Settlement expansion

IOA seizes vast W. Bank areas after declaring them nature reserves

Monday-19-October-2020

The Palestinian Environment Quality Authority has said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has imposed its control over 36 areas in the West Bank under the pretext of nature reserves.

Turkey: Israel’s settlement and annexation policies will not succeed

Saturday-17-October-2020

Turkey on Friday criticized recent Israeli plans to expand its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank expressing belief that such settlement and annexation policies would be doomed to failure.

IOA okays hundreds of settler homes in Bethlehem

Monday-12-October-2020

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday approved the construction of hundreds of housing units for Jewish settlers in the illegal settlement of Tzur Hadassah in western Bethlehem.

Netanyahu allows construction of 5000 settler homes in W. Bank

Friday-25-September-2020

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has told officials to approve the construction of thousands of settler homes in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli gov’t okays plan for hundreds of settler homes in W. Bank

Monday-14-September-2020

The Israeli occupation government on Sunday approved a plan to build 980 housing units in the illegal settlement of Efrat in southern Bethlehem.

Israeli plan to expand settlements isolate Palestinian areas in J’lem

Saturday-8-August-2020

A Palestinian report on Saturday warned of an Israeli plan to build 1000 settler units on lands annexed from the villages of at-Tur Anata Eizariya and Abu Dis in the area known as “E1” in east Jerusalem.

Jordan condemns Israel’s plan to build new housing units in J’lem

Monday-3-August-2020

Jordan’s foreign ministry has denounced Israel’s approval of a plan to build over 1000 new illegal settler homes in E1 area east of Occupied Jerusalem.

IOA razes W. Bank land to build wastewater system for settlers

Tuesday-28-July-2020

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday bulldozed new swaths of Palestinian land in Burqin town in Salfit province.

IOA continues to expand Rababa settlement in Salfit

Saturday-25-July-2020

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has continued to bulldoze vast tracts of Palestinian land in Palestinian towns in Salfit to expand the illegal settlement of Rababa.

Israeli army seizes land expands settlement in W. Bank

Tuesday-14-July-2020

The Israeli occupation army on Monday notified a Palestinian citizen of its decision to appropriate a swath of land near the Za’atara crossing in the east of Yasuf village in Salfit.