Thu 8-May-2025

Settlement expansion

IOF levels agricultural land south of Nablus

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at noon on Friday leveled a Palestinian agricultural land lot near Jaloud village to the south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.

Haaretz: Tzur Hadassah settlement spreads over pre-1967 border

Construction work in Tzur Hadassah settlement which is located close to Wadi Fukin village in Bethlehem has spread over the pre-1967 border Haaretz newspaper said.

Leshem settlement takes over farmer Jbara’s land and olives

Palestinian farmer Idris Abdallah Jbara despite being in his 70s moves between his olive plants touching them tenderly and kissing them a goodbye as his tears fall over his plants after being uprooted by the Israeli settlers’ bulldozers.

Leshem: Monster swallowing the land of Rafat

At the agricultural lands and olive groves surrounding the southern part of the village of Rafat the Israeli occupation bulldozers continue to uproot lands belonging to Rafat village.

Israel approves new settlement building in Silwan

Hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech Israel’s Jerusalem municipality approved a plan to build a three-story building for Jewish settlers in the heart of the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan Haaretz reported.

Israel to build 690 housing units in O. J’lem

Israeli military bulldozers started Thursday morning razing Palestinian-owned lands in Shuafat and Beit Hanina villages in occupied Jerusalem as a prelude to expand the illegal settlement Ramat Shlomo.

Israeli bulldozers raze Palestinian lands in Salfit

Israeli settlers’ bulldozers razed more Palestinian lands in Deir Ballut town in Salfit province to the north of the West Bank to pave the way for settlement expansion.

Israeli authorities to approve 20 projects for settlers in J’lem

The Israeli district planning and building committee in Occupied Jerusalem intends on Wednesday to discuss procedures for approving and executing 20 Judaization and settlement projects in the holy city.

Israeli army razes land sets up houses east of Bethlehem

The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday bulldozed a vast tract of Palestinian land and placed several prefabricated homes in an area to the east of Bethlehem province.

Knesset approves controversial settlement bill

The Israeli Knesset approved late Monday the controversial settlement bill which would recognize West Bank settlement outposts built on Palestinian private lands.