Amid bulldozed homes in ‘Ein al-Karzaliyah, a Palestinian woman prepares bread for her family’s next meal.

Occupation’s Civil Administration Again Demolishes All Homes in Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah

On Thursday, January 22, bulldozers of the Israeli Occupation’s Civil Administration demolished all the structures in the tiny, five-family Palestinian community of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah in the northern Jordan Valley. In the operation, all seven tents in which the families live were destroyed, rendering the residents homeless for the third time since January 2014. The…

Hussein Wael al Najjar, 14, in front of the shelter he currently lives in with his family in the village of Khuza'a, November 16, 2014. The family’s home was destroyed during the Israeli attacks on their village in the Gaza Strip. Hussein’s family includes eight children.

UN Doubles Estimate of Homes Destroyed in Gaza

On Thursday, December 19, the UN warned it was running out of funds to house families in Gaza, after having doubled its estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this summer’s war with Israel. “Unless the situation changes urgently, we will run out of funds in January, meaning we will not be…

Demonstration against settlement construction in occupied East Jerusalem, May 2011 (Photo: Activestills)

New constructions in the settlements more than doubled in 2013

The number of new housing constructions initiations in the occupied West Bank increased by 123.7 percent last year, according to Israeli official government data released last Monday. The Palestinians, Hadash  and the Israeli peace movements have long viewed Israeli settlement construction as a major obstacle to peace talks, arguing that Israel is actively building on…

Rally for public housing in Jerusalem, November 2011 (Photo: Activestills)

Hadash MKs demands public housing in national housing law

The Internal Affairs and Environment Committee will not pass Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s (Yesh Atid) National Housing law unless he adds a public housing component, committee Hadash MKs said on Monday. Hadash MKs hammered Lapid for not focusing enough on affordable and public housing in the law. “Affordable housing isn’t putting a family in a…