LONDON (AA) – The UK government has announced new sanctions targeting three illegal Israeli settler outposts and four organizations supporting violence in the West Bank. The move comes in response to a significant rise in attacks against Palestinian communities by Israeli settlers. Foreign Secretary David Lammy revealed the measures as p...
ANKARA (AA) – China has urged Israel to immediately halt building illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and implement a UN resolution for a cease-fire in Gaza, state-run media reported. Speaking to reporters in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said countries should take a responsible attitude and concrete a...
Israelis in the West Bank are escalating attacks against 120 Palestinian families living in rural Jericho, denying them water. The families are being prevented from accessing the Al-Auja water source and watering their livestock. An Israeli settler illegally established a settlement near the Al-Auja water source approximately three months ago...
JERUSALEM (AA) – As Israel’s war on Gaza continues killing over 38,000 Palestinians in nearly nine months, Tel Aviv also continues to take illegal steps in the occupied West Bank. The left-wing Israeli movement ‘Peace Now’ says that the government has “legalized” three more settlement outposts. “The Higher Plannin...
Illegal Jewish settlements and industrial zones in the occupied West Bank are causing severe environmental issues and affecting the lives of Palestinians. Data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reveals that these settlements discharge more than nine billion gallons of untreated wastewater annually into Palestinian territorie...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticized Israel’s policy of constructing and expanding illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territories. “The construction of settlements is illegal. It undermines lasting peace and endangers the two-state solution and thereby endangers Israel’s security,” Baerboc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has issued three tenders for building 1,839 illegal settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, according to an Israeli rights group. In a statement, Ir Amim organization said 500 units will be built in the Mount Scopus settlement, 1,039 in French Hill, or Givat Shapira, settlement, and 300 others in East Talpiot [&hel...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye (AA) – A former Israeli mayor of an illegal Jewish settlement in occupied Palestinian territory has called for all homes in the Gaza Strip to be demolished, the deportation of residents and new illegal Israeli settlements to be built throughout the region. Daniela Weiss told Israeli media that she wants the destruction ...
