Communities Facing Expulsion
Scores of farming-shepherding communities, home to thousands of Palestinians, dot the 60% of the West Bank designated as Area C. For decades, Israeli authorities have pursued a policy aimed at driving out these communities by making living conditions intolerable in an attempt to get residents to leave, ostensibly of their own volition. This unlawful conduct is motivated by the political ambition, publicly stated by various officials, to establish facts on the ground and take over these areas in a de-facto annexation that would facilitate actual annexation to Israel as part of a final status arrangement.
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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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Fake Justice
The report shows how the justices of Israel’s Supreme Court have validated the state’s planning apparatus in the West Bank, enabling it to continue implementing illegal policies. Time and time again, the justices have ignored the fact that the…
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