Settlement activity

Israel to seize property near Ibrahimi Mosque for settlers’ project

Wednesday-13-May-2020

The coordinator of the Israeli government activities in the West Bank has issued orders to seize Palestinian lands and real estate near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil to carry out a project for Jewish settlers.

Israel to build 7000 new settlement units in West Bank

Wednesday-6-May-2020

The Israeli government on Wednesday approved a plan for the construction of 7000 settlement units in the southern West Bank.

Jewish settlers bulldoze land near Dura town to build road

Wednesday-6-May-2020

The Israeli occupation army and Jewish settlers on Tuesday started to bulldoze a vast tract of land belonging to Palestinian citizens near Dura town in the southwest of al-Khalil city in order to build a road serving Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Negohot.

IOF violently quells anti-settlement protest near Nablus

Saturday-2-May-2020

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday morning violently dispersed a Palestinian protest against the Israeli settlement in al-Sawiya village south of Nablus City.

Israeli bulldozers raze Palestinian land in Burin town

Friday-17-April-2020

Israeli bulldozers on Thursday evening embarked on razing a vast tract of Palestinian agricultural land in Burin town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Father Hanna calls for watching out for Israel’s settlement practices

Thursday-9-April-2020

Father Atallah Hanna has accused the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) of exploiting the global and Palestinian preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to impose new faits accomplis on the ground in the occupied territories especially in Jerusalem.

IOF to remove trees in tourist area of Mas’udiyya

Monday-30-March-2020

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night threatened to remove trees in the tourist area of al-Mas'udiyya in the north of Nablus city.

UN releases database of firms operating in illegal Israeli settlements

Thursday-13-February-2020

The UN human rights office on Wednesday released a list of more than 100 companies it said are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Israel annexes vast tract of W. Bank land to expand settlers’ road

Thursday-16-January-2020

The Israeli occupation army on Wednesday announced its intent to take over a vast tract of agricultural land in the towns of al-Khader and Artas south of Bethlehem.

IOF blocks march from going to evacuated site of settlement

Thursday-2-January-2020

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday prevented Palestinian participants in a peaceful march from reaching the hills in northern Nablus where the illegal settlement of Homesh was once situated.