East Jerusalem and Palestinians’ struggle for dignity and liberation
Asalla Abu Khader of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees talks about the resistance to Israeli attacks and the decades-long policy by the Zionist state to bring about demographic changes in the occupied territories
Israeli court rejects law to legalize settlements built on private Palestinian lands
The Judea and Samaria law of 2017, named after the Hebrew names of occupied West Bank territory, would have given legal status to close to 4,000 Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank
Israel continues to grab Palestinian land for building illegal settlements
In Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, Israeli security forces on Monday violently attacked a peaceful Palestinian protest march against the forceful seizure of land by Israel for the purpose of construction of illegal Jewish settlement near Qalqilya city.
Israel announces new illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory
Israel plans to construct close to 2,000 more settler housing units in occupied Palestinian territories, in contravention of international law. Currently, more than 650,000 illegal Israeli settlers live in these settlements
International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine
While the decision has been welcomed by Palestinians as a step towards justice, Israel has condemned the ICC announcement, calling it ‘anti-Semitic’
Israel begins expansion of Nof Tzion settlement in occupied East Jerusalem
The move by Israel comes just days after the US declared a shift in its policy, wherein it no longer considers the Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories as illegal
