Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via prerecorded video after being denied a US visa for the second consecutive year, warning that Palestinians face their most dangerous period in history and accusing Israel of destroying the two-state solution. He urged the international community to prevent another Nakba and protect Palestinian existence.
The European Union expressed regret over the United States' decision to deny entry visas for the second consecutive year to members of the Palestinian delegation seeking to attend the UN General Assembly session in New York. The UN will allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address the assembly via prerecorded video instead.
The United States has extended visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas, for the second consecutive year. The State Department cited the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization's failure to meet commitments under US compliance laws from 1989 and 2002.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened a "full-scale war" against the Palestinian Authority if it prepares an attack similar to Hamas's October 7, 2023 assault. The warning came after a Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli man at a West Bank settlement outpost before being killed by troops.
Yair Golan, leader of Israel's left-wing Democrats party, is campaigning on pledges to end ongoing conflicts and address Jewish settler violence in the West Bank as Israel heads toward elections on October 27. The campaign unfolds amid heightened tensions and fears of political violence.
The US ambassador to Israel visited Palestinian town Turmus Ayya and called for severe consequences against Israeli settlers committing violence, labeling some as 'terrorists' amid a sharp rise in West Bank attacks.
The UN reports a deeply alarming humanitarian situation across the occupied Palestinian territories, as the World Food Programme halves West Bank food assistance due to funding shortages while Israeli settler and military violence escalates, killing two Palestinian teenagers and targeting mosques.
Israeli forces led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir took control of the Kalandia/Kafr Akab vocational training center, the last remaining UNRWA facility in occupied East Jerusalem. A Palestinian boy was shot during the raid, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to condemn the action as unlawful.
Middle East Monitor profiles Palestinian author and researcher Sabri Jiryis, who witnessed the 1948 Nakba in Fassouta village in the Galilee at age 10 and was among 160,000 Palestinians who remained in the region.
More than 100 former French and British diplomats have issued an open letter urging French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to impose joint sanctions on Israel, including halting arms exports and banning trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank. The diplomats warn that Israeli settlement expansion and occupation policies are erasing prospects for an independent Palestinian state.
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are set to meet in Cairo next week to resume national dialogue, as Hamas explores forming a broad electoral coalition with other groups opposed to the ruling Fatah government ahead of Palestine's first legislative elections in two decades scheduled for November.
US envoy Jared Kushner held rare talks with Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt on Sunday before traveling to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. The diplomatic push aims to advance a stalled US-backed Gaza peace plan that includes Hamas disarmament and Israeli military withdrawal, which Netanyahu has so far rejected.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree restoring the Palestinian Legislative Council to 132 seats, reversing a June expansion, as elections are scheduled for November 28. Hamas has announced plans to participate in the first parliamentary elections in 20 years.
Israeli forces demolished the home of Farouk Ramadan in the West Bank town of Tal on August 11, less than three weeks after he was killed during a July 24 clash that erupted when Israeli settlers approached the town, leaving one settler and one Palestinian dead. The demolition comes amid continued Israeli raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank, with the UN warning the territory is at a 'breaking point.'
Physicians for Human Rights Israel released a report warning that the Palestinian public healthcare system in the occupied West Bank is on the brink of collapse, citing Israel's withholding of tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority as pushing hospitals and clinics to crisis point.
Israeli prosecutors have charged settler Yinon Levi with killing Palestinian activist Awdah (Odeh) Hathaleen in Umm al-Khair village in the occupied West Bank. This marks the first indictment of an Israeli for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank since the October 7, 2023 attacks, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to pause a $655.5 million judgment that Palestinian authorities must pay to American victims of attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004. The Palestinian Authority and PLO had argued that paying the judgment could destabilize government services in the West Bank.
Israeli military forces conducted widespread raids across the occupied West Bank, detaining at least 14-28 Palestinians including children in areas near Nablus, Tubas, Bethlehem, and other cities. The operations coincided with escalating settler violence, including attacks on Palestinian villages and the closure of an IDF investigation into a brutal 2023 settler assault without charges.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his 'Board of Peace' has reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. The announcement marks a significant development in efforts to address the security situation in the territory.
Following a deadly clash near Tell in the occupied West Bank that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an extensive military operation in Nablus and accelerated legalization of unauthorized settler outposts.
Hamas has elected Khalil al-Hayya as its new overall leader, replacing Yahya Sinwar who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in October 2024. Al-Hayya previously served on Hamas's five-member leadership council and won the position after a run-off with Khaled Meshaal.
Israeli forces demolished five inhabited Palestinian homes in the Bethlehem governorate on July 22, 2026—four in Nahhalin and one in Za’atara—according to WAFA and local reports. IMEMC separately reported that Israeli authorities demolished a home, a carwash facility, and two livestock farms in Rafat, northwest of Jerusalem. Anadolu Agency documented that the four Nahhalin homes were demolished on the grounds that they lacked building permits.
An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, while three others were shot dead in the occupied West Bank following a reported stabbing incident. The deaths occurred amid ongoing tensions and ahead of Israel's scheduled October elections.
Hamas announced the dissolution of its governing body in Gaza after nearly two decades in power, clearing the way for a technocratic committee backed by the UN to take over civilian administration. Israel dismissed the move as a 'stunt.'
A leaked draft resolution reveals that the UN-sanctioned Board of Peace, announced by Donald Trump to govern Gaza, is planning to grant itself comprehensive legal immunity including protection from arrest, detention, and legal proceedings. The immunities would extend to all Board members and reportedly include property rights.
EU foreign ministers agreed to sanction Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians, ending a years-long deadlock after Hungary's new government dropped its veto. The decision also includes sanctions on Hamas leaders.
