NGOs: Israel’s Development of E1 Zone Will Thwart Palestinian State

The construction of 3,500 settler homes in E1 zone between Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley is designed to thwart Palestinian state, architect Uri Reicher testified this week at the Higher Planning Council of the Israeli occupation Civil Administration hearing on the project. “Israeli construction on E1 harms Palestine’s future growth potential and therefore closes the…

Palestinians clash with Israeli occupation forces during a protest in the West Bank village of Beita against a new Israeli settler outpost named Evyatar recently erected on Palestinian land on a mountain adjacent to the village, June 18, 2021.

“Change” Gov’t Approves 31 New Projects in Occupied West Bank

Joint List leader, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) has, in an interview with Al-Ittihad, attacked the Bennett-Lapid government for approving building in settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, telling the Arabic-language communist daily, “The government has existed for less than two weeks and has already approved 31 building plans in the settlements.” Odeh went on to say,…

An illegal Israeli settlement near Jerusalem

Hadash Condemns Plans to Expand Illegal Settlements in Occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank

Hadash condemned on Thursday, January 21, the far-right Israeli government’s plans to build thousands of new housing units in its illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and called on it not to implement these plans. “Hadash condemns the recent decisions related to the construction of more than 2,500 new homes in the occupied West Bank…