Israeli Settlers

Israel's parliament has voted to declare the West Bank as Israeli sovereign territory. It is non-binding, but its significance is huge.

The prophecy and the curse: Israel and West Bank annexation

The Israeli parliament has declared that all land 'from the River to the Sea' is Israel's "legal right". With its biblical references, this is not the politics of pragmatism, but of religious texts.

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A Palestinian activist holding a national flag stands by as an Israeli army bulldozer moves during an ongoing raid on the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the occupied West Bank.

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West Bank Palestinians suffer largest forced displacement in decades

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been pushed out of refugee camps in the northern West Bank as Israeli settlers grab more and more land

Ahmed Draghmeh 05 March 2025

Settler attacks in the West Bank have been on the rise since 7 October.

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Israeli settlers exploit Israel's war on Gaza to attack in West Bank

Despite US warnings over settler violence, some Israeli officials have empowered settlers in the West Bank, including Minister Ben Gvir, who provided them with arms.

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Palestinian and Israeli activists gather in front of Israeli settler’s house during a demonstration against the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes, in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on April 16, 2021. (Getty)

Palestinian Claim to Jerusalem Area Backed by Legal Docs and Human Rights

As Egyptian-brokered cease-fire is announced between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, just as Majalla was readying for publication, the case of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood witnesses its residents’…

Amal Shahada 22 May 2021

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