Palestine News Today: Israel Targets UK Charities After Settlement Import Ban
17 September 2026. Your daily round-up of the most important news about Palestine, compiled from international and regional sources. Today: Israel moves against UK charities after Britain's settlement import ban, the US bars Palestinian leaders from the UN, AI is used to speed up West Bank demolitions, and Ireland boycotts Eurovision again. Below, each story in brief, with links to the reporting it is based on.
Israel Moves Against UK Charities After Sanctions
A document from Israel's Diaspora Affairs ministry, seen by Al Jazeera, recommends barring staff and activists linked to UK aid organisations, including Oxfam, from entering. It is dated 8 September, the day the UK banned imports from illegal settlements, and has been condemned by the groups concerned.
Sources: Al Jazeera
US Refuses Visas to Palestinian Leaders for the UN
For the second year running, the United States declined to grant visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Authority officials to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
Sources: Al Jazeera
AI Used to Speed Up West Bank Demolitions
Researchers and rights groups say Israel is using artificial intelligence in the occupied West Bank to survey Palestinian land and speed up demolitions and forced displacement, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Ireland Boycotts Eurovision for a Second Year
Irish broadcaster RTÉ said Ireland's participation in Eurovision cannot be justified given the ongoing loss of life in Gaza, and raised concern about the denial of independent access for international journalists.
Sources: Al Jazeera
The Repairman Keeping Gaza's Cameras Running
Camera repairman Mohammed Radwan is helping Gaza's journalists keep documenting the war by fixing damaged equipment amid severe shortages of cameras, spare parts and electricity.
Sources: Al Jazeera
US Plans $2.8bn Bomb Sale to Israel
The Trump administration is pushing a $2.8bn sale of bombs to Israel, funded through Foreign Military Financing. The package includes 40,000 bombs, drawing criticism over civilian harm in Gaza.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Egypt Rejects Displacement of Palestinians
Meeting Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo, Egypt's president reaffirmed his country's firm opposition to the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza or any attempt to end the Palestinian cause.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Skin Infections Spread Among Gaza's Children
The UN recorded 45,190 cases of impetigo, a contagious skin infection mostly affecting young children, in Gaza between 2 August and 12 September, along with a new case of acute flaccid paralysis.
Sources: OCHA
Context: Gaza and the West Bank
A year of ceasefire has brought Gaza no rebuilding. Strikes continue, entry restrictions remain, and humanitarian agencies say the shortages of fuel and equipment are now the main obstacle to recovery. Gaza's health ministry puts the death toll since October 2023 at more than 73,900, with over 174,000 wounded. More than 1,300 of those deaths have come since the ceasefire began.
Sources: Al Jazeera, OCHA
Settler violence in the occupied West Bank is at near-record levels, with 275 Palestinian communities affected this year according to the UN, almost matching the whole of 2025. Demolitions continue alongside the attacks: over 1,100 structures have been torn down this year for lacking permits that Israel rarely grants, displacing more than 1,500 people. UNICEF says 98 per cent of Gaza's schools were destroyed or damaged during the war, and more than 90 per cent of the territory lies in ruins, leaving families sheltering in buildings that engineers have assessed as unsafe.
Sources: OCHA
The UN has warned that the risks facing Gaza's civilians grow sharper as winter approaches, with flooding expected in areas where families are living in tents and damaged buildings and where sanitation has already broken down. Accountability efforts continue in parallel: cases before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, national investigations in several countries, and growing calls for arms embargoes and trade restrictions.
Sources: OCHA
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