Category: Urgent Updates
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The Olive Harvest: A Season of Roots, Resilience, and Denied Access
Armed Israeli settlers harass Palestinian farmers and activists during the olive harvest in the village of Jibya, occupied West Bank. (Anne Paq/Activestills) Every autumn, as the olive trees begin to fill with ripe fruit, Palestinian families across the West Bank prepare for one of the most meaningful times of the year: the olive harvest. It…
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They Heard the Child Cry. Then They Bombed the House.
September 12, 2026, Bethlehem, Palestine There is a sentence in NAZA that should haunt anyone who still believes that the killing of civilians in Gaza is merely a regrettable side effect of war: they heard a child crying inside the house and still approved the bombing. They did not act in ignorance. They knew the house was occupied, knew…
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Israel To Close British Consulate in Jerusalem as Settlement Trade Dispute Escalates
Source: OCHA oPt September 8, 2026. What began as a dispute over settlement policy has therefore evolved into a much wider confrontation concerning international law, Palestinian statehood, Israeli sovereignty and the future of the two-state solution. A growing diplomatic confrontation between Israel and a number of Western countries has escalated as a result of 12…
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BREAKING: West Bank Teachers Denied Access to their Jerusalem Students the First Day of School and the First Days of School are Cancelled
The teacher from Bethlehem or Beit Jala may be an excellent instructor, and perhaps they have taught at a school in Jerusalem for years and live only a short distance from their school. Now the occupation forces have denied entry to more than seventy such teachers and staff. Freire observed that education can replicate oppression or…
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Transfer of LE under Israeli Law in the West Bank: A step toward De Facto Annexation?
B’Tselem Occupied West Bank | August 14, 2026 On 14 August 2026, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israeli army to draft a proposal to hand over law-enforcement responsibility in civilian cases of Israeli settlers and Israeli settlements in the West Bank from the army to the Israeli police. The plan reportedly calls for…
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Qusra Under Siege: Families Trapped Amid Settler Violence
Israeli soldiers stand guard next to settlers in front of Palestinian homes that they have blockaded in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on August 12, 2026 [Nidal Eshtayeh/AP] Qusra, south of Nablus, occupied West Bank | August 15, 2026 On August 9, 2026, three Palestinian families in Qusra,…
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BREAKING: Israel Declares Taybeh, the West Bank’s Last Entirely Christian Village, a Closed Military Zone
In the center of town, a sign of the residents’ faith. (Photo: MAB/Terre Sainte Magazine) Taybeh, Occupied West Bank, August 10, 2026 Taybeh has been declared a closed military zone by the Israeli military, preventing Israelis and foreign nationals from entering the village, as well as non-residents, according to Israeli military and media reports. The…
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Palestinian Teen Remains in Coma After Medical Crisis Following Israeli Detention
Featured image: A News / Anadolu Agency. Bethlehem, Occupied West Bank, August 4, 2026 A Family Facing an Unthinkable Separation As the four-day permit granted to the parents of 15-year-old Mohammad Mousa Suleiman Hamid comes to an end, they are preparing for the painful possibility of leaving Jerusalem while their son remains unconscious in an…
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The West Bank’s Expanding System of Movement Restrictions, More Than Checkpoints
Original analysis and map by Dr. Shaul Arieli. The Occupied West Bank, August 2, 2026 An Expanding Geography of Fragmentation Over the past four years, the occupied West Bank has witnessed a significant expansion of Israeli military infrastructure, settlement construction, and a growing network of roads that increasingly fragment Palestinian communities. Alongside the continued spread…
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One year after Awdah Hathaleen’s murdering, Umm al-Kheir honors his life with a library and medical clinic
A mural of Awdah Hathaleen in the Umm Al-Khair community center with added writings by friends and family. (Omri Eran Vardi) Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills, Occupied West Bank One year after Palestinian teacher and human rights activist Awdah Mohammad Khalil Hathaleen was shot and murdered by an Israeli settler during a peaceful protest in…