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September 2026<\/strong>
\nBulletin IX \u2013 Vol. XLIX<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Disclaimer<\/strong>: The texts and links cited in this Monthly Bulletin have been\u00a0reproduced in their original form<\/u>. The Division for Palestinian Rights is consequently not responsible for the views, positions or discrepancies contained in these texts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Contents<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Focus on the two-State solution during the high-level week of the 81st <\/sup>session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Palestinian Rights Committee briefed on \u201cdeeply alarming\u201d humanitarian situation in the OPT<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Human rights violations and refugee displacement in northern West Bank; Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert calls to preserve evidence of alleged international crimes in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Impact of the war in Gaza and of violence in the OPT on Palestinian women<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA operating amid financial crisis; disruption of education for thousands of children in the West Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    <\/a>I. Focus on the two-State solution during the high-level week of the 81st <\/sup>session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    On 22 September, in his opening address to the general debate of the 81st<\/sup> session of the United Nations General Assembly (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA), the United Nations (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ) \u00a0Secretary-General<\/a> exhorted the international community to \u201cnot lose sight of the devastating situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u201d and not to allow the two-State solution \u201cto disappear before our eyes\u201d. On 24 September, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the General Assembly through a pre-recorded statement<\/a>, an exceptional arrangement authorized by a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA resolution<\/a> for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n

    Further on 22 September, addressing the high-level meeting on the two-State solution entitled “The Road Ahead: One Year After the New York Declaration” convened by Canada, France, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General reiterated<\/a> that the two-State solution \u201cis the only credible path to lasting peace and security\u201d. He emphasised that demolitions, evictions, displacement, land seizures, and violations of the status quo at the holy sites raise \u201cthe spectre of ethnic cleansing\u201d and that \u201cGaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, must remain politically, economically and territorially integrated under a single, legitimate, sovereign Palestinian government\u201d. On 24 September, speaking at the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated<\/a> that Israel\u2019s violations of international law \u201cpose an existential threat to the two-State solution\u201d and that \u201cStates need to apply real political pressure to prevent the entrenchment of Israel\u2019s unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u201d.<\/p>\n

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    1. General Assembly Adopts Resolution Allowing State of Palestine to Participate Virtually in High-level Debate of the 81st session <\/a>(17 September)<\/li>\n
    2. General Assembly Resolution: Participation by the State of Palestine during the eighty-first session (A\/RES\/81\/1)<\/a> (21 September)<\/li>\n
    3. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General’s remarks to High-level meeting on the two-State solution <\/a>(22 September)<\/li>\n
    4. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General’s address to the opening of the General Debate of the 81st Session of the General Assembly (excerpt related to Question of Palestine)<\/a> (22 September)<\/li>\n
    5. Remarks by Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Acting Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process at the High-Level Roundtable on Gaza Early Recovery at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA<\/a> (23 September)<\/li>\n
    6. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General calls for unwavering political and financial support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA at Ministerial Meeting [EN\/AR]<\/a> (24 September)<\/li>\n
    7. The two-state solution cannot wait any longer, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Human Rights Chief tells leaders at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA <\/a>(24 September)<\/li>\n
    8. Relentless expansion of settlements, violence and displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Acting Special Coordinator briefs the Security Council on the Implementation of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵSCR 2334 <\/a>(28 September)<\/li>\n
    9. \u2018Relentless Expansion\u2019 of Israeli Settlements Threatens Two-State Solution, Senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Official Warns Security Council, Citing E1 Plan <\/a>(28 September)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      <\/a>II. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Palestinian Rights Committee briefed on \u201cdeeply alarming\u201d humanitarian situation in the OPT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      On 2 September, at its 430th<\/sup> meeting<\/a>, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) elected the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, Ambassador Nadzirah Binti Osman, as a vice-chair of the Committee Bureau, and adopted its 2026 annual report. The Committee received briefings from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and a representative of the Palestine Shelter Cluster in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) on the humanitarian situation in the OPT, including Gaza, and an update from the Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine. OCHA defined the humanitarian situation<\/a> across the OPT as \u201cdeeply alarming\u201d, with immense humanitarian needs but continued constraints for agencies to deliver aid and significant funding shortfall.<\/p>\n

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      1. Desperate Conditions across Occupied Palestinian Territory Worsen amid Aid Shortfalls, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Palestinian Rights Committee Hears <\/a>(2 September)<\/li>\n
      2. Humanitarian situation across the OPT deeply alarming, OCHA briefs the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Palestinian Rights Committee <\/a>(2 September)<\/li>\n
      3. 430th Committee Meeting: Adoption of 2026 Annual Report \u2013 2 September 2026 <\/a>(2 September)<\/li>\n
      4. 2026 Annual Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A\/81\/35) <\/a>(2 September)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        <\/a>III. Human rights violations and refugee displacement in northern West Bank; Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert calls to preserve evidence of alleged international crimes in Gaza<\/strong><\/h2>\n

        On 4 September, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the OPT issued a report<\/a>, which documented serious human rights violations and the \u201cunwarranted use of lethal force\u201d in the Israeli military operations in northern West Bank. According to OHCHR, these operations consolidated Israeli security forces\u2019 \u201ccontrol over the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps,\u201d and \u201cforcibly displaced their population in their entirety \u2013 estimated 33,000 persons\u201d.<\/p>\n

        On 7 September, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, warned<\/a> that \u201cthe ongoing removal, crushing and relocation of rubble in Gaza must not destroy evidence of international crimes or prevent the recovery and identification of human remains\u201d. She called for international criminal investigators to oversee the gathering of evidence of \u201calleged international crimes, including genocide\u201d and recalled that \u201cdestroying evidence of atrocity crimes is illegal\u201d.<\/p>\n

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        1. OHCHR Report: Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank (December 2024 – January 2026) <\/a>(4 September)<\/li>\n
        2. Gaza: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert warns Israeli rubble-clearing could erase traces of atrocity crimes<\/a> (7 September)<\/li>\n
        3. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Human Rights Chief says recovery of remains in Gaza three years later adds to Palestinian trauma <\/a>(15 September)<\/li>\n
        4. ICJ Press Release: Colombia withdraws its Declaration of intervention in the proceedings – Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) <\/a>(22 September)<\/li>\n
        5. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Human Rights in OPT: Msafer Yatta demolitions deepen fears of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank [EN\/AR] <\/a>(24 September)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          <\/a><\/a><\/a>IV. Impact of the war in Gaza and of violence in the OPT on Palestinian women<\/strong><\/h2>\n

          In a briefing<\/a> issued on 8 September, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women) highlighted how the war in Gaza has transformed household structures and survival responsibilities. Women \u00a0\u00a0reportedly head one in four households, up from one in nine before the war, and experience greater financial hardship, are less likely to have adequate shelter, and are more frequently displaced. On 17 September, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Population Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA) published an assessment<\/a> on gender-based violence (GBV) in Gaza, based on the perspectives of 230 women living in displacement camps. Participants reported that displacement and deteriorating living conditions have altered and intensified GBV risks, weakened community and family protection mechanisms, and further limited access to essential services.<\/p>\n

          In a media fact sheet<\/a> issued on 15 September, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women reported that record levels of settler violence, military operations, and movement restrictions in the occupied West Bank continue to exacerbate hardships for women and girls. Israeli checkpoints impede access to work, humanitarian assistance, healthcare, and safe movement and one in four women-headed households reportedly receives no humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

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          1. “Invisible no more: Left to carry households alone War and the rise of women-headed households in Gaza”, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women (Brief No. 1)<\/a> (8 September)<\/li>\n
          2. Media fact sheet: Women in the occupied West Bank fear violence and arrest, as settler attacks, military operations, and movement restrictions reach two-decade high – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women <\/a>(15 September)<\/li>\n
          3. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women Press Briefing: Women in the occupied West Bank increasingly cut off from daily life, living in fear amid rising violence and restrictions <\/a>(15 September)<\/li>\n
          4. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA Report “I want to feel safe again”: drivers of gender-based violence in Gaza <\/a>(17 September)<\/li>\n
          5. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA: Gender-Based Violence Safety Audit Report: Gaza Strip <\/a>(17 September)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            <\/a>V. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA operating amid financial crisis; disruption of education for thousands of children in the West Bank<\/strong><\/h2>\n

            On 7 September, addressing the Council of Ministers of the League of the Arab States, the Commissioner General a.i. of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) stated<\/a> that \u201cdespite the considerable efforts to dismantle the Agency, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA continues to serve Palestine Refugees \u2013 in Gaza and across the region.\u201d He warned that the seizure of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA premises in occupied East Jerusalem \u201chas effectively removed the Agency from the Holy City,\u201d but stressed that \u201cremoving Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA does not remove the rights of Palestine Refugees.\u201d Speaking at a Ministerial Meeting on the margins of the 81st<\/sup> Session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA on 24 September, the Commissioner-General a.i. raised concerns<\/a> over Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s \u201cextraordinary financial crisis\u201d and called on States to support the Agency\u2019s operations in the OPT and provide sustained funding.<\/p>\n

            On 10 September, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF warned<\/a> that violence, displacement, movement restrictions, and incidents affecting schools and surrounding communities across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are disrupting \u201cthousands of children\u2019s ability to reach and remain in education safely.\u201d Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF documented at least 224 education-related incidents affecting more than 20,000 students during the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n

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