Jan Egeland visits the West Bank - October 2025

The ceasefire in Gaza should mark a turning point for all Palestinians, not be a pretext to tighten control over the West Bank, warned Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), during his visit to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, this week.

“As there is hope at long last in Gaza, the West Bank is being intentionally and brutally carved up,” said Egeland. “The same violence and impunity we saw in Gaza is dispossessing whole communities in the West Bank. Recovery in one part of the territory cannot come at the cost of destruction in another.”