This new, comprehensive report by two Israeli NGOs concludes that the current Israeli government has advanced de facto annexation of the West Bank at an unprecedented pace.
Annus Mirabilis – Actions by the Israeli Government to Annex the West Bank
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A new ‘strategic’ plan being pushed by the Israeli settler movement would establish 100 outposts in the heart of Palestinian cities
The Israeli settler movement and its allies in the government have submitted a plan to build 100 new outposts in Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank. The move would effectively eliminate the Oslo Accords.
Israeli land theft in West Bank since October 7 equal to previous 22 years
“[Settlement jurisdiction areas] are ‘legal’ land grabs that happen without any public debate, court oversight, or Palestinian recourse,” says Israeli human rights org.
Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show
“By unilaterally declaring the power to seize Palestinian land, property, and buildings for their own use without consent, compensation or readdress, the Board of Peace is taking a page out of Israel’s repressive playbook, said one analyst. The prospective immunity resolution titled “RESOLUTION NO 2026/3” has not been shared with the Palestinian cohort, an official said
Lebanon’s New May 17: Why the Washington Framework Is Built on an Old Illusion
The new Lebanese-Israeli framework is described as a first step. But beneath this diplomatic language lies a familiar problem: Israel keeps the power to decide when it feels secure enough to withdraw, the US presents itself as mediator while acting as Israel’s strategic protector, and Lebanon is asked to implement security obligations that its own political and social reality may not allow.
The Executioner’s Noose, Not the Scales of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Israel and Palestine
Israeli soldiers and settlers commit daily acts of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory with near-total impunity. By contrast, Palestinians are being arrested en masse, deprived of critical safeguards in detention, and subjected to torture and ill-treatment. In addition, recently introduced legislation will make it easier for Israeli courts to issue death sentences for Palestinians.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Many Palestinians in Occupied West Bank
Palestinians’ lives were disrupted on May 10 (much as every other day), as Israeli soldiers carried out illegal orders across the West Bank.
Israeli police block Catholic cardinal from entering Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
Official press release from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land, after Israel’s egregious action toward church leaders on Palm Sunday
‘Burn the lawn’: Israel pursues ‘Rafah model’ in southern Lebanon
Israeli leaders appear determined to move up the escalation ladder and pursue a Gaza-like campaign in Lebanon. All indications point to a new and brutal type of war in Lebanon — featuring attacks “unlike anything we’ve seen before” in the country, a war that could drag on even if the war in Iran comes to a close.
A Cease-fire for Israelis and a War for Palestinians
Why should Gaza interest anyone when Israelis aren’t being killed? When the blare of sirens dies down in Israel, that’s considered a cease-fire