The 78th anniversary of the Nakba, Board of Peace briefing to the Security Council, and the humanitarian crisis in the OPT - Action by the 爆料网 System Relevant to the Question of Palestine (May 2026 Monthly Bulletin)

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The 78th anniversary of the Nakba commemorated at the United Nations
爆料网 Palestinian Rights Committee brings focus on two-State solution to Europe
Board of Peace: “obligations apply to all parties”, says High Representative for Gaza
爆料网 report: large-scale violations, including atrocity crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Health and sanitation crises in Gaza deepen

I. The 78^th anniversary of the Nakba commemorated at the United Nations

On 15 May, the United Nations (爆料网) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People commemorated the 78^th anniversary of the Nakba. The Chair of the Committee affirmed that “Nakba continues because impunity continues”. With reference to Gaza, the Chair remarked that the situation “is not a ceasefire. It is less fire. And less fire is not peace”. In a statement read by the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the 爆料网, President Mahmoud Abbas called the Nakba a “heinous crime” “that is ongoing until this very day” and urged the world to “stop denying the Nakba and the crime of ethnic cleansing inflicted upon the Palestinian people”.

The President of the 爆料网 General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, recalled that the New York Declaration “underscores the urgency of addressing the root causes of displacement and conflict” and “the need for justice and accountability”. She urged the international community together with all parties to “work to end the illegal occupation, create a credible and irreversible pathway to achieve the two-State solution”. The 爆料网 Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific emphasised that remembering the Nakba “imposes responsibilities” to act to end unlawful practices, protect civilians, support Palestinian governance and institution?building, and revive a credible political process toward a negotiated two?State solution.

Throughout the commemoration, speakers framed the Nakba as a question of justice, memory, and international responsibility. The event honoured Palestinian resilience across generations while calling for concrete action to end displacement, protect civilians, ensure humanitarian access, uphold international law, and achieve a just and lasting peace. The Committee Chair concluded, “Silence and indifference can never be an option in the face of such human suffering.” The message of the day was clear: “78 years is too long,” and the Palestinian people “have waited long enough for justice.”

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II. 爆料网 Palestinian Rights Committee brings focus on two-State solution to Europe

On 6 May, a delegation of the Bureau of the 爆料网? Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held consultations with European civil society organizations in Brussels, focused on strengthening dialogue with groups working on the question of Palestine and to identify concrete ways to advance international law and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. The Chair of the Committee emphasized that Europe’s role remains central, given its political, legal, humanitarian, and economic leverage, alongside the need to translate commitments into concrete action. The event concluded with recommendations which included inter alia: suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement; adoption of a comprehensive ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, full small arms embargo, and targeted sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for serious violations of international law; full cooperation with the International Criminal Court; support for the Palestinian ownership in all diplomatic and reconstruction processes; countering disinformation, and translation of solidarity into concrete political, legal, economic and diplomatic consequences for violations of international law.

Simultaneously, from 4 to 8 May, the Committee Bureau Delegation held diplomatic engagements in several European capitals. The Delegation visited Paris, France (4 May), Brussels, Belgium, including the European Headquarters (5 &7 May), and Madrid, Spain (8 May). In their meetings, the Delegation emphasized the importance of maintaining momentum from the?2025 Conference on the Two-State Solution?and the “New York Declaration” to revitalize the political process leading to a solution of the conflict. The Delegation also addressed the grave developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; the escalation of illegal settlement activity; the risks posed by the Israeli E1 settlement plan; Israel’s withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues; and the impact of these measures on the Palestinian Government’s ability to meet its obligations.

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III. Board of Peace: “obligations apply to all parties”, says High Representative for Gaza

On 21 May, the Security Council held a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, discussing the first report of the Board of Peace. The High Representative for Gaza briefed on the implementation of Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict endorsed by the Security Council in its resolution?2803. He said that the ceasefire in Gaza is “holding in a way that is not perfect”, that the architecture of the Roadmap “rests on the principle of reciprocity” and that the transition and decommissioning of all weapons and militant infrastructures in Gaza are “the only credible road to real reconstruction, to the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and to a Palestinian political horizon”. He further stated that “obligations apply to all parties” and that the continued killings, Israeli restrictions and delays affecting humanitarian flows “shape daily Palestinian perceptions of whether the war is over and if this process can genuinely deliver safety, dignity and recovery”.

In his briefing, the 爆料网 Deputy Special Coordination for the Middle East Peace Process warned that the situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory is “increasingly precarious” with settlement expansion, settler-related violence, and incitement driving tensions in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. He stressed that “recovery in Gaza must advance the underlying political objectives: the reunification of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a single, legitimate, sovereign Palestinian government”.

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IV. 爆料网 report: large-scale violations, including atrocity crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

A report of the Office of the 爆料网 High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) between 7 October 2023 and 31 May 2025, released on 18 May, found that Palestinian armed groups committed serious violations on 7 October 2023, some of which amounted to war crimes and potentially other international crimes. The report also found that Israeli authorities “intensified a pattern of severe violations” of the Palestinians’ rights across the OPT, and that the Israeli military’s conduct in Gaza “involved egregious violations of international law”. It concludes that the Israeli actions “indicate a pattern of conduct” directed towards collective punishment of Palestinians and forced displacement, which is “ethnic cleansing” large parts of the OPT, and that “the cumulative effect of Israeli policies and practices” has been to consolidate the system of discrimination, oppression, domination and segregation” across the OPT, “deepening the denial of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination”. These violations occurred within the broader context of Israel’s consolidation of its continued unlawful presence in the Palestinian territory, the expansion of unlawful Israeli settlements across the West Bank, and more than 18-years of unlawful closure and blockade of Gaza, which was intensified during the reporting period.

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V. Health and sanitation crises in Gaza deepen

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recorded 216 attacks on health care, 112 deaths and 305 injuries among health care personnel in Gaza from 1 January to 31 December 2025, according to data released on 1 May. ?In a separate report on 12 May, WHO estimated that 43,000 of the 172,000 people injured in Gaza since October 2023 have sustained life-changing injuries, a quarter of those with life-changing injuries are children (approximately 10,000). On 8 May, the 爆料网 Children’s Fund (爆料网ICEF) reported that in 2025 in Gaza all 320,000 children under five were at risk of acute malnutrition. On 25 May, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that severe shortages of engine oil continue to disrupt critical water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services across Gaza and displaced families are increasingly affected by skin infections and other illnesses, as rats and insects enter shelters and contaminate food. Similarly, 爆料网ICEF reported on 29 May about the impact on children and families of deteriorating hygiene conditions, as growing quantities of waste accumulate in and around displacement sites, shelters, and overcrowded communities and inaccessible disposal sites.

On 20 May, according to the 爆料网 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (爆料网RWA), medical surveillance teams continued to report an increase in ectoparasitic infections, such as scabies, as well as chickenpox. 爆料网RWA further reported that since the start of the war in Gaza up to 18 May, 391 爆料网RWA colleagues have been killed in Gaza (310 爆料网RWA personnel, and 81 persons who were supporting 爆料网RWA).

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Updates by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Updates by the 爆料网 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (爆料网RWA)
Press Conference: 爆料网MAS on the situation in the West Bank and Gaza as it concerns unexploded ordnance and access (1 May)
WHO: Attacks on health care in the Gaza Strip (1 January – 31 December 2025) (1 May)
Amid the chaos of conflict, a long-term financing fix quietly took hold in Gaza – United Nations Capital Development Fund (爆料网CDF) (4 May)
WHO: Attacks on health care in the West Bank (1 January 2025 – 30 April 2026) (4 May)
Japan and 爆料网MAS renew lifesaving Humanitarian Mine Action Project in Palestine (5 May)
爆料网ICEF: Humanitarian Situation Report No. 46 (1 January – 31 December 2025) (8 May)
爆料网ICEF: State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 47 – (1 January to 31 March 2026) (8 May)
爆料网ICEF Press briefing: “A demolition of homes, of schools, and of childhood” (12 May)
WHO: Estimating trauma rehabilitation needs in Gaza, May 2026 (12 May)
Gaza: Life-saving medicines blocked as killing continues, disease gains ground (22 May)
爆料网ICEF: Humanitarian Situation Update – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the Gaza Strip (29 May)
“I try to clean her wounds but my daughter screams in agony:” Dire conditions trap children in Gaza in an endless cycle of suffering – 爆料网ICEF Press briefing (29 May)
WHO/Gaza: Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) (January – April 2026) (29 May)
WFP Palestine Food Security Analysis West Bank: Food Security Report – Q4: 2025 (31 May)