Planning Policy in the West Bank
Israel’s planning policy is aimed at preventing Palestinian development and dispossessing Palestinians of their land, with a view to enabling Israel to use as much of the West Bank for its own needs. All urban, agricultural and economic development potential lies in Area C of the West Bank, where Israel retains all building and planning powers. Israel exploits this control to virtually prohibit Palestinian construction and developing of infrastructure in Area C. This ban also harms hundreds of Palestinian Area A and B communities whose land reserves are in Area C and are, therefore, also subject to Israel’s ban.
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Israel confiscates truck and agricultural structure in Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills.
On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort, a bulldozer, and a crane truck to the Wadi a-Rahim agricultural area in Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills. The forces…
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A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea
The entire area Israel controls between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea is governed by a single regime working to advance and perpetuate the supremacy of one group over another. By geographically, demographically and physically…
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