Palestine News Today: Declassified Files Show UK Knew of Israeli Abuses for 24 Years
11 September 2026. Your daily round-up of the most important news about Palestine, compiled from international and regional sources. Today: declassified Foreign Office files show UK officials warned of Israeli abuses since 2002, King's College London lifts a student's suspension, and NAZA receives a 25-minute ovation in Venice. Below, each story in brief, with links to the reporting it is based on.
Files Show UK Knew of Abuses for 24 Years
Declassified Foreign Office documents record warnings about Israeli violence and rights abuses dating back to 2002.
Sources: Al Jazeera
KCL Lifts Pro-Palestine Student's Suspension
King's College London allowed a suspended pro-Palestine student to return, amid criticism of crackdowns on students.
Sources: Al Jazeera
NAZA Wins 25-Minute Ovation in Venice
NAZA, an Israeli-made documentary on the use of AI in Gaza, received a 25-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
Masafer Yatta Students Refuse to Stop Learning
Students in Masafer Yatta pledged to keep learning as demolitions target homes and schools.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Settlers in Uniform Act With Impunity
Armed settlers wearing military uniforms are seizing land and attacking Palestinian communities with near-total impunity, blurring the line between soldier and settler, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
How 9/11 Helped Sell the War on Palestinians
Twenty-five years on, an Al Jazeera analysis examines how the war on terror made Israeli repression easier to present to Americans as part of a shared struggle.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Checkpoints Cut Off West Bank Business
Israeli checkpoints continue to choke the West Bank economy, cutting businesses off from customers and suppliers.
Sources: Al Jazeera
The Bigger Picture
The truce agreed in October 2025 stopped the full-scale offensive but not the killing. Attacks have continued, and restrictions on what can enter Gaza still block any meaningful reconstruction. More than 73,900 Palestinians have been killed and over 174,000 wounded in Gaza since October 2023, according to the health ministry, with well over a thousand of those deaths recorded since the truce.
Sources: Al Jazeera, OCHA
Across the occupied West Bank, the UN counts 275 communities hit by settler attacks in 2026, a pace that has almost equalled last year's record with months still to run. More than 1,100 Palestinian structures have been demolished this year for lacking building permits, displacing over 1,500 people, more than a third of the 4,300 Palestinians displaced in the West Bank in 2026. Almost every school in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed, and with more than 90 per cent of buildings in ruins, people are living in structures that engineers warn could come down.
Sources: OCHA
Aid agencies warn that the shortages are now structural rather than temporary: without heavy machinery, fuel and engine oil, rubble cannot be cleared, water networks cannot be repaired, and search and rescue work is slowed for days. At the United Nations, the two-state solution remains the stated goal of the Secretary-General and most member states, even as settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank continues and Palestinian officials describe it as creeping annexation.
Sources: OCHA
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