Settlements

By: Madeeha Araj, The Israeli Knesset approved recently the State budget for 2019 by a majority of 62 KMs in favor and 54 against. The budget is NIS 480 billion i.e. US$ 137 billion, which means an increase by 2.6% compared to the 2018’s budget. By revising the expenses, it …

By: Madeeha Araj, The Palestine Liberation Organization’s National Bureau for the Defense of Land and Resisting Settlements said in his latest report that the Israeli government is continuing its Judaization policy in Jerusalem and Hebron and continues to provide more grants for settlement outposts The weekly report issued by the …

The National Bureau on Saturday published a list of Israeli Occupation and settler assaults against Palestinians over the last week. The violations included home demolitions and demolition notices, settlement expansion, bulldozing land, land expropriation, attacking youths and displacing Palestinian citizens. Jerusalem: Forcing the Abu-Tayeh family to evacuate their commercial stores …

By: Madeeha Araj, Within its long-term Judaization projects of the Jerusalem in general and the Old City of Jerusalem in particular, following the US administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli occupation State and move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the so-called Israeli …

By: Madeeha Araj, Israeli PM Netanyahu opened a new bypass settlers’ road east of north of the occupied West Bank, bypass road 55 east of Qalqilya, near the Nabi Elias village to link Benjamin’s settlement and “Kfar Saba” with the “Shamron” settlement and its surroundings in the northern West Bank, …

By: Madeeha Araj, Representatives of the so-called Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Agriculture and the Israel Land Fund held a special session last week to discuss the establishment of a new settlement plan to double the number of settlers in the Valley and imposing occupation control over the area. The …

By: Madeeha Araj, As a result of the anticipated international reactions, the Israeli government delayed the deliberations presented by the Civil Administration to construct thousands of settlement units in the West Bank, of which 30 units in the down town of occupied Hebron City, 2 kindergartens and a parking. Knowing …

By: Madeeha Araj, Israeli ruling right-wing parties’ leaders are competing to see, who is the best in adopting and supporting settlements in the Palestinian Territory. Within the context of the occupation expansionist plans, Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Army minister, said that his government agreed to build 1,400 settlement units during …

By : Madeeha Araj, Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders are racing to take measures on the ground to consecrate the occupation and Judaize the Palestinian land by settling and launching more calls to annex and impose Israeli occupation law on the occupied West Bank. In a new development aimed at …

By: Madeeha Araj, In a dangerous step toward “racism” against the occupied Hebron city, where 250,000 Palestinians live, the Israeli occupation authorities have granted the settlement council in the down town of Hebron legal powers to manage the municipal affairs of 800 settlers, who settled in the heart of Hebron. …