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Israel approves 770 new settlement units

The Israeli authorities Wednesday night approved plans to build 770 new Jewish-only settlement units in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, the Israeli press reported Thursday. According to Hebrew-language daily Haaretz, Israel’s Jerusalem planning committee approved construction of 770 new housing units in …

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Despite Hundreds of Complaints of Shin Bet Torture, Israel Yet to Launch Single Criminal Investigation

P., a Palestinian imprisoned for 12 years for membership in Hamas and weapons dealing, says he was physically tortured during the Shin Bet interrogations that took place after his arrests. In 2013, following his last interrogation, which he said involved …

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Expel and Exploit: The Israeli Practice of Taking over Rural Palestinian Land

This report tells the history of the process of fragmentation imposed on Palestinian rural land in the West Bank through a case study of three villages in the Nablus District – ‘Azmut, Deir al-Hatab and Salem. What these communities have …

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