Catholic Culture: Christian residents of the Gaza Strip will not be allowed permission to visit Bethlehem or Jerusalem during the Christmas season. The Israeli army has announced that residents of Gaza, currently controlled by the Hamas movement, will be allowed … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Israel approved 1,122 new housing units in 20 settlements and outposts throughout the West Bank. In addition, tenders for 651 units were published today. For Palestinian activist Adel Misk, “This is the last stake in heart of the Two States … Continue reading
Catholic Online, Tony Magliano: Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War when Israel captured and occupied the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem, the remaining part of the West Bank and Gaza, the Palestinian people have lived under the heavy yoke of Israeli military … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Three thousand new homes for Israeli settlers will be built in Judea-Samaria (the term Israel uses for the Palestinian Occupied Territories). The announcement was made last night with a statement issued by the defense ministry. This is the fourth announcement … Continue reading
This is the second time in a week such approvals have been issued despite international objections. First, East Jerusalem, now more in the West Bank. AsiaNews: The United Nations has condemned the Israeli project, which includes construction of new settlements and … Continue reading
CNA: The bishop [Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton, chair of the Holy Land Coordination] also stated that we have a responsibility to oppose the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are home to some … Continue reading
Haaretz: Since the beginning of this year, especially in early February, Israel’s Civil Administration has significantly increased the pace of Palestinian home demolitions in the West Bank’s Area C under full Israeli control (about 60 percent of the West Bank). It … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: An international delegation of Catholic bishops, on a visit to the Holy Land, was turned away from the site where a controversial wall is being built across Palestinian territory. Read more here.
AsiaNews: The planned 55,548 new homes for settlers in the West Bank, in one of the most disputed areas in the region, was commissioned “without authorization” and “has no validity”, according to Israeli government officials. More here.
AsiaNews: The Israeli Ministry for housing is planning the construction of 55,548 new homes for settlers in the West Bank. The news was released by the “Peace Now” organization, based on data received from the government. The new plan includes the … Continue reading
AsiaNews: As of yesterday at least 400 hectares of land in the area of Gevaot of the occupied West Bank have been expropriated, and have been declared “state land” that will strengthen the illegal Israeli settlements of Etzion, near Bethlehem. … Continue reading
Reckless Palestinian desperates fire 400 rockets into Israel, sacrificing their own women and children. USA Today: Military spokesman Peter Lerner said Thursday that Israel struck more than 300 Hamas targets overnight, focusing on underground tunnel networks and rocket launching sites. That … Continue reading
Anti-War.com: Israeli officials have confirmed the implementation of a new round of sanctions against Palestinians today, nominally to punish them for signing the Geneva Convention and other UN agency accords. The new sanctions include the revocation of building permits, and the authorization … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: “Having access to the Holy City or to churches there especially at this time of year is our normal right as Palestinians,” one of the lucky few who have been granted permission to visit says. “It should not be associated … Continue reading
And the Israeli settlement building continues on over bulldozed houses in the occupied territories of Palestine. AsiaNews: Israel has blocked the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners, accusing the Palestinian Authority of seeking more recognition from the international community and the … Continue reading
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