Assembly adopted a\u00a0resolution<\/a>\u00a0welcoming\u00a0the advisory opinion<\/a> of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel\u2019s obligations in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/p>\n

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    1. General Assembly adopts texts demanding Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories<\/a> (2 December)<\/li>\n
    2. General Assembly resolution: Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (A\/RES\/80\/72)<\/a> (2 December)<\/li>\n
    3. General Assembly draft resolution: Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organisations and third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (A\/80\/L.26)<\/a> (3 December)<\/li>\n
    4. General Assembly adopts 40 Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) texts, addressing 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, aid to Palestine refugees<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    5. Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (A\/RES\/80\/80) \u2013 General Assembly resolution<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    6. Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (A\/RES\/80\/77) \u2013 General Assembly resolution<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    7. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (A\/RES\/80\/81) \u2013 General Assembly resolution<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    8. Palestine refugees\u2019 properties and their revenues (A\/RES\/80\/79) \u2013 General Assembly resolution<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    9. Assistance to Palestine refugees (A\/RES\/80\/78) \u2013 General Assembly resolution<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    10. UNRWA Commissioner-General: I salute the overwhelming vote by the UN General Assembly to renew UNRWA\u2019s mandate for three years<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
    11. Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (A\/RES\/80\/116) \u2013 General Assembly resolution<\/a> (12 December)<\/li>\n
    12. General Assembly adopts resolution welcoming International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel\u2019s obligations related to occupied Palestinian territory<\/a> (12 December)<\/li>\n
    13. Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review<\/a> (15 December)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      <\/a>II. Amendments to Israeli Law Ceasing Operations of UNRWA and suspension of numerous aid NGOs from Gaza<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      On 8 December, the UNRWA Commissioner-General posted<\/a> on his official X account that Israeli police \u201cforcibly entered the UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem, all communications were cut, furniture, IT equipment and other property was seized. The UN flag was pulled down and replaced with an Israeli flag.\u201d The UN Secretary-General strongly condemned<\/a> the unauthorized entry into the UN Sheikh Jarrah compound held by UNRWA located in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli authorities. \u201cThis compound remains United Nations premises and is inviolable and immune from any other form of interference,\u201d read the statement. Furthermore, on 31 December, the Secretary-General issued another statement<\/a> condemning the adoption by the Knesset on 29 December of amendments to the Law to Cease the UNRWA Operations. \u201cThe Law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework applicable to UNRWA and must be immediately repealed\u201d. Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement<\/a> calling Israel\u2019s suspension of numerous aid agencies from Gaza \u201coutrageous\u201d. The statement further highlighted that \u201cthis is the latest in a pattern of unlawful restrictions on humanitarian access, including Israel\u2019s ban on UNRWA, as well as attacks on Israeli and Palestinian NGOs amid broader access issues faced by the UN and other humanitarians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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      1. Statement by the UN Secretary-General on Israeli unauthorized entry into the UNRWA Sheikh Jarrah compound<\/a> (8 December)<\/li>\n
      2. UNRWA: Israeli authorities forcibly enter UN premises in East Jerusalem<\/a> (8 December)<\/li>\n
      3. UNRWA: Storming of UN compound in East Jerusalem by Israeli police sets a dangerous precedent<\/a> (9 December)<\/li>\n
      4. UN agencies and NGOs call for immediate lifting of impediments to humanitarian access and NGO operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/a> (17 December)<\/li>\n
      5. OCHA: UN agencies, NGOs urge immediate lifting of impediments to aid operations<\/a> (18 December)<\/li>\n
      6. UNRWA Commissioner-General: For over two years, a coordinated campaign to dismantle UNRWA has reached unseen levels, using disinformation as a weapon<\/a> (21 December)<\/li>\n
      7. UN Human Rights Office: Outrageous suspension of numerous aid agencies from Gaza<\/a> (30 December)<\/li>\n
      8. Statement by the Humanitarian Country Team of the occupied Palestinian territory on international NGOs<\/a> (30 December)<\/li>\n
      9. UNRWA Commissioner-General on new anti-UNRWA legislation passed by the Israeli Parliament<\/a> (30 December)<\/li>\n
      10. UN Secretary-General condemns amendments to Israeli law ceasing operations of UNRWA<\/a> (31 December)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        <\/a>III. Human rights violations and settler violence in the OPT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

        On 3 December, UN Human Rights Office warned<\/a> that the conduct of Israeli settlers and Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, \u201cis massively shrinking both the physical and the civic space available to Palestinians, while Israel continues to advance its unlawful annexation of the occupied West Bank.\u201d Gaza was described<\/a> as hosting \u201cthe largest group of child amputees in modern history\u201d by the UNRWA Commissioner-General, while the situation for journalists was labeled \u201cthe deadliest conflict for journalists in decades\u201d by the UN Secretary-General in a message<\/a> to International Media Seminar on Peace in Middle East. Simultaneously, the\u00a0UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination\u00a0called<\/a> on all States Parties to take concrete action following its conclusions in a case brought by the State of Palestine against Israel, and urged them to support the implementation of its recommendations, including through appropriate sanctions against individuals, groups or entities inciting segregation or racially motivated violence. The UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process condemned \u201crising settler violence across the West Bank, which intensified during the olive harvest\u201d. Stressing that \u201cattacks have become more frequent and violent, often with the presence or support of Israeli security forces\u201d, the Deputy Special Coordinator told<\/a> the UN Security Council that Palestinian farmers \u201cfaced assaults, harassment, and obstruction from their lands; olive trees are uprooted or burned, and entire harvests destroyed\u201d.<\/p>\n

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        1. Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists in decades, Secretary-General says in message to International Media Seminar on Peace in Middle East<\/a> (1 December)<\/li>\n
        2. \u201cNewsrooms destroyed. Press gear bombed.\u201d\u00a0Palestinian Rights Committee Chair Remarks at 2025 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East<\/a> (1 December)<\/li>\n
        3. Crackdown on Palestinian civil society: Union of Agricultural Work Committees raided \u2013OHCHR<\/a> (3 December)<\/li>\n
        4. UNRWA Commissioner-General: Palestine Refugees remain refugees because of the absence of a political solution<\/a> (4 December)<\/li>\n
        5. Screening of \u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab\u201d at the UN Headquarters in New York<\/a> (4 December)<\/li>\n
        6. UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: Gaza now hosts the largest group of child amputees in modern history<\/a> (5 December)<\/li>\n
        7. UNRWA Commissioner-General: In Syria, the enduring consequences of years of conflict remain profound, not least for Palestine Refugees<\/a> (7 December)<\/li>\n
        8. T\u00fcrk says human rights under attack, yet undeterred, in 2025 (excerpt on the situation in Gaza and West Bank)<\/a> (10 December)<\/li>\n
        9. The unprecedented assault on civic space in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – UN Human Rights Office in Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/a> (16 December)<\/li>\n
        10. “The UN is doing its part to support the ceasefire and meet the staggering needs of the population.” Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process tells the Security Council<\/a> (16 December)<\/li>\n
        11. Belgium files a declaration of intervention in the ICJ proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court (South Africa v. Israel)<\/a> (23 December)<\/li>\n
        12. State of Palestine v Israel: UN anti-racism panel calls on States to act<\/a> (24 December)<\/li>\n
        13. UN experts urge UK to protect lives and rights of pro-Palestinian detainees on hunger strike<\/a> (26 December)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          <\/a>IV. Humanitarian Situation in Gaza and OPT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

          The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported<\/a> on 15 December that the UN and its partners continued to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable families in the Gaza Strip, stressing that needs continue to outpace the ability of humanitarians to respond, given the ongoing impediments they face. The\u00a0latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis<\/a>\u00a0for Gaza confirmed that no areas of the Strip are currently classified in famine following the October ceasefire and improved humanitarian and commercial access. Without sustained, large-scale expansion of food, livelihood, agriculture and health assistance, together with increased commercial inflows, hundreds of thousands of people could rapidly slip back into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly warned<\/a> on 19 December. Meanwhile, UNICEF reported<\/a> that due to the extreme winter conditions and lack of safe shelters, at least six children lost their lives in December after being exposed to such harsh conditions.<\/p>\n

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          1. Updates by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)\n