Palestine
Jordan Valley annexation seen as ‘red line’
An Israeli bill to formally annex the Jordan Valley, decried as "a red line" by Mahmoud Abbas, seems intentionally designed to sabotage the renewed peace process.
Tag: West Bank
Palestine
Bedouin homes demolished in West Bank, Negev
On Christmas Eve, Israeli forces destroyed two "illegal" Bedouin villages in the West Bank, followed two days later by another such demolition in the Negev.
Palestine
Prisoner Samir Issawi released from Israeli jails
Israeli authorities released Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, who waged one of the longest hunger strikes in history, freeing him to return to his East Jerusalem home.
Africa
Obama, Mandela and Castro: absurd hypocrisy
While Republicans wax outraged over Obama’s handshake with Raúl Castro at the Mandela memorial, US client state Israel offers a far better analogy to apartheid South Africa.
Palestine
Israeli forces attack Mandela commemorations
Dozens of Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces opened fire to disperse protests against the Israeli occupation and commemorating Nelson Mandela.
Palestine
Israel to demolish 15,000 East Jerusalem homes
Municipality officers escorted by Israeli soldiers issued demolition warrants for thousands of Palestinian homes in two East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
Palestine
Israel settlement plans criticized as unlawful
Top UN and EU officials denounced the renewed plans for Israeli settlements announced by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of the Interior.
Palestine
Palestinian olive harvest under attack —again
Palestinian olive harvesters along with Israeli volunteers assisting in the harvest were attacked by settlers armed with iron bars near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.
Palestine
Clashes in Hebron village, Israeli watchtower burns
Locals at Beit Awwa, a West Bank village in the Hebron district, set fire to an Israeli watchtower during clashes with the army.
Palestine
Israel set to raze 3,000-year-old village
The Israeli High Court is set to rule on the forced expulsion of all of the residents of the West Bank village of Khirbat Zanuta, continuously inhabited for 3,000 years.
Palestine
Netanyahu to ‘strengthen’ settlements in Hebron
Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered Israel’s civil administration to allow settlers back into a stolen Palestinian property in Hebron—in response to the killing of an Israeli soldier.
Palestine
Israeli forces clash with al-Quds student protesters
Israeli forces fired tear-gas and rubber bullets to break up protests by Palestinian students at al-Quds university in Jerusalem, with eight students hospitalized.