Racist Ministers Call to Expel Gaza’s Palestinians, Build Settlements in Strip

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two senior far-right partners endorsed the rebuilding of settlements in the occupied Gaza Strip and the encouraging of “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians on Monday, while far-right opposition MK Avigdor Liberman called for Israel to reoccupy southern Lebanon. Speaking during their parties’ respective faction meetings in the Knesset, National Security Minister Itamar…

Occupation Army Blocks Peace Activists March to West Bank Settlement

The far-right government on Friday acknowledged for the first time that it allowed illegal construction to take place at Homesh in the occupied Palestinian territories, as soldiers barred hundreds Israeli peace activists and Palestinians from reaching the illegal outpost. The occupation army blocked several hundred activists, among them Hadash and Communist Party of Israel members,…

Airbnb, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Motorola Remain in Blacklist of Firms Doing Business in Settlements

The UN Human Rights Office said Friday that it had removed 15 companies from its blacklist of firms that do business in Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories. However, 122 firms still remain, the UN office’s spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said during a press briefing. The update followed a long-awaited review, which Shamdasani said had been only…

Far-Right Govt’ Passes Controversial Pro-Settler Budget

The far-right Israeli government has passed in the early hours of Wednesday a new two-year budget that solidifies the ruling coalition’s religious, pro-settlement agenda, as thousands of protesters demonstrated against the spending package outside the parliament building. The 2023 and 2024 budgets passed with a 64-56 vote – stalled by debates overnight and following weeks…

Occupation Forces Brutally Attack Sheikh Jarrah Protesters

Israeli occupation forces on Friday brutally attacked Palestinian protesters and Israeli peace activists in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, Zo Haderech and Al-Ittihad reported. Palestinians have been angry with the Israeli occupation over its unjust plans to evict Sheikh Jarrah’s residents from their homes to replace them with settlers, under the pretext that the Palestinian homes and lands were…