September, 2017

• 17 September

  B’Tselem – Because of the occupation policies, about 180 thousand residents in Nablus suffer from severe water shortage since June 2017

  

  The residents of Nablus suffer from a permanent water crisis – especially in the summer months – intensified in recent years due to lack of rainfall. Israel prevents Palestinians from drilling new wells, and even refuses to sell them additional …

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• 16 September

  The occupation halts the rehabilitation of an agricultural road in Bethlehem

  

  Bethlehem 16-9-2017: The Israeli occupation forces have stopped the work on rehabilitating an agricultural road in Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem on Saturday, knowing that the road is funded by the Basque Cooperation and Development Agency through the Association for Peace …

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• 16 September

  Settlers occupying Hebron home attack Palestinian woman with stones

  

  HEBRON 9-9-2017- A Palestinian woman was moderately injured and hospitalized Saturday evening after Israeli settlers occupying her home in Hebron’s Old City in the occupied West Bank attacked her with stones. Hazem Abu Rajab told  that Israeli settlers, who forcibly took …

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• 16 September

  B’Tselem- Israel moves to advance forcible transfer of Khan al-Ahmar

  

  Civil Administration signals it is prepared to move forward with the forcible transfer of the entire community, an intention unequivocally stated by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to reporters two weeks ago. Doing so would constitute a war crime under the …

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• 14 September

  Lieberman: We Approved Last year buildings in the West Bank on an unprecedented wide scale since 17 years

  

  “During the first half of this year, 1,400 housing units have been approved in the West Bank and another 10,000 are being marketed, these permissions are standard sine the year of 2000” said Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Remarks of …

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• 14 September

  VIDEO- Israeli military destroys dirt road to Masafer Yatta in South Hebron Hills

  

  On 8 Sept. 2017, at about 3:00 P.M., a military force came with a bulldozer to the dirt road that connects the town of Yatta with the villages of Masafer Yatta, dug it up and blocked it off with rocks. …

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• 13 September

  Israeli army demolishes 14 facilities in Jericho

  

  Jericho Israeli occupation forces demolished 14 housing facilities and retaining walls at dawn Wednesday in the area of Ateh al-Duq, southwest of Jericho.

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• 13 September

  Settlers uproot 27 olive trees south of Nablus

  

  On Wednesday, a number of extremist settlers uprooted 27 olive trees belonging to Palestinians near the village of Burin, south of Nablus.

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• 13 September

  Video – screams and crying of a Palestinian family during the demolition of the Israeli occupation of her house in Jerusalem

  

  Video – screams and crying of a Palestinian family during the demolition of the Israeli occupation of her house in Jerusalem

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• 13 September

  Human Rights Watch Israeli Banks Supporting Settlements

  

  No Domestic Obligation to Provide Many Services That Aid Rights Abuses  (Jerusalem) – Despite their claims, Israel’s largest banks are not required by domestic law to provide many of the services and financing that help support, maintain, and expand unlawful …

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