{"id":314842,"date":"2026-01-23T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=314842"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:46:40","slug":"ngo-action-news-22-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-22-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO\u00a0Action\u00a0News\u00a0&#8211; 22 January 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Middle\u00a0East<\/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><\/h2>\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=\"auto\">On 21 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/monitoring-documentation\/27247.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Al-Haq<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued a press release\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mark\u00a0one year since the start of the so-called \u201cOperation Iron Wall\u201d military offensive on Jenin,\u00a0in the occupied West Bank,\u00a0when Israeli\u00a0security\u00a0forces\u00a0entered\u00a0Jenin city and its refugee camp with a massive deployment of military vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and bulldozers.\u00a0The NGO\u00a0stated\u00a0that,\u00a0as a result of\u00a0the ongoing military operation, the total number of Palestinians killed in Jenin and Jenin Refugee Camp has reached 64 to date, including 16 children, alongside widespread injury, destruction, and collective punishment directed at the civilian population.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&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<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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 21 January,\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pchrgaza.org\/demolition-of-the-unrwa-headquarters-in-sheikh-jarrah-an-israeli-step-to-undermine-international-protection-for-refugees\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> strongly condemned the Israeli security forces entering the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem on 20 January. The forces demolished mobile offices within the compound, lowered the UN agency\u2019s flag, and raised the flag of the Israeli occupation in its place \u2013 conduct that constitutes a grave violation of the international legal immunity enjoyed by United Nations premises and personnel, the statement reported.<\/span><\/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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">On 21 January, <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW112563474 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/publications\/202601_living_hell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW112563474 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">B\u2019Tselem\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">\u2013 The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0in the Occupied Territories published its new report \u201cLiving Hell\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">The document<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">provides updated figures and new testimonies from 21 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent months and draws on data from other Israeli and international human rights organizations.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">According to the NGO, t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">he<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0updated information\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">indicates<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0that Israeli prisons continue to function as a network of torture camps for Palestinians, with the systematic abuse even more extensive than before. This includes physical and psychological abuse, inhuman conditions, deliberate\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">starvation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0and denial of medical care, all of which has led to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">numerous<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0deaths. The transformation of prisons into a network of torture camps is part of the Israeli regime\u2019s coordinated onslaught on Palestinian society, aimed at dismantling the Palestinian collective.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW112563474 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&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<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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a019 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/dorot-declaration\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Peace Now<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0informed that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Custodian of Government Property in Israel\u2019s Civil\u00a0Administration\u00a0published a declaration\u00a0designating\u00a0694 dunams\u00a0(694,000 square meters)\u00a0of land belonging to the villages of Deir\u00a0Istiya,\u00a0Biddya\u00a0and Kafr\u00a0Thulth,\u00a0adjacent to\u00a0the Wadi\u00a0Qana\u00a0nature reserve, as \u201cstate\u00a0land.\u201d\u00a0Peace Now warned that\u00a0the newly declared \u201cstate land\u201d could be used by the government to\u00a0establish\u00a0a new settlement in an area that\u00a0constitutes\u00a0the only\u00a0remaining\u00a0contiguous Palestinian territorial stretch east of Qalqilya.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&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<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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 20 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adalah.org\/en\/content\/view\/11505\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Adalah \u2013 The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0filed an urgent request for an interim injunction as part of an ongoing petition before the Israeli Supreme Court against Israel\u2019s anti-UNRWA laws. The request\u00a0seeks\u00a0to freeze the implementation of a sweeping new law passed in late December 2025, which has already triggered immediate efforts to cut off essential water and electricity services to UNRWA facilities in East Jerusalem.\u00a0In January 2025, Adalah,\u00a0representing\u00a0Palestinian refugees together with the NGO Gisha,\u00a0had already\u00a0petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to annul two laws designed to terminate UNRWA\u2019s operations. While the\u00a0High Court previously declined to freeze the laws, the situation escalated dramatically on 30 December 2025, with the passage of the UNRWA Activity Cessation (Amendment) Law.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&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<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=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a015\u00a0January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/advocacy\/27242.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">160 civil society organizations<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued a joint statement\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">welcome the opening of the Preparatory Committee for the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against\u202fHumanity,\u00a0as\u00a0a vital step towards closing a long-standing accountability gap in international law.\u00a0They\u00a0commended\u00a0the inclusion of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with\u00a0the\u00a0UN\u00a0Economic and Social Council\u00a0in the preparatory Committee.\u00a0They also urged\u00a0Member States to\u00a0facilitate\u00a0a transparent, inclusive, and effective procedure for\u00a0the continued participation\u00a0of civil society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 12 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gisha.org\/en\/cancer-patient-from-gaza-permitted-travel-for-medical-treatment-in-west-bank-eng\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gisha \u2013 Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued a press release informing that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for the first time since the outbreak of the\u00a0Gaza War,\u00a0and\u00a0thanks\u00a0to\u00a0a prolonged\u00a0legal\u00a0battle\u00a0by<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gisha, a cancer patient\u00a0had\u00a0left\u00a0Gaza\u00a0on 11 January\u00a0to receive critical medical treatment at a hospital in Nablus, in the West Bank.\u00a0Gisha\u00a0stated,\u00a0\u201cThe attempt to delay implementation of the court\u2019s judgment illustrates the state\u2019s insistence on\u00a0maintaining\u00a0a sweeping and unlawful policy at the expense of the most vulnerable, in service of grave violations of the fundamental rights to health and life. A blanket prohibition on patients\u2019\u00a0access to available treatment in the West Bank and Israel cannot be justified\u00a0[\u2026].\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 9 January<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mezan.org\/public\/en\/post\/46819\/Israel-Continues-its-Genocide-in-Gaza,-Killing-439-Palestinians-and-Injuring-1,223-Since-the-Ceasefire-Agreement\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Al\u00a0Mezan\u00a0Centre for Human Rights<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued a press release\u00a0calling\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on the international community and the guarantors of the\u00a0Gaza\u00a0ceasefire agreement to take immediate and effective action to bring an end to Israel\u2019s\u00a0war; to pressure Israel to fully and unconditionally open all border crossings, facilitate the entry of food, aid trucks, medicines, medical supplies, fuel, and other relief materials; to open the Rafah Crossing to allow thousands of wounded and sick individuals to receive treatment abroad and to enable their right to freedom of movement; and to ensure the entry of adequate shelter materials for forcibly displaced persons, as well as winterization items for the population.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 6 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hamoked.org\/document.php?dID=Updates2520\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hamoked<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued an update informing that\u00a0during the war that began in October 2023, the\u00a0Israeli\u00a0military imposed unprecedented restrictions on approximately 20,000 Palestinian farmers in the Seam Zone,\u00a0the area in the\u00a0occupied West Bank between the Separation\u00a0Barrier\u00a0and the Green Line\u00a0Border,\u00a0preventing the vast majority of them from accessing their land.\u00a0Nearly two\u00a0years later, and despite the end of the war,\u00a0instead of lifting the restrictions presented as a temporary emergency measure,\u00a0the\u00a0Israeli\u00a0military turned them into a permanent reality and anchored them in official regulations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&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;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Africa,\u00a0Asia\u00a0and\u00a0Europe<\/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><\/p>\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 January, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.association-belgo-palestinienne.be\/plainte-contre-letat-belge-une-premiere-victoire\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Association Belgo-Palestinienne<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0reported its first victory against the Belgium State. This followed a summary legal action it had\u00a0initiated\u00a0in July 2025, alongside Palestinian plaintiffs and with the support of Law for Gaza and SOS Gaza, against the Belgian government because of its culpable inaction in the face of the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza.\u00a0In accordance with\u00a0the government agreement of\u00a02 September,\u00a0a\u00a0Royal\u00a0Decree<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cprohibiting the overflight of national airspace and prohibiting technical stopovers of aircraft transporting military equipment from Belgium to Israel\u201d<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">had\u00a0just been published in the Official Gazette. This ban on the use of Belgian airspace for military support to Israel is an important victory towards a\u202fcomplete military embargo\u00a0on\u00a0Israel, as underlined by the Belgian NGO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 15 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamireland.org\/press\/gaza-still-deliberately-deprived-of-water-as-aid-groups-forced-to-scavenge-under-illegal\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oxfam<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued a press release\u00a0about wells restored by the NGO and its partners in Gaza City and Khan\u00a0Younis, which are now providing at least 156,000 people with a life-saving and sustainable water supply.\u00a0Oxfam\u00a0stated\u00a0that needs in Gaza exceed far beyond the aid and reconstruction materials Israel is allowing in and\u00a0that\u00a0the situation will worsen if Israel\u2019s collective punishment and illegal blockade continue. Water deprivation is just one of the many human rights violations Israel has undertaken with impunity. Oxfam and other organizations who have\u00a0operated\u00a0in Gaza for decades must be allowed to respond at the scale.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 15 January, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drc.ngo\/resources\/news\/gaza-people-not-numbers\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Danish Refugee Council\u00a0(DRC)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued the update \u201cPeople,\u00a0not\u00a0numbers: Stories of\u00a0displacement in Gaza\u201d.\u00a0DRC warned that the ceasefire, signed\u00a0100 days\u00a0ago, has not stopped the airstrikes nor the suffering: shelter is fragile, food and clean water are limited, medical supplies are scarce, electricity is absent, and winter conditions bring additional risk\u00a0to\u00a0all and\u00a0especially\u00a0children, older people, and people with disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a09 January,\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.no\/perspectives\/2026\/principled-humanitarian-support-to-palestinians-is-under-threat--this-is-whats-at-stake\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued the factsheet \u201cPrincipled\u00a0humanitarian\u00a0support to Palestinians is\u00a0under\u00a0threat \u2013\u00a0this is\u00a0what\u2019s at\u00a0stake\u201d, explaining what humanitarian organizations do in\u00a0Gaza in terms of food\u00a0assistance,\u00a0health\u00a0and shelter\u00a0activities. NRC explained that despite\u00a0challenges,\u00a0humanitarian organizations continue to\u00a0provide a lifeline to people in Gaza and the West Bank.\u00a0NGO teams on the ground are committed to continuing to serve Palestinian communities in need\u00a0and they\u00a0call on\u00a0Israel to\u00a0immediately\u00a0halt their deregistration proceedings.\u00a0Independent, principled humanitarian operations must be protected to ensure civilians can receive the\u00a0assistance\u00a0they urgently need.<\/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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">North\u00a0America<\/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><\/p>\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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 20 January, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/en\/node\/1658418\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Institute for Palestine Studies<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0published\u00a0the\u00a0interview \u201cHealth is Political: Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan on the\u00a0targeting of\u00a0infrastructure\u00a0sustaining\u00a0children\u2019s\u00a0health in Gaza\u201d.\u00a0Dr. Haj Hassan\u00a0described\u00a0the coordinated process of which children are deliberately harmed, and the evisceration of the medical, nutritional, educational, and familial infrastructures that are required to keep them alive and well.\u00a0She argued\u00a0that what has\u00a0emerged\u00a0in Gaza is not only mass injury, but the dismantling of childhood itself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 7 January,\u00a0the Academic Council of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/2026\/01\/07\/condemns-invasion-birzeit-university\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jewish Voice for Peace<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(JVP)\u00a0condemned\u00a0the Israeli military\u2019s invasion of Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank\u00a0on 6 January. A swarm of Israeli army vehicles and soldiers\u00a0had\u00a0entered the campus unlawfully, firing guns, throwing grenades, and spraying tear gas at faculty, staff, and students. Around a dozen students\u00a0had\u00a0sustained injuries and were hospitalized.\u202fJVP\u00a0joined\u00a0in solidarity with faculty, staff, and students at Birzeit\u00a0University\u00a0and throughout\u00a0the OPT\u00a0who have every right to express their views by invoking rights of assembly, protest, and expressions and to pursue an education free of Israeli military repression, without the threat of imprisonment, injury, and death.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United\u00a0Nations<\/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><\/p>\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=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a015\u00a0January,\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/general-assembly-adopts-resolutions-human-rights-violations-settler-violence-and-humanitarian-situation-in-the-opt-action-by-un-system-relevant-to-the-question-of-palestine-december-2025\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0published its\u00a0December 2025 Bulletin on\u00a0action by the United\u00a0Nations\u00a0and Intergovernmental Organizations\u00a0relevant to the\u00a0question of Palestine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 12 January,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/newsroom\/official-statements\/unrwa-commissioner-general-briefing-pope-urgent-need-global-support\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0issued a statement on his private audience with Pope Leo XIV, in which\u00a0Mr. Lazzarini had\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">briefed on the immense suffering endured by Palestinians in the\u00a0OPT\u00a0as well as on the political and financial challenges confronting UNRWA.\u202fHe sought the\u00a0Pope\u2019s\u00a0support to preserve UNRWA\u2019s critical services, primarily\u00a0in the area of\u00a0education, public\u00a0health\u00a0and safety nets for Palestine Refugees in Gaza and across the region until a just and fair political solution is in place.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a07\u00a0January,\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2026\/01\/un-report-chronicles-intensification-decades-severe-racial-discrimination\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0published a thematic report, which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">considers the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with a focus on Israel\u2019s discriminatory administration there in violation of international law, including Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination (ICERD).\u00a0The report analyses Israel\u2019s discriminatory laws, policies, and practices of oppression and domination against Palestinians, some in place for decades, with a focus on the period between 7 October 2023 and 30 September 2025.<\/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;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/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><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This\u00a0newsletter\u00a0informs\u00a0about\u00a0recent\u00a0and\u00a0upcoming\u00a0activities\u00a0of\u00a0Civil\u00a0Society\u00a0Organizations\u00a0working\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0question\u00a0of\u00a0Palestine.\u00a0The\u00a0Committee\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Division\u00a0for\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0Rights\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0UN\u00a0Secretariat\u00a0provide\u00a0the\u00a0information\u00a0\u201cas\u00a0is\u201d\u00a0without\u00a0warranty\u00a0of\u00a0any\u00a0kind,\u00a0and\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0accept\u00a0any\u00a0responsibility\u00a0or\u00a0liability\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0accuracy,\u00a0or\u00a0reliability\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0information\u00a0contained\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0websites\u00a0linked\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0newsletter.<\/span><\/i><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}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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