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22 June 2023, Punitive demolition of a residential structure in Nablus city, photo by OCHA Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C and in… Read more »
The government has now published its anti-boycott bill, officially called the “Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill”. It is just as draconian and anti-democratic as we feared it might be. It prohibits public bodies (eg local authorities and universities) from boycotting or divesting from any organisation or state (eg goods from illegal Israeli… Read more »
For the past five years, Corporate Occupation, run by researchers from the Shoal Collective, have collated statistics from every demolition and confiscation of structures, destruction of water systems, or razing of land that Israel has carried out against Palestinian people in both the West Bank and within Israel’s borders. It searched for photographic or video… Read more »
Demolition in the south of the West Bank (MEMO) Within the first two weeks of May, nine of the buildings demolished by Israeli authorities were provided by donors as part of humanitarian aid, including a school. They were demolished on the grounds that they lacked permits issued by the Israeli authorities however these permits are… Read more »
Demolished house, Silwan, East Jerusalem 24 May 2023, OCHA oPT Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli… Read more »
Report by Jeff Halper (May 2023) A few months ago, ICAHD was approached by a farmer/activist in the Palestinian town of Beit Ummar in Area C of the southern West Bank to support his efforts, and those of other local farmers, to defend their lands by allowing them to increase their presence through cultivation and… Read more »
For the past five years, the Shoal Collective has collated statistics from every demolition/confiscation of structures, destruction of water systems, or razing of land that Israel has carried out in both the West Bank and within Israel’s borders. They have searched for photographic or video evidence of which company’s equipment (for example JCB or Caterpillar)… Read more »
Following Israel’s election which has resulted in Benjamin Netanyahu returning to power as Israel’s prime minister, ICAHD’s Jeff Halper predicted in December that Zionist Cossacks would be unleased on the Palestinians. Since January, this is exactly what has been happening. Already this year Israeli forces have killed 108 Palestinians within the West Bank and East… Read more »
Demolished house, Sur Bahir, East Jerusalem, 18 April 2023 Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli authority,… Read more »