Settlement expansion

IOA resumes settlement expansion activities west of Salfit

Saturday-1-December-2018

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) resumed on Saturday construction activities on annexed Palestinian land in Bruqin town west of Salfit in the West Bank in order to expand the illegal settlement of Brukhin.

Israeli settlements devouring Qaryut encroaching on Area B

Saturday-24-November-2018

After Israel’s settlement expansion has devoured the bulk of Qaryut town in southern Nablus especially in Area C of the occupied West Bank settlers’ eyes are now directed at Area B in order to steal the remaining tracts of land from this settlement-afflicted town.

Israel approves law allowing settlement expansion in O. J’lem

Tuesday-20-November-2018

The Israeli Knesset has approved on Monday evening the second and third readings of legislation that will allow the further expansion of a Jewish-only settlement in occupied Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood located south of al-Aqsa Mosque.

Palestinians injured as IOF attacks Ramallah demonstration

Friday-16-November-2018

Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful demonstration in Jabal al-Risan west of Ramallah.

Israel persists in expanding settlement on annexed land in Deir Ballut

Saturday-6-October-2018

Construction and bulldozing activities are proceeding apace on a vast tract of Palestinian land east of Deir Ballut town west of Salfit to expand the illegal settlement of Leshem.

IOF bars Palestinians from entering Salama hamlet in al-Khalil

Sunday-9-September-2018

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday prevented Palestinian citizens for the second consecutive day from staying in or reaching Salama hamlet west of al-Khalil.

Hanini: Israeli court’s settlement legalizing a “dangerous step’

Saturday-1-September-2018

Senior Hamas official Abdul-Hakim Hanini has described the Israeli court decision to legitimize a new settlement outpost in western Ramallah as “a dangerous step paving the way for legalizing all outposts in the occupied West Bank.”

EU renews condemnation of Israel’s settlement expansion activity

Friday-24-August-2018

European Union (EU) on Thursday renewed its rejection of Israel's settlement expansion policy in the Palestinian territories and condemned the Israeli government's approval of the construction of 1000 new settlement units in Occupied Jerusalem.

Israeli plan to isolate four Palestinian villages from Bethlehem

Saturday-11-August-2018

The Israeli occupation government has embarked on carrying out a massive settlement project that will lead to the isolation of four Palestinian villages from Bethlehem in the West Bank as a prelude to annexing them as Israeli state land.

Israeli bulldozers level Palestinian lands near Bethlehem

Saturday-4-August-2018

Israeli bulldozers on Saturday morning leveled Palestinian-owned lands located between the illegal settlements of Gush Etzion and Alon Shvut south of Bethlehem.