Area C

Well-known Beit Jala restaurant destroyed by Israel, again

Ryan Brownell
Beit Jala
21 May 2012

No reason was given to a Beit Jala family whose livelihood was destroyed by Israeli bulldozers earlier this month.

EU denounces Israel's destruction of aid projects in West Bank

Daan Bauwens
Brussels
17 May 2012

Some analysts say that Israel is deliberately targeting European Union-funded projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for demolition.

In pictures: portraits of al-Aqaba, a village surrounded by the Israeli army

Calum Toogood
17 May 2012

Al-Aqaba is a small Palestinian village in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank surrounded by Israeli military checkpoints and training grounds.

Palestinian children work for a pittance in Israel's settlements

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
10 May 2012

Extreme poverty forces hundreds of children to work in Israel’s illegal settlements.

WATCH: Alice Walker narrates new documentary on Jahalin Bedouin, with Roger Waters on soundtrack

Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin, a new short documentary, can now be watched in its entirety on YouTube.

Report exposes discrimination and apartheid in the occupied Jordan Valley

A new report by Maan Development Center exposes the sharp contrast in living conditions between Palestinians and illegal settlers in the occupied Jordan Valley. Israeli policies facilitate the extravagant lifestyle of Jewish settlers at the expense of the basic rights of Palestinians.

Israel causes $66 million worth of damage to EU-funded aid projects

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
4 April 2012

A new report by the European Commission indicates that 82 humanitarian aid projects that it funded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged by Israeli military attacks between 2001-2011.

Israel threatens to demolish German-funded solar energy systems in West Bank

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
30 March 2012

At least 500 Palestinians face total electricity cuts after Israel issued stop-work orders on solar panel and wind turbine systems in the South Hebron Hills, while illegal settlements in the area are provided with electricity and water.

Israel actively supports theft of Palestinian water, says new UN report

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
19 March 2012

The Israeli government has turned a blind eye — and often actively supported — the illegal takeover of water springs located on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, according to a new report.

Court gives Israel "licence to pillage" West Bank, say rights groups

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
22 February 2012

After a recent Israeli high court decision allowed Israeli companies to maintain quarrying and mining activities in the occupied West Bank, human rights activists say the decision has opened the door to Israel’s pillaging of other Palestinian resources.

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