Archive for July 29th, 2023

29/07/2023

ISRAEL/OPT: 500 Palestinians facing forcible eviction, displacement, and segregation 

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The forced evictions are part of the Israeli authorities’ plans to build a new neighbourhood for the city of Dimona, whose inhabitants are mostly Jewish Israelis. Ras Jrabah’s residents will be relocated to an impoverished and segregated Bedouin town nearby.

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29/07/2023

‘Urgent steps’ needed to end surge in violence across West Bank

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Insecurity and violence increased rapidly in the occupied West Bank over the last month, punctuated by one of the most intensive Israeli military operations in nearly two decades, the Security Council heard on Thursday [].

The Israeli authorities demolish buildings in in Jericho in December 2022.
© Photo by the affected family | The Israeli authorities demolish buildings in in Jericho in December 2022.

 

“This deterioration is taking place alongside ongoing unilateral steps that undermine a two-State solution, the absence of a peace process and the continuing economic challenges facing Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority (PA),” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, briefing ambassadors.

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