Settlement activity

Israeli settlers seize Palestinian building in Silwan

Thursday-15-August-2024

A group of Jewish settlers seized a residential building in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town, south of Occupied Jerusalem, on Thursday.

Hamas: Settlement activity in the West Bank disregards international resolutions

Friday-5-July-2024

The Hamas Movement said that the Israeli approval of constructing 5,300 new settlement units in the illegal West Bank outposts indicates a clear disregard, by the extremist Israeli government, for all international laws and resolutions that criminalize settlement activity in the occupied lands.

Hamas lashes out at Israel’s settlement expansion decisions

Friday-28-June-2024

The Hamas Movement said that the Israeli security cabinet’s decisions on settlement expansion represent a practical declaration from the Israeli occupation government of proceeding with the extremist Bezalel Smotrich’s plans to control the West Bank.

Israel legalizes 5 West Bank settlements, sanctions PA

Friday-28-June-2024

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced in a late hour on Thursday night that the Israeli mini-cabinet has approved several steps to entrench settlements in the West Bank.

Report: 1,242 Israeli occupation and settler attacks in the West Bank during April

Saturday-4-May-2024

The head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, Muaeed Shaban, has said that Israeli occupation forces and Jewish settlers carried out 1,242 attacks during the month of April.

IOA seizes 8 square dunums in Jordan Valley region

Friday-22-March-2024

The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) seized 8 square dunums (about 3 square miles) of land in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank for the establishment of hundreds of settlement units, an Israeli media outlet reported on Friday.

IOA seizes Palestinian-owned land and homes in J’lem

Wednesday-20-March-2024

The Israeli high court of justice approved on Monday the appropriation of several dunums of Palestinian-owned land containing three houses in the southeast of Occupied Jerusalem following a 20-year legal battle.

UN Human Rights Chief deplores new moves to expand Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

Friday-8-March-2024

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday deplored Israel’s latest actions regarding the occupied West Bank, saying the drastic acceleration in settlement building is exacerbating long-standing patterns of oppression, violence, and discrimination against Palestinians.

Hamas: Israeli plan to build new settlement units in Jerusalem defies international community

Thursday-7-March-2024

Hamas Movement said in a statement on Wednesday, “the Israeli occupation authorities’ approval to build about 3,500 new settlement units south of Jerusalem indicates that it is planning to seize more of the Palestinian land.