Top UN court to open hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.
10 months ago

Top UN court to open hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Historic hearings are opening on Monday at the United Nations’ top court into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. Though the case opens at the court's Great Hall of Justice against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, it focuses instead on Israel’s open-ended control over the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and annexed east Jerusalem. In 2004, it said a separation barrier Israel built through east Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank was “contrary to international law.” It also called on Israel to immediately halt construction. South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress, has long compared Israel’s policies in Gaza and the West Bank to the apartheid regime of white minority rule in South Africa, which restricted most Black people to “homelands” before ending in 1994.

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Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion

Associated Press  

BEIT EL, West Bank — As Donald Trump’s victory became apparent in last week’s U.S. elections, Jewish West Bank settlement advocates popped bottles of champagne and danced to the Bee Gees at a winery in the heart of the occupied territory, according to a post on Instagram. Not only did the expansion of housing for Jews in the West Bank …

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements
1 month, 1 week ago

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. However, earlier Monday, Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s new foreign minister, told a press briefing that the government had made no decision on the issue of annexation as yet, but noted it had been discussed during Donald Trump’s first term as …

Israel passes law that would allow it to deport families of Palestinian attackers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel passes law that would allow it to deport families of Palestinian attackers

The Hindu  

Israel’s Parliament passed a law early on Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. It would apply to Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of annexed east Jerusalem who knew about their family members’ attacks beforehand or who “express support or identification …

A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of Palestinian attackers to war-ravaged Gaza
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of Palestinian attackers to war-ravaged Gaza

LA Times  

Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. It would apply to Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of annexed East Jerusalem who knew about their family members’ attacks beforehand or who “express support or identification with …

The Place Where War in the Middle East Will be Won or Lost
2 months, 1 week ago

The Place Where War in the Middle East Will be Won or Lost

Politico  

But after months of listening to this self-congratulation, I still have one question for Biden and his team: Why didn’t you do this years ago? But it’s important to keep asking, because the fate of the Middle East could lie in the West Bank and what steps Israel, the United States and the Palestinians themselves take there now. “The West …

Palestinians' UN Proposal Demands Israel Leave Gaza And The West Bank In 6 Months
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestinians' UN Proposal Demands Israel Leave Gaza And The West Bank In 6 Months

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The proposed General Assembly resolution, which was obtained by The Associated Press, follows a ruling by the top United Nations court in July that said Israel’s presence in the Palestinian …

Eye on the Middle East | A West Bank watershed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | A West Bank watershed

Hindustan Times  

Beginning on Wednesday, August 28, at least three brigades of the Israeli Defense Forces have been conducting what is the largest Israeli military assault on the West Bank since 2002. The promised land While the scale of the IDF’s current operation is unprecedented for this century, Israel has been consistently conducting counter-terror raids in the West Bank since October 7. …

Israel-Hamas war latest: 10 Hamas militants killed in Israeli operation in West Bank
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: 10 Hamas militants killed in Israeli operation in West Bank

Associated Press  

Ten Hamas fighters were killed during a large-scale Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank, the militant group said Wednesday, with troops sealing off the city of Jenin — long a militant stronghold. “Such unnecessary or disproportionate use of force and the increase in apparent targeted and other summary killings are alarming.” US hits West Bank Jewish settler group …

Palestinian officials say Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian officials say Israeli raids across occupied West Bank have killed 9

New Indian Express  

JERUSALEM: Israel launched raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. Over 600 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli fire since the war in Gaza began over 10 months ago, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. …

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
5 months ago

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is headed by a far-right settler leader, confirmed it budgeted 75 million shekels last year for …

Israeli government quietly sends millions of dollars to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
5 months ago

Israeli government quietly sends millions of dollars to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

LA Times  

A horse belonging to an Israeli settler wanders a farm in the West Bank outpost of Meitarim. The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is …

International Court of Justice rules Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
5 months ago

International Court of Justice rules Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end

ABC  

The UN's highest court has ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is unlawful, ordering the state to bring an end to its occupying presence as well as to make reparations for damage done. The International Court of Justice published an advisory ruling on Saturday, concluding that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories including the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East …

ICJ says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
5 months ago

ICJ says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Judge and President of the …

Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
5 months ago

Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago. The court said the General Assembly and Security Council — …

Top U.N. court says Israel’s settlement policy in occupied territories violates international law
5 months ago

Top U.N. court says Israel’s settlement policy in occupied territories violates international law

LA Times  

The top United Nations court, meeting at the Peace Palace in The Hague, said Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank and East Jerusalem violates international law. The court said the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council — where staunch Israeli ally the United States holds a veto — should consider “the precise modalities” to end Israel’s presence in the …

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it
5 months, 1 week ago

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it

Al Jazeera  

PM Netanyahu must order annexation of the West Bank if the International Court of Justice rules Israeli occupation is illegal, far-right minister says. Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week. Last month, Israel’s hardline coalition government approved …

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years

Associated Press  

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades and advanced plans to build thousands of new settlement homes, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. Half a century of settlements Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. In 56 years, …

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said Thursday, the latest in a campaign to accelerate settlement expansion, aimed at cementing Israeli control over the territory and preventing the establishment of a future Palestinian state. The Israeli anti-settlement monitoring Peace Now said the …

Israel approves three settlement outposts, thousands of homes in West Bank
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel approves three settlement outposts, thousands of homes in West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Watchdog Peace Now says Israeli gov’t approves settlement outposts of Givat Hanan, Kedem Arava, and Machane Gadi. Israel’s government has approved 5,295 new housing units in a host of illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, as well as recognising three new settlement outposts in the Palestinian territory, according to a watchdog group. Israeli NGO Peace Now reported the move …

Palestinian space being single-mindedly squeezed: China Daily editorial
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestinian space being single-mindedly squeezed: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Palestinians walk at the site of Israeli strikes that hit a residential building and destroyed shops at Gaza's Old City market, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City on July 4. With Israel's war in Gaza creating an ever-worsening humanitarian disaster and drawing ire and opposition from the world, the Jewish state's latest land appropriation in the occupied West Bank …

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements, group says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements, group says

LA Times  

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors Wednesday in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said Thursday, the latest in a campaign to accelerate settlement expansion, aimed at cementing …

West Bank occupation at the center of the violence at L.A. synagogue
5 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bank occupation at the center of the violence at L.A. synagogue

LA Times  

The recent violence at the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles was rooted in a decades-long international battle over the expansion of Jewish settlements on land Israel seized and occupied during its 1967 Six Day War with Arab states. An ad for the event, which was organized by Gidon Katz, a global promoter of Israel real estate, read: “In a …

Land Day: What happened in Palestine in 1976?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Land Day: What happened in Palestine in 1976?

Al Jazeera  

Every year on March 30, Palestinians hold protests and vigils and plant olive trees to reaffirm their connection to the land. Every year on March 30, Palestinians observe Land Day, or Yom al-Ard, recalling the events of March 30, 1976, when six unarmed Palestinians were killed and more than 100 injured by Israeli forces during protests against Israel’s confiscation of …

Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank
9 months ago

Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement comes despite international pressure against Israel’s building of illegal settlements. Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has declared 800 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement building. “While there are those in Israel and in the world who seek to undermine …

UN rights office says Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas amount to a ‘war crime’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN rights office says Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas amount to a ‘war crime’

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office says in a report published Friday that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem amount to a war crime. The report covers the one-year period from Nov. 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2023, when it says roughly 24,300 housing units in existing settlements in the West …

Israel’s illegal West Bank settlement plans face global condemnation
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel’s illegal West Bank settlement plans face global condemnation

Al Jazeera  

The 3,500 illegal housing units in the occupied West Bank add to nearly 20,000 approved in the past year. “The enemies try to harm and weaken us, but we will continue to build and be built up in this land,” far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in charge of civil affairs in the West Bank, said on X. Smotrich said …

Majority of countries argue Israel violated international law in last historic hearing at UN court
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Majority of countries argue Israel violated international law in last historic hearing at UN court

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE — The United Nations’ highest court on Monday wrapped up historic proceedings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought by Palestinians for a future state, with most voices at the hearing arguing against the Israeli government. “The real obstacle to peace is obvious — the deepening occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territories, including East …

Majority of countries argue Israel violated international law in last historic hearing at UN court
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Majority of countries argue Israel violated international law in last historic hearing at UN court

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The real obstacle to peace is obvious — the …

At historic U.N. court hearing, majority of countries argue Israel violated international law
9 months, 4 weeks ago

At historic U.N. court hearing, majority of countries argue Israel violated international law

LA Times  

A Palestinian flag flies outside the United Nations’ highest court during historic hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Feb. 21 into the legality of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Acting State Department legal advisor Richard Visek said last week the judges should not seek to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict “through an advisory opinion addressed to questions focusing on …

Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it’s a response to a Palestinian attack
10 months ago

Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it’s a response to a Palestinian attack

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. Israel’s finance minister, far-right firebrand Bezalel Smotrich, announced the new settlement plans late Thursday, after three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on cars near the Maale Adumim settlement, killing one …

How does Israel’s occupation of Palestine work?
10 months ago

How does Israel’s occupation of Palestine work?

Al Jazeera  

Why do some call it an ‘apartheid’ and what does the occupation look like in practice? A future in which two states live side by side in peace and security.” International law expert Paul Reichler, representing Palestine in the hearings, told the court that the policies of Israel’s government “are aligned to an unprecedented extent with the goals of the …

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal
10 months ago

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally for any hope for a two-state future to survive. International law expert Paul Reichler, representing the Palestinians, told the …

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, asks U.N. court to declare occupation illegal
10 months ago

Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, asks U.N. court to declare occupation illegal

LA Times  

Riad al Maliki, Palestinian National Authority foreign affairs minister, center, and Riyad Mansour, the authority’s U.N. representative, right, take their seats at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday. Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al Maliki told the International Court of Justice that “2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, are besieged and bombed, …

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
10 months ago

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Though the case occurs against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, it focuses instead on Israel’s open-ended occupation of …

Palestine through the eyes of the Israeli State
1 year ago

Palestine through the eyes of the Israeli State

Hindustan Times  

So far, understandably, our attention has concentrated on the relationship between Israel and the Palestinian people of Gaza. In a Washington Post article, President Joe Biden said he had been “emphatic with Israel’s leaders that extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and those committing violence must be held accountable”. At a press conference, he said: “I …

A Nakba is unfolding in the occupied West Bank, too
1 year ago

A Nakba is unfolding in the occupied West Bank, too

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces and settlers are terrorising the Palestinian population in the West Bank in preparation for its expulsion and the annexation of Palestinian land. The Israeli ethnic cleansing effort extends to the occupied West Bank where Israel is moving forward with a similar – albeit a more surreptitious – plan. The Israeli military, in coordination with the Palestinian Authority security …

Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts
1 year ago

Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts

Al Jazeera  

As Gaza reels from Israel’s devastating bombardments, here’s a brief history of the conflict using maps and charts. Israel captured East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967 along with the West Bank – a step not recognised by the international community. A second agreement in 1995 divided the occupied West Bank into three parts – Area A, B and …

With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war
1 year, 1 month ago

With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war

Associated Press  

QUSRA, West Bank — When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ deadly attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. “It’s like I’m in a prison.” The flashpoint Palestinian town of Hawara, once a bustling hub of commerce along the West Bank's main highway, is seen …

Israel will have security responsibility in Palestine ‘indefinitely’
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel will have security responsibility in Palestine ‘indefinitely’

Live Mint  

Israel-Gaza War: The war between Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel and Hamas fighters from Palestine's Gaza completed a month on 7 November. Benjamin Netanyahu, backed by world leaders like US in their ‘effort to defend’, have bombarded refugee camps killing thousands of children, prompting United Nations head to call Gaza ‘graveyard of children’. Since Israel unleashed its brutal bombing campaign in Gaza …

One month of Israel’s war: What’s happening to Palestinians outside Gaza?
1 year, 1 month ago

One month of Israel’s war: What’s happening to Palestinians outside Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

The past month saw escalating Israeli violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in Jerusalem and inside Israel. The UN noted that “in nearly half of all incidents, Israeli forces were either accompanying or actively supporting the attackers.” The increase in settler violence since October 7 has directly led to the forced displacement of at least 905 Palestinians from …

Who are Israeli settlers, and why do they live on Palestinian lands?
1 year, 1 month ago

Who are Israeli settlers, and why do they live on Palestinian lands?

Al Jazeera  

As many as 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank as settler violence surges. Settlers are Israeli citizens who live on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. More than 700,000 settlers – 10 percent of Israel’s nearly 7 million population – now live in 150 settlements and 128 outposts dotting the …

Analysis: Israel’s Gaza invasion could test its occupation of the West Bank
1 year, 2 months ago

Analysis: Israel’s Gaza invasion could test its occupation of the West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Israel will struggle to man its ever-increasing checkpoints in the West Bank and flood the Gaza Strip with soldiers. Israel maintains a hefty security presence in the occupied West Bank with a network of permanent and temporary checkpoints set up by the army and paramilitary border police. The human rights group also warned that, even in a period of relative …

UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians since 2022
1 year, 3 months ago

UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians since 2022

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Violence from Israeli settlers has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022, according to a U.N. report released Thursday, with officials describing the exodus as unparalleled in recent years. “The U.N. has recorded unprecedented levels of settler violence against Palestinians this year,” said Lynn Hastings, humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory. “The humanitarian …

30 years after Oslo, Israeli foreign minister rejects international dictates on Palestinian issue
1 year, 3 months ago

30 years after Oslo, Israeli foreign minister rejects international dictates on Palestinian issue

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday said that Israel would not cave in to foreign dictates on its treatment of the Palestinians — in comments that came in a meeting with his Norwegian counterpart coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Oslo peace accords. “Israel will not submit to external dictates on the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Cohen …

Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker, fueling West Bank tensions
1 year, 4 months ago

Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker, fueling West Bank tensions

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israeli security forces on Tuesday demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack earlier this year, the military said, the latest incursion to fuel tensions in the occupied territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, which has taken a hard line against the Palestinians, has vowed to …

Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?
1 year, 4 months ago

Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be upheld. Critics of the protest movement, including Palestinians, say this is a significant blind spot and that such selective advocacy of democratic ideals shows how disconnected Israelis are from the harsh reality of those living under Israel’s occupation. But largely missing …

Israel’s Herzog tells Biden its democracy remains sound amid US concerns over judicial overhaul
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel’s Herzog tells Biden its democracy remains sound amid US concerns over judicial overhaul

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Israel’s figurehead president Isaac Herzog sought to assure President Joe Biden that Israel remains committed to democracy amid deepening U.S. concerns over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plans to overhaul his country’s judicial system and ongoing settlement construction in the West Bank. “As I confirmed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, America’s commitment to Israel is firm and …

Israel sets record for illegal settlement approvals: Rights group
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel sets record for illegal settlement approvals: Rights group

Al Jazeera  

Peace Now said that Israel has approved the construction of almost 13,000 housing units in illegal settlements, the most since the group began tracking. Israel’s far-right government has approved record construction in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in its first six months in power, according to the left-wing Israeli movement Peace Now. Last month, it approved plans for …

UN told Israel turns Palestinian territory into outdoor prison
1 year, 5 months ago

UN told Israel turns Palestinian territory into outdoor prison

Al Jazeera  

UN expert says more than 800,000 Palestinians, including children as young as 12, detained by Israel since 1967 occupation. Israel has imprisoned more than 800,000 Palestinians in the occupied territory since 1967, including tens of thousands of children, and of the current 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons about 1,100 are being held without charge or trial, an expert has told …

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