Occupied territory

Borrell calls for European action to press Israel to respect int’l law

Monday-22-July-2024

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stressed the need for the union to pressure Israel to respect the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) recent advisory opinion calling for its withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories.

IOA razes two Palestinian homes in W. Bank and J’lem

Tuesday-6-February-2024

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished on Tuesday two Palestinian houses in Jericho and Jerusalem and bulldozed a wall in al-Khalil City at the pretext of unlicensed construction.

Australia refers to W. Bank as “occupied Palestinian territories”

Tuesday-8-August-2023

The Australian government once again considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be in violation of international law and will return to using the term “occupied Palestinian territories” Australian foreign affairs minister Penny Wong told the parliament on Tuesday.

Israeli forces kidnap two youths from their workplace in Tulkarem

Thursday-13-July-2023

Israeli undercover soldiers kidnaped on Thursday afternoon two Palestinian young men from Nur Shams refugee camp in the east of Tulkarem City northwest of the occupied West Bank.

Jewish settlers burn 100 dunums of cultivated land in W. Bank

Sunday-9-July-2023

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to vast tracts of agricultural land in al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Jewish settlers wreak havoc on cultivated lands in W. Bank

Wednesday-11-January-2023

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers went on the rampage through swaths of cultivated land in Masafer Yatta area south of al-Khalil destroying many crops and trees on Wednesday.

Settlers storm Bir Haris area in Salfit assault citizens

Saturday-7-January-2023

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers stormed on Saturday morning Bir Haris area in the north of Salfit in the occupied West Bank and assaulted Palestinian citizens.

UN Special Committee condemns Israeli practices in occupied Palestine

Monday-18-July-2022

“The UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories” has condemned Israel’s persistence in its culture of impunity warning that such behavior undermines human rights.

Settlers attack Palestinians in al-Khalil under military protection

Sunday-10-July-2022

Palestinian citizens were reportedly attacked on Saturday by extremist Jewish settlers and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in al-Khalil City.

IOA to build new settler neighborhood in W. Bank

Tuesday-15-February-2022

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) intends to build a new neighborhood in the illegal settlement of Itamar in the southeast of Nablus City north of the West Bank according to Israel’s Channel 7.