Caterpillar bulldozers are seen demolishing a residential home in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood in east Jerusalem, May 21, 2013. The home was demolished on the grounds that it was built without a "legal building permit" (Photo: Activestills)

ICAHD deplores decision to resume punitive house demolitions

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) deplores and denounces the decision of the Netanyahu government to resume the demolition of homes of those “suspected or convicted of involvement in terrorism and other violence.” All house demolitions in the Palestinian occupied territories “are war crimes, but the demolition of homes of innocent family members of people accused of crimes constitutes…

800 Settler Attacks in Occupied West Bank Since 7 October 2023

Since 7 October 2023, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) has recorded at least 800 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in Palestinian casualties (84 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (629 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (90 incidents). These incidents resulted in…

Women Organizations in Israel: Our Feminism is Indivisible, Human Rights are Indivisible

Women organizations in the Arab-Palestinian community in Israel published a joint statement and express, “We vehemently oppose occupation, racism, discrimination, male dominance, and extremism, irrespective of time or place. Our firm stance against sexual assaults, harassment, and rape remains unwavering, supporting every woman who speaks out, regardless of nationality, religion, or ethnicity. Feminists worldwide have made remarkable…

Communist Party of Israel: Far-Right Gov’t Aggressive Policy Will Only Increase.

The regime coup advanced by the Netanyahu government will obliterate all democratic space still left in Israel and solidify Israel’s status as a right-wing dictatorship. By eliminating the independent judiciary in general and removing the supreme court’s power in particular, the government will be able to institutionalize apartheid, attack groups within Israel such as Palestinians…

JNF to Move Ahead with Racist Tree Planting in Negev

The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet LeIsrael) said Sunday it will move ahead with plans to plant trees near Nahal Yatir in the Negev, which last year was temporarily stopped due to protests among Arab-Bedouin residents and planting resumed two days later. Sa’wah demonstrations against tree planting by the JNF, January 13, 2022 (Photo: Waleed…