Settlements

West Bank witnesses unprecedented expansion in settlement building

Saturday-17-June-2017

The National Office for Defending Land and Resisting Settlement said on Saturday that the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem has witnessed since the beginning of 2017 an unprecedented settlement building that is the largest in 25 years as admitted by the Israeli minister of war Avigdor Lieberman.

UK condemns Israeli plan to build 3000 settlement units in WB

Wednesday-14-June-2017

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the Israeli government’s intention to build over 3000 settlement units in the West Bank.

“Jerusalem Capital of Palestine” campaign kicks off

Wednesday-31-May-2017

The “Jerusalem the Capital of Palestine” campaign was launched by the Europeans for Jerusalem Foundation to speak up against the swift pace of Israel’s Judaization schemes and settlement activity.

Ocampo: Israeli settlement activity war crime

Wednesday-31-May-2017

Luis Moreno Ocampo former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that the investigation being conducted by the ICC Public Prosecution Office in the file of the Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank including East Jerusalem will most likely lead to the conviction of Israeli leaders.

Chairman of regional council: Gaza siege threatens our security

Monday-29-May-2017

Ashkelon Regional Council Chairman Yair Farjun warned of the consequences of the deterioration of the living conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israel to annex Maaleh Adumim Gush Etzion settlements to O. J’lem

Monday-29-May-2017

Two Israeli Knesset members have been advancing a new project to annex Maaleh Adumim and Gush Etzion settlements to occupied Jerusalem.

IOA to build 209 new settlement units in Ramallah

Monday-15-May-2017

Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) okayed the establishment of 209 new illegal settlement units over Palestinians’ lands in Ramallah city north of the West Bank.

IOA procrastinates in removing mobile homes near Amona settlement

Friday-14-April-2017

Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has been procrastinating in removing mobile homes that were established over Palestinians’ land near Amona settlement outpost close to Ramallah in the West Bank.

International condemnation of Israeli decision to build new settlement

Friday-31-March-2017

An Israeli decision to build a new settlement in the occupied West Bank was issued on Thursday amid wide Palestinian and international condemnations.

FIDH: French banks are funding Israeli settlement construction

Wednesday-29-March-2017

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has confirmed in a report issued Wednesday that five French financial institutions have funded Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories through their cooperation with Israeli banks and companies operating in the settlements.