Israel maneuvers demography to manipulate geography
Ever since its establishment, Israel pushed Palestinians away from their land to control the territory and confine their movement. Israel resorted to such scheme in 1948 when it confined the remaining 150,000 Palestinian in what is Israel territory now in 2.5% (524 [...]
21 Years of Impunity: From the ICJ’s 2004-Segregation Wall Ruling to Today’s Entrenched Occupation
Introduction On July 9, 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring Israel’s construction of a segregation wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, contrary to international [...]
Striking Wave of Escalating Settler Attacks and Forced Displacement in the Palestinian Jordan Valley
An Over View Since the beginning of 2023, the northern and central Palestinian Jordan Valley has witnessed a dangerous escalation in Israeli settler attacks. This escalation is part of a systematic political framework aimed at seizing land and displacing the Palestinian population, [...]
At the Southeast Bethlehem Governorate: Al-Minya and Kisan Villages Caught Between Forced Displacement and Israel’s Expanding Settlement Plans
Analytical Brief General Context: Overview The villages of Al-Minya and Kisan, located within an area called by the Gush Etzion settlement Council (Gush Etzion-east) in the southeastern part of Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank. It occupy a strategic location between [...]
Olive Groves Threatened with Separation from Their Owners
Israeli Order Targets Zububa Village Under Security Claims "Olive Groves Threatened with Separation from Their Owners" As part of Israel's systematic violations against Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank", the Israeli occupation authorities, on June 14, 2025, issued a new military [...]
58 Years since the 1967 War: Undermining the Two-State Solution
When the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) entered into the peace process with Israel through the signing of the Oslo Accord on September 13, 1993, it did so with the expectation, shared by the broader Palestinian public, that a sovereign Palestinian state would [...]