Category: Updates

On 18 July 2026, Israeli occupation forces declared Husan, one of the villages in Bethlehem’s western rural area, a closed military zone. They imposed a […]

On Tuesday, 14 July 2026, an Israeli Security Cabinet decision that was passed in March was de-classified to reveal the largest settlement plan yet: It […]

Introduction Al Makhrour Valley, located west of Bethlehem between Beit Jala, Battir, Al Walajeh, Al Khader, and Husan, constitutes one of the last remaining Palestinian […]

Settlement infrastructure in the occupied West Bank is closely linked to the growth of the settler population, as it creates the physical conditions needed for […]

Since Israel’s occupation of the West Bank in 1967, the management of archaeological and historical sites that preserve Palestinian culture, narrative, collective memory, and history […]

Since 7 October 2023, Israeli forces have largely intensified movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, the Israeli forces installed 53 military gates […]

As agriculture remains an important source of livelihood in the West Bank, this farming season provides a critical temporal lens to examine the cumulative pressures […]

Pastoral Settlement represents one of the most widely used and currently most dangerous forms of Israeli displacement and dispossession in the West Bank. It usually […]

Upon the initiation of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against multiple Israeli officials, Israel’s Finance Minister and Minister for the Ministry of […]

Artas village in the southwest of Bethlehem is among the oldest continuously inhabited rural communities in Palestine, historically shaped by permanent agricultural settlement and sophisticated […]