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May 4, 2026, more than 5,900 people from 117 communities across the West Bank experienced full or partial displacement due to settler attacks and related access restrictions. Forty-five communities have been erased completely
2023 is now more than 72,740. In the West Bank, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man on Monday during a raid on Qalandiya refugee camp; Israeli police said the man had opened fire
2023, the Knesset passed an amendment to the disengagement law that prohibited Israeli settlers from staying in the former settlements of Sa-Nur, Homesh, Ganim and Kadim. Last May, Smotrich, himself a settler, announced plans
West Bank to participate in the ‘Flag March’, where they maraud through the Old City and attack Palestinians – as well as Jewish peace activists. Palestinians from outside the Old City were not allowed
May 9, and quickly removed the veto on the sanctions [Reuters] Israel quickly condemned the measures, asserting its position that Jews have the right to settle in the occupied West Bank, despite this being
may have amounted to war crimes and other atrocity crimes”. Several investigations, including those by the [UN](/news/2025/9/16/first-head-of-united-nations-body-declares-israels-gaza-war-a-genocide) and the [International Association of Genocide Scholars](/news/2025/9/1/israel-committing-genocide-in-gaza-scholars-group-says), have concluded that Israel’s war on the small
may join the more than 72,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since October 2023. Nearly 40,000 of those killed are women and children. “She had everything ready for the henna, the wedding
2023, Inon decided to focus less on his own travel business and became a full-time activist to promote peace and coexistence with Palestinians. He and Abu Sarah now go on speaking tours together. They
2023, the cumulative toll stands at 72,593. Small-scale elections took place in Gaza – specifically in Deir el-Balah – for the first time since 2006, in municipal elections on Saturday. In [Deir el-Balah
violence. On May 16, Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Fahd Awais in al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, after opening fire on the vehicle he was in; ambulances were prevented from
violence in the occupied West Bank continued unabated this week. According to reports from Palestinian activist networks, on April 29, Israeli forces shot dead 16-year-old Ibrahim Abd al-Khayat during a raid
settlers are using gendered violence](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/israeli-soldiers-using-sexual-assault-to-force-palestinians-out-of-west-bank-report-says) and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts have said. Palestinian women
May 7. Nearby, Israeli settlers dug up the grave of an elderly Palestinian man and forced his family to remove his body. **Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images** Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images RAMALLAH, West Bank