Al-Walaja

Occupation Forces Destroy Three Homes and a Public Park amidst a Mass Demolition Campaign

Israeli forces demolished on Tuesday, April 12, three Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of al-Walaja and a children’s park near Nablus amid a grave escalation in demolitions across the occupied territories this year. A Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, told the Palestinian news…

Demolition of an Arab House in Taibe, January 24, 2016

153 Homes Approved for Settlers; Home Demolished in Taibe

Israel’s Defense Ministry approved the construction of 153 new homes in West Bank settlements, after two years in which little new construction was given the green light in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, according to a report released Monday, January 25. The construction plans, approved by a planning committee inside the Civil Administration which oversees the…

Dani Dayan, Israel’s designated ambassador to Brazil, whose appointment the South American giant refuses to accept

Diplomatic Crisis with Brazil: PT Government Rejects Appointment of Settler Leader as Ambassador

Israeli officials expressed concern on Friday, December 18, over a brewing diplomatic crisis with Brazil as the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT) government there has thus far refused to accept the appointment of Dani Dayan, a settler leader, as Israel’s ambassador to Brasilia. Dayan, the onetime chairman of Yesha (the Council of Settlements…

Bill Banning Entry to Boycott Supporters Passes 1st Reading

The Knesset approved Wednesday, November 11, the preliminary reading of a bill forbidding entry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) of anyone who calls for a boycott against Israel. The bill, which passed 55-31, followed Wednesday morning’s decision of the European Union to adopt new guidelines for labeling products from Israeli settlements. “Anyone…

Palestinians mourners demonstrate during the funeral of Ahmad Khatatbeh, 26, who died from his wounds after being shot three times in the shoulder, chest and abdomen by Israeli forces at the Beit Furik military checkpoint in the district of Nablus, the West Bank, last Friday, September 25, 2015.

CPI and Hadash: No to the Status Quo of Occupation!

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Hadash released a statement over the weekend, in which they justify the claims of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu-Mazen), President of the Palestinian Authority when, in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, he blamed the Netanyahu government for escalating its crimes related to…