Settlement expansion

Israeli army begins building settler road in northern Bethlehem

Sunday-19-January-2025

The Israeli occupation army started on Sunday to build a road for Jewish settlers on a tract of land they had seized from the village of Jab’a in the northeast of Bethlehem, south of the West Bank.

Israel’s expansionist map: Where does the occupation’s ambition in the Middle East end

Sunday-12-January-2025

As part of its provocative and extreme policies towards Middle Eastern countries, Israel published a so-called “historical” map on an official account linked to its Foreign Ministry on the platform X.

Jewish settlers set up two illegal outposts on W. Bank lands

Sunday-5-January-2025

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers set up on Sunday a new illegal outpost on swaths of Palestinian land in Qaryut village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Settlers seize vast tracts of Palestinian-owned land in W. Bank

Sunday-15-December-2024

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers took over dozens of dunums of agricultural land in al-Khalil province, south of the occupied West Bank, while Israeli forces installed security cameras in northern Ramallah and blocked main roads in Bethlehem.

Hamas: Smotrich’s remarks about W. Bank confirm Israel’s colonial ambitions

Tuesday-12-November-2024

The Hamas Movement has condemned far-right Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich’s remarks about extending control over the West Bank, saying he confirmed conclusively the colonial ambitions of the Israeli occupation state and its denial of the Palestinian people’s national rights.

Resheq warns of Smotrich’s remarks on expanding settlements, displacing Palestinians

Tuesday-29-October-2024

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ezzat al-Resheq has strongly denounced renewed “fascist” remarks made by Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, in which he called for expanding settlements, annexing more occupied lands and displacing the Palestinian people.

IOF bulldozes Palestinian land in northern Ramallah to build wall

Sunday-29-September-2024

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed on Sunday morning swaths of Palestinian-owned land in Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah.

31 years after Oslo: Israel exploited the agreement to expand West Bank settlements

Sunday-15-September-2024

As Israel wages a campaign of extermination against the Gaza Strip and intensifies its onslaught on the West Bank, the 31st anniversary of the Oslo Agreement, signed at the White House between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel on September 13, 1993, has recently passed.

IOA to approve the establishment of 5,300 new settlement units in the West Bank

Wednesday-3-July-2024

The Israeli Supreme Planning Committee of the Israeli Civil Administration intends to approve on Wednesday and Thursday the construction of 5,300 new settlement units in the West Bank.

Jewish settlers set up illegal outpost on Palestinian land in southern Nablus

Wednesday-8-May-2024

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers set up last night a new settlement outpost on swaths of Palestinian land in Qusra town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.