We wake up to news of more injustice, more restrictions, more uncertainty. But still, we stay. Because this is our home. And leaving is not so simple when your roots are deep, your heart is broken, and your dignity tells you not to give up what is rightfully yours.
One morning, the Hathaleen family of Umm al-Khair discovered that their outhouse had fallen within the illegally expanding boundaries of the nearby Carmel settlement. Then the IDF made things even worse. The family now has to cross the road to use the neighbors’ toilet
Route 60 connects a number of settlements near Ramallah and Nablus, and its expansion will further fragment Palestinian communities in the occupied territory
“For the past year and a half, every step we take outside our homes has been calculated,” the head of one household tells us. “We don’t leave except out of necessity. We take turns keeping watch.”
Zionist influence over social media is not a conspiracy theory; it is an openly declared strategy.
In Jenin in the Palestinian West Bank, Israel is building the first (illegal) permanent military base in Area A since the Oslo Accords in the 1990s. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank remain displaced from their homes, with no legal justification offered for blocking their return.
Palestinians’ lives were disrupted on May 10 (much as every other day), as Israeli soldiers carried out illegal orders across the West Bank.
Some Israeli colonizers (aka settlers) have a history of violence against Palestinians – often with the assistance of Israeli military forces. All are living illegally on Palestinian land.
We are building the Land of Israel and destroying the idea of a Palestinian state,” he said, claiming the trees had been planted illegally and said the operation was intended to “prevent attempts by the Palestinian Authority to establish facts on the ground”
After failing to dismantle Hamas, destroy Hezbollah, topple the Iranian government, or redraw the Middle East, Netanyahu and his allies have only one thing left to show for their time in power: the (illegal) de facto annexation of the West Bank.