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‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians
In mere months, entire Palestinian communities between Ramallah and Jericho have been chased out by settler violence and state policies — paving the way for a total Israeli takeover of thousands of acres of land.
By
Oren Ziv
August 31, 2023
Under settler terror, Palestinians tear down and flee their village
Twenty-seven Palestinian families made the devastating decision to leave their homes in 'Ein Samia, hounded out by Israeli settlers and army pressure.
By
Basel Adra
May 25, 2023
The myth of the ‘cycle of violence’
Palestinians spotlight Israeli brutality to demand an end to their oppression; Israelis spotlight Palestinian violence to justify that oppression.
By
Amjad Iraqi
January 31, 2023
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‘How do they expect my children to grow up and not be full of hatred?’
Lital Salhiyeh, whose family home in Sheikh Jarrah was demolished on Wednesday morning, has no idea where she and her family will go now.
By
Yuval Abraham
January 19, 2022
We don’t just live through one home demolition — we live through them all
When you're witnessing a demolition, it feels as if the destruction is carrying on for hours. In reality, it takes only a few minutes to dismantle our lives.
By
Awdah Hathaleen
November 18, 2021
Yes, take away our ice cream
Of course I want to live in a reality where Israelis recognize and work to end the occupation. But we don't, so we need companies like Ben & Jerry's to scoop up our Chunky Monkey.
By
Sahar Vardi
July 20, 2021
In the peak of summer, West Bank demolitions leave 70 Palestinians homeless
After demolishing Khirbet Humsa for the sixth time in months, Israeli forces loaded the residents' personal belongings and dropped them off miles away.
By
Oren Ziv
July 9, 2021
‘They tossed us out like garbage’: The Palestinians who lost their Jerusalem homes
Israel demolished a record number of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem in 2020. Behind each one is a family that lost everything, with many unable to rebuild their lives.
By
Yuval Abraham
April 29, 2021
‘All I can do is film, and it breaks my heart’
Entire communities in south Hebron are under threat of expulsion, while Israeli soldiers try to prevent activists like me from filming the demolitions.
By
Basel Adra
March 5, 2021
Democratic lobby group defends Israel’s demolition of Palestinian hamlet
Blaming Palestinians for their own displacement, Democratic Majority for Israel is pushing back against its party's criticism of the largest West Bank demolition in a decade, memo reveals.
By
Alex Kane
December 16, 2020
Israel carries out largest West Bank demolition operation in a decade
Israel demolished over 70 structures in the Humsa al-Fuqa community in the occupied West Bank, displacing 11 Palestinian families.
By
Ahmad Al-Bazz
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Oren Ziv
November 4, 2020
Israel steps up campaign against Bedouin village it demolished 173 times
Israeli forces have demolished the village of Al-Araqib 173 times. Now, in an effort to push the residents off their land, Israel is stepping up its harassment through arrests, raids, and fines.
By
Oren Ziv
January 28, 2020
Over 9,000 Palestinians displaced in a decade of West Bank demolitions
Israel's demolition regime in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has destroyed over 6,000 Palestinian structures, displacing thousands of Palestinians over the past decade — over half of whom are children and minors.
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
December 24, 2019
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