Residents of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah after the demolition.

2nd Time This Winter: Occupation Forces Demolish All Structures in Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah

For the second time since the beginning of this year, Israel’s Civil Administration has demolished all the structures in the Palestinian community of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah. In an operation conducted on Wednesday, March 4, Civil Administration bulldozers also razed the dirt road leading to the northern Jordan Valley community which is now no longer accessible…

A tent at Khirbet Susiya, Fall 2014.

Weathering the Storm; Barred from Building a Home

Day in, day out, the Palestinian residents of Khirbet Susiya see the solid, well-built permanent housing of the settlement of Susiya, established in 1983. Although there has been a Palestinian village in the area since the nineteenth century, the Israeli military displaced the residents from the original site of the village, declaring it an archeological…

Israeli border policemen arrest Palestinian activist Muhammad Khatib during a demonstration commemorating the death of Palestinian minister, Ziad Abu Ein, in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, north of Ramallah, December 19, 2014. Ziad Abu Ein, died earlier this month in a confrontation with Israeli forces in Turmus Aya during a protest march against settlements.

Israel Demolishes Dairy Factory in Hebron and Irrigation Pools in the Jordan Valley

Last Thursday, December 25, Israeli occupation forces demolished EU-funded irrigation pools in the occupied northern Jordan Valley, Palestinian residents told the Ma’an news agency. Israeli military vehicles arrived in the area of al-Jiftlik accompanied by bulldozers and demolished six irrigation pools used by Palestinian farmers. The pretext for the demolition of the pools, whose construction…