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Israeli forces today demolished two Palestinian residential structures in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. Coordinator of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committees Rateb Jabour said that Israeli occupation forces escorted a bulldozer into Maghayer al-‘Abeed area near Masafer Yatta, where the heavy machinery demolished a room belonging to Ibrahim Shehadeh. On December 5, four residential structures were torn down …

The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday notified Palestinian citizens of its intent to seize their lands in Jab’ah village, west of Bethlehem. According to local sources, Israeli forces stormed the area near a military checkpoint called Hala and put up a notice informing the landowners of the Israeli decision to appropriate four dunums of their land there. The notice said …

Israeli occupation forces today demolished a Palestinian coffee shop in the southern West Bank village of Battir, near Bethlehem, according to a local official. Battir mayor, Tayseer Qattoush, said that Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer to the village to tear down the coffee shop owned by Wisam Oweinh purportedly for being built in Area C, which is under full Israeli …

A total of 513 structures Israel has demolished so far this year in Area C of the West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem, which represents an increase by 33 per cent compared with the equivalent period in 2018, said the United Nations in a new biweekly report on Protection of Civilians. Citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, the …

Israeli occupation forces seized 2522 dunums in the occupied West Bank in favor of the construction of illegal settlements, said municipal sources and a cartographer. Mayor of Al-Jab’a Dhyab Masha’la said that several Palestinian farmers entered their olive groves adjacent to the nearby illegal settlement of Eli, and were shocked to find Israeli military orders informing them of Israel’s plan …

The plans for 2,342 settler homes in the occupied West Bank have been given final approval for construction by Israel, confirmed settlement watchdog Peace Now. Approval for a building permit for the construction of the new Tunnel Road, which bypasses Bethlehem to the west has also been granted by Israeli occupation authorities, which is expected to increase the number of …

Fabricated immigrant stories and quotes along with stock images of people were posted on Twitter by the Israeli Immigrant Integration Ministry to encourage Jews to relocate to the occupation state. An investigation undertaken by the Times of Israel failed to find any of the supposed immigrants quoted on its social media accounts. Following an inquiry, many of the fake posts – using …

Israeli settlers chopped 25 olive trees for Palestinian farmers in the village of Nahalin, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, local sources said. Hani Fannoun, head of Nahalin municipality, said that the land where the trees were cut down belongs to two Palestinian villagers from Nahalin, and is located near the illegal Israeli settlement of Bat Ayin. The …

Israel’s efforts to take over land in the Cremisan Valley, northwest of Beit Jala in the southern West Bank Bethlehem area, continued with razing Palestinian-owned land and uprooting trees, according to local activist Hasan Breijieh. He said that bulldozers from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem razed 22 dunums of land in Cremisan planed with olive and almond trees as …

Israeli occupation prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced he will annex large swathes of the occupied Palestine if he is re-elected next week. Netanyahu said on Tuesday he planned to make the move after next week’s vote and hinted it may have been approved by Washington. “I am waiting to do this in maximum coordination with Trump,” he said. The …