Published 15. Nov 2017 Israeli court orders Palestinian students not to attend local school. Two new Palestinian schools in the occupied West Bank, which are funded by European governments, are under threat of destruction and seizure. An Israeli court has already ordered students not to attend class in one of …
Read More »Transfer of Palestinians, in Word and Deed
Amira Hass | Nov 14, 2017 12:42 AM The legacy of Rehavam Ze’evi (“voluntary transfer”) is commemorated all the time in the Jordan Valley. Highway 90 there is named after him, using his irritating nickname, Gandhi. On every large sign with the words “Gandhi Highway,” the hardly secret Israeli desire to get …
Read More »Israeli Army Prepares to Demolish Hundreds of Palestinian Homes in Northern Jordan Valley
This is the first time the army is using an eviction order against Palestinians based on a military order meant to enable the evacuation of unauthorized settlement outposts Amira Hass Nov 13, 2017 11:28 AM The army has ordered some 300 Palestinians who have lived for decades in the northern Jordan …
Read More »Israeli State-funded NGO That Built Illegal West Bank Outpost Now Trying to Legalize It
Yotam Berger , Nov 07, 2017 12:19 PM The nonprofit organization called the Jewish Shepherd, which is funded by the Education Ministry, is seeking to retroactively legalize an unauthorized outpost erected by Kfar Adumim. The road to the outpost, which was built on “Hill 387” near Route 1 connecting Jerusalem …
Read More »Football in the shadow of occupation
This coming weekend the FIFA council is set to make a decision regarding the Palestinian FA’s complaint on the Israeli settlement teams. This is our report from the West Bank. By Håvard Melnæs Translated by Lars Johnsen Interpreter Hussein Abu Dweikh Photos Faiz Abu Rmeleh “It’s a bit chaotic here …
Read More »8 European countries demand Israel pay for West Bank structures it destroyed
EU, Israeli diplomats at odds over mobile classrooms and solar panels, with Jerusalem insisting they amount to an effort to strengthen Palestinian claims By TOI STAFF Eight European Union member states are demanding that Israel pay them back for the demolition and confiscation of buildings and other installations constructed for …
Read More »The Bedouin village where compassion ends
By Orly Noy|Published October 6, 2017 The Palestinian residents of Khan al-Ahmar are facing the threat of expulsion from their homes in the West Bank. No matter how hard they tried to ingratiate themselves with their settler neighbors, nothing seemed to help. Sukkot is a lovely holiday. For seven days we play …
Read More »Al Khan Al Ahmar, the small Palestinian school defying demolition orders
Alice Panepinto and Helen Eisler A small school in the desert lands of the occupied Palestinian territories has unintentionally become a critical player in the future viability of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. Alice Panepinto and Helen Eisler tell the story of the school at Al Khan Al Ahmar which …
Read More »‘We refuse to go’: Bedouin village vows to resist as threat of Israeli demolition looms
Yumna Patel Wednesday 27 September 2017 07:00 UTC Khan al-Ahmar residents say their way of life is at stake as they seek legal ruling to halt Israeli government’s plans to flatten their West Bank homes KHAN AL-AHMAR, Occupied West Bank – Residents of a West Bank Bedouin village threatened with demolition …
Read More »Israel planning war crime against Khan al-Ahmar families
Tamara Nassar Rights and Accountability 26 September 2017 Israel’s planned expulsion of the residents of Khan al-Ahmar and the destruction of their village in the occupied West Bank is a war crime, human rights groups are warning. Earlier this month, Israeli occupation authorities informed members of the community that they would be …
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